Enterprise AI Assistants and Workspaces
97TriVista score
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ChatGPT Enterprise
A workplace AI assistant that helps staff write, research, and analyze data, kept private and never used to train the model.
Cohere North
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A workplace AI tool that combines company search, chat, and task-running agents, built to run inside a company's own private cloud.
76TriVista score
Category rank#9 in Enterprise AI Assistants and Workspaces
Baseline ELO1,506.4
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At a glance
What it does
Cohere North is a workplace AI tool. Employees use it to search company documents and get answers with sources, draft and summarize content, and build tables or charts from data. Through its Agent Studio, teams set up AI agents that carry out multi-step tasks, such as contract review or sales research, with an audit trail of what each agent did. It is made by Cohere, which also sells language models through an API. North can run in a company's own private cloud, and a fully isolated option called Model Vault targets regulated industries like banking. Cohere lists RBC, Dell Technologies, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, and TD Bank among its customers, though North itself is newer and has limited independent public reviews.
Where it can help
This fits a regulated company, such as a bank or insurer, that needs an AI workspace it can run privately in its own cloud rather than a shared public one, and that has an internal team to manage a custom deployment. A sensible starting point is a scoped pilot in one function, such as legal contract review or sales research through Agent Studio, before a broader rollout. Cohere does not publish per-seat pricing, so treat any cost as a case-by-case quote and ask for a fixed pilot price before committing to a full contract. Because North is fairly new and Cohere is better known for models than finished business software, expect fewer independent reviews and a smaller partner network than established competitors. Budget extra time for a hands-on evaluation.
Company fitHow your company could affect the fit
How one company factor at a time moves the modeled score. The published score is unchanged.
Company fit
How your company could affect the fit
How one company factor at a time moves the modeled score. The published score is unchanged.
Revenue Band Over $2B Modeled score84.0 / 100 Modeled category rank#6
Baseline $25M-$100M
Adjusted ELO 1,554.1
Change from baseline +88.7 ELO
Revenue Band $500M-$2B Modeled score80.9 / 100 Modeled category rank#7
Baseline $25M-$100M
Adjusted ELO 1,535.5
Change from baseline +70.1 ELO
Technology Maturity High Modeled score77.7 / 100 Modeled category rank#8
Baseline Moderate
Adjusted ELO 1,516.3
Change from baseline +50.9 ELO
Technology Maturity Low Modeled score61.4 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Moderate
Adjusted ELO 1,418.4
Change from baseline -47.0 ELO
Revenue Band Under $25M Modeled score62.1 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline $25M-$100M
Adjusted ELO 1,422.7
Change from baseline -42.7 ELO
Revenue Band $100M-$500M Modeled score75.4 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline $25M-$100M
Adjusted ELO 1,502.1
Change from baseline +36.7 ELO
Industry Healthcare and life sciences Modeled score75.1 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,500.7
Change from baseline +35.3 ELO
Industry Technology and telecommunications Modeled score75.0 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,499.8
Change from baseline +34.4 ELO
Industry Financial and professional services Modeled score73.6 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,491.7
Change from baseline +26.3 ELO
Industry Industrial manufacturing Modeled score73.4 / 100 Modeled category rank#8
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,490.7
Change from baseline +25.3 ELO
Industry Automotive and transportation Modeled score73.4 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,490.3
Change from baseline +24.9 ELO
Industry Energy and utilities Modeled score72.9 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,487.1
Change from baseline +21.7 ELO
Company Type Business services Modeled score66.1 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Manufacturing
Adjusted ELO 1,446.4
Change from baseline -19.0 ELO
Industry Food and beverage Modeled score72.0 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,481.8
Change from baseline +16.4 ELO
Industry Construction and real estate Modeled score69.5 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,467.2
Change from baseline +1.8 ELO
Industry Retail and distribution Modeled score69.2 / 100 Modeled category rank#9
Baseline Consumer products
Adjusted ELO 1,465.4
Change from baseline +0.0 ELO
Cost guide
What it can cost
These estimates cover licensing, setup, integrations, staff time, security, administration, and support.
| Cost measure | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-year total | $47.6K | $73.2K | $114.9K |
| Three-year total | $110K | $162.9K | $246.7K |
| First-year cost per unit | $2.4K | $3.7K | $5.7K |
| Average annual cost per unit (over three years) | $1.8K | $2.7K | $4.1K |
Cost breakdown by scenario
| Component | Low | Base | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing and usage | $18K | $24K | $32.4K |
| Implementation | $6K | $10K | $17K |
| Integration | $6.6K | $12K | $21.6K |
| Staff time and change management | $4.9K | $7K | $9.8K |
| Security | $4.2K | $6K | $9K |
| Administration | $3.8K | $5K | $6.8K |
| Support | $1.9K | $2.5K | $3.4K |
Estimate assumptions: Planning quantity: 20. Unit definition: enabled user plus governed deployment. Pricing model: Enterprise platform subscription; deployment/inference may be separate. Confirm the vendor’s billing unit and current price or quote before budgeting.
Benefits have not been estimated: The current research does not estimate potential savings, return on investment, or how long it would take to recover the cost. Earlier benefit estimates are excluded.
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What you need first
What you need firstSet up the basics
Architecture and deployment decision, data connectors, admin and audit controls, model/inference capacity, implementation partner or Cohere onboarding, and quote validation.
How to startSet clear limits
Complete the required permissions, governance, and data-quality review before a narrow pilot
Before you scaleSet safe working rules
Recommended next action
Define the use case, complete the architecture review, obtain a quote and implementation plan, and require independent proof of retrieval quality and operational support.
Decision ownerBusiness and technology owner
STARTSet a goal and owner
Define what success looks like for a test of Cohere North and assign someone to lead it.
FIRST MONTHTest one workflow
Once the requirements above are met, compare a small trial with how your team works today.
MONTH TWOReview actual use
Track adoption, output quality, business results, and actual costs against the estimate.
MONTH THREEDecide what comes next
Use the results to decide whether to stop, adjust, or expand the pilot.
Risk profile
Required controls
Security and safe use
Validate customer data separation, VPC/on-prem/Model Vault responsibilities, key management, retention, auditability, other companies that process data, model-training commitments, and support SLAs.
Exit and rollback
Review before rollout: confirm how to export your data, revoke access, and return to your existing workflow. Assign an owner and test the rollback plan before expanding use.
Recommended next step
Define the use case, complete the architecture review, obtain a quote and implementation plan, and require independent proof of retrieval quality and operational support.
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How to learn more about this tool
Where to check the product, price, security, and support.
Official product information
cohere.com/north
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cohere.com/pricing
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Research observations recorded: 3. Evidence quality: Strong support.
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How the rating has changed
Recorded score and category rank across research updates.
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TriVista Score 76.1/100Category rank #9
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TriVista Score 76.1/100Category rank #9
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