# Cohere free API key: how to get one

> Always free Cohere API key, no card needed. Trial keys allow 20 chat requests a minute with a monthly cap. Not licensed for production. Step by step setup, checked October 2026.

- Kind: Always free, no card
- Limits: Trial keys allow 20 chat requests a minute with a monthly cap. Not licensed for production.
- Models: Command A+, Command A, Command A Reasoning, Command A Vision
- Get the key: https://dashboard.cohere.com/api-keys

## Steps

1. Sign up at dashboard.cohere.com.
2. Copy the trial key from API Keys.
3. Paste it under Cohere.

## Cohere models in MultiScreenAI

The free tier covers Command A+, Command A, Command A Reasoning, Command A Vision; the others need paid usage on the same key.

- Command A+: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/command-a
- Command A: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/command-a
- Command A Reasoning: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/command-a-reasoning
- Command A Vision: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/command-a-vision
- Command R7B: https://www.multiscreenai.com/models/command-r7b

## Use it with every other AI at once

Paste the key into MultiScreenAI (https://www.multiscreenai.com) and ask every model at once, side by side, with a blind test mode. Agents can do the same over MCP: https://www.multiscreenai.com/mcp