Release2026-08-27

Cohere released Parse, a model that converts documents, tables and images into structured, machine-readable text, and made it generally available through its own API, Model Vault, Microsoft Foundry and AWS SageMaker. It handles nine major languages and can run inside a company's own cloud or data centre for regulated work. On Cohere's own benchmark it scores below the largest general-purpose models but above other specialised parsing services, at a lower price.

What changed

Cohere customers had no dedicated document parsing model and relied on third-party or hyperscaler parsing services.

What it unlocks

Turning large volumes of scanned documents, tables and diagrams into clean structured text at a fixed per-page price, including on private infrastructure.

  • $1.50 per 1,000 pages
  • 79.2 on ParseBench, GPT-5.5 at 84.4
  • 4.5 pages per second
  • 61% cheaper at full utilization

What you need to act on it

  • a Cohere API key
  • or a Model Vault, Microsoft Foundry or AWS SageMaker deployment

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