Cohere review (2026): is it worth $93 a month, billed yearly?
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Cohere report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for courses and coaching software with group coaching
Cohere sells courses, workshops, memberships and scheduling, with business coaching bundled in, from $93 a month billed annually. There is no free plan or trial, and the price runs above most course platforms.
Who Cohere is for
- Fits if you are a coach or healer who wants courses and 1:1 booking
- Works for people who want help setting the business up
Who Cohere is not for
- Pricey if you only need course hosting, as most course tools charge less
- Not for you if you want to try it free, as no plan or trial is listed
- Tight if you want Zapier, a custom domain or SMS, as they start at Accelerate ($166)
- Watch out: email beyond your plan costs $0.01 each
Why Cohere gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$93 a month billed annually is just past the dearer-quarter line of $89, though it includes group business coaching.
- FFree plan and trialNo free plan and no free trial is listed on the pages.
- BFeaturesCourses, workshops, memberships, scheduling, payments, CRM and email on every plan. The listing names no gap in the core work.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You set up services, pages and email.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with only Zoom and Zapier listed as integrations.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cohere's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/cohere#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/cohere.svg" alt="Cohere: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Cohere stands among course and community platforms
Cohere's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 8 of the 98 other course and community platforms we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on features (B, above 56 of 98) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $93 a month, against a middle price of $36 for the category: 51 of the 65 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 17 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 99 course and community platforms we grade, cut by the letter each got. Cohere’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 17 of 98, level with 61
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 98, level with 21
- BFeaturesAbove 56 of 98, level with 42
- CEase of useAbove 23 of 98, level with 72
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 98, level with 24
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 78 course and community platforms. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Cohere, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Cohere you would be making newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 76 of the 98 other course and community platforms grade higher. It costs $1,116 a year.
What you could make
- Online courses and appointment booking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Newsletters sent to thousands of people that still reach the inbox.
- Live video to hundreds of people at once.
- A members' space with posts, chat and events that people keep coming back to.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- People on the other end: coaches. No app builder makes those.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Cohere’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Cohere?
Cohere is a platform aimed at coaches and healers that combines a services website, scheduling, payments, courses, workshops, communities and memberships with email marketing. Each plan also bundles business coaching, an onboarding program and a listing in the Cohere Marketplace. Plans differ mainly by how much setup help and coaching comes with them.
Worth knowing
- No free plan or free trial is listed; the site points to booking a call or purchasing.
- Email overages beyond the plan allowance cost $0.01 per email.
- Custom domain, Zapier, SMS reminders and a dedicated success coach need Accelerate or higher.
- It is built for coaches and healers, and the monthly price runs higher than most course-only platforms.
Key features
- Courses, workshops and memberships
- Unlimited live and self-paced group courses, workshops, memberships and communities on every plan.
- Scheduling and payments
- Unlimited 1:1 scheduling pages and payments; the pricing table shows a 0% Cohere transaction fee on every plan.
- CRM and email marketing
- Unlimited contacts with monthly email allowances of 5,000, 50,000 or 100,000 by plan; sequences and automations start at Accelerate.
- Business coaching and academy
- Group onboarding and the Cohere Academy on all plans; a dedicated 1:1 success coach starts at Accelerate.
- Marketplace listing
- Offers can be listed in the Cohere Marketplace; the vendor presents it as a way to be discovered by new clients.
- Caela AI assistant
- A built-in AI assistant with a marketing agent for planning launches and copy.
Cohere pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Cohere is a paid product, starting at $93 per month, billed annually ($111 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $93 per month, billed annually ($111 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Impact | $93per month, billed annually ($111 billed monthly) | Software plus group business coaching: unlimited contacts and storage, services website, email marketing up to 5,000 emails, group onboarding and a year of Cohere Academy. |
| Accelerate | $166per month, billed annually ($197 billed monthly) | Adds done-for-you setup of 2 services, four 1:1 onboarding or success calls, up to 50,000 emails, SMS reminders, custom domain, Zapier and a dedicated success coach. |
| Transform and Scale | $287per month, billed annually ($347 billed monthly) | Adds a custom pro website, 90 days of ad management support on the annual plan, up to 100,000 emails, 5 sub-accounts and setup and migration for 4 services. |
Read from cohere.live on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cohere before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual billing
The pricing page shows 20% off for annual billing; Impact is $93 a month billed annually against $111 month to month.
Stated on cohere.live
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Common questions
Does Cohere have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Cohere is listed for Web.
Does Cohere have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Cohere is listed for Web.
Is Cohere open source?
Cohere is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.