Beam 1.0 vs Parse
Comparing Beam 1.0 and Parse across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Reflection AI · Cohere · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
Beam 1.0 and Parse trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.
Beam 1.0 also accepts a larger context window (1,048,576 input tokens), making it the stronger choice for long documents and large codebases.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose Beam 1.0
- you process long inputs — it offers a 1,048,576 token context window
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
Choose Parse
- you are already invested in the Cohere ecosystem
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Individual benchmarks
22 reported for Beam 1.0 · 1 for Parse
Beam 1.0 and Parsedon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Model Size
Parameter count comparison
Beam 1.0 has 499.0B more parameters than Parse, making it 21695.7% larger.
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Beam 1.0 accepts 1,048,576 input tokens compared to Parse's 8,192 tokens. Only Beam 1.0 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).
Input capabilities
Documented input modalities across available providers
Parse supports multimodal inputs, whereas Beam 1.0 does not.
Parse can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
Beam 1.0
Parse
License
Usage and distribution terms
Beam 1.0 is licensed under Apache 2.0, while Parse uses a proprietary license.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Proprietary
Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
Beam 1.0 was released on 2026-10-16, while Parse was released on 2026-08-27.
Beam 1.0 is 2 months newer than Parse.
Oct 16, 2026
4 days ago
1mo newerAug 27, 2026
1 months ago
Knowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
Beam 1.0 has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-06-30, while Parse's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm Beam 1.0's training data extends to 2026-06-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without Parse's cutoff date.
Jun 2026
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Provider Availability
Beam 1.0 is available from Together, Reflection AI. Parse is available from Azure, Cohere.
Beam 1.0
Parse
Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against Beam 1.0 and Parse side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about Beam 1.0 vs Parse.