Side-by-side comparison of Command R+ (Cohere · Canada) and Gemma 4 31B Instruct (Google DeepMind · United States) for self-hosted deployment of the open-weight model. Command R+ is rated conditional; Gemma 4 31B Instruct is conditional. They part ways on licence: Command R+ is "CC-BY-NC 4.0", Gemma 4 31B Instruct is "Apache 2.0".
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| Summary | ||
| Verdict | Conditional Enterprise-focused 104B model, strong at RAG and multilingual tool use. Weights are released under CC-BY-NC 4.0 — non-commercial only. Commercial deployment goes through Cohere's API (see Cohere API entry). | Conditional Based on published licence terms, Gemma 4 31B ships under pure Apache 2.0 — a notable break from the Gemma Terms of Use used in prior generations — with no prohibited-use carve-outs. US origin carries Schrems-II and CLOUD-Act exposure, and at 30.7B dense the model likely crosses EU AI Act GPAI systemic-risk thresholds that enterprise deployers should document. |
| Last reviewed | 2026-04-15 | 2026-04-17 |
| Open-weight | ||
| Licence | CC-BY-NC 4.0 | Apache 2.0 |
| Commercial use | API only | Unrestricted |
| Training data | Partial | Domain-level summary |
| Origin | Canada | United States |
| Performance & pricing? | ||
| Quality index | 8/100 | 32/100 |
| Speed | — | — |
| Blended price | $6.00/M | — |
| Context window | — | — |
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