Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, at $2.80 per million tokens against $17.50 for Command A, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Command A: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $17.50 is the number to beat. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: $2.80 at NanoGPT.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. One provider sells both: Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.

Which holds more context?

Command A, at 256k tokens against 131k.

Command A vs Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct.

model vs model · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct takes 3 of 5 rounds against Command A. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $2.80 per million tokens against $17.50.

Cohere

Command A

$17.50/M tokens

Cohere list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $2.10 per 1,000 pages

256k context · tool calling · open weights

Alibaba Cloudwins 3 rounds

Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct

$2.80/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at NanoGPT · $0.462 per 1,000 pages

131k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights

NanoGPT ↗

List price in (lower wins)

$2.50/M

$2.80/M

List price out (lower wins)

$10/M

$8.40/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

none below list

$2.80/M at NanoGPT

Standard price (lower wins)

$17.50/M

$16.80/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$2.10

$0.462

Context

256k tokens

131k tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

not stated

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

Released

13 Mar 2025

1 Sept 2024

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

no provider to check

not stated

Providers selling both · 1

Eden AI$17.50 / $4.04

Command A then Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, per million tokens

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Command A or Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct?: Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct, at $2.80 per million tokens against $17.50 for Command A, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Command A: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $17.50 is the number to beat. Qwen2.5-VL 72B Instruct: $2.80 at NanoGPT.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. One provider sells both: Eden AI. The cheapest of them for the two together is Eden AI.
Which holds more context?: Command A, at 256k tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.