Self-hosting and data control
Choose Aya Vision 32B
Aya Vision 32B has open weights, so you can run it on your own servers; babbage-002 is only available through its provider.
Aya Vision 32B vs babbage-002: price, context and capabilities
Choose Aya Vision 32B for self-hosting and data control, images as input and the latest release; on the other points the two are level or the data is missing.
In short
- A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
- babbage-002 reads more per request: 16k tokens against 16k.
- Aya Vision 32B is the newer model (March 2025, against August 2023).
- Only Aya Vision 32B offers vision, self-hostable.
- Only babbage-002 offers structured output, batch api.
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Images as input
Choose Aya Vision 32B
Aya Vision 32B accepts images as input; babbage-002 does not.
Latest release
Choose Aya Vision 32B
Aya Vision 32B is the newer release (March 2025, against August 2023 for babbage-002).
Specifications side by side
| Aya Vision 32B | babbage-002 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | OpenAI |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Deprecated |
| Headline price | No data | No data |
| Input | No data | No data |
| Output | No data | No data |
| Cached input | No data | No data |
| Context window | 16k | 16k |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Released | March 2025 | August 2023 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | September 2021 |
| Licence | Open weights | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | Vision, Self-hostable | Structured output, Batch API |
| API model id | c4ai-aya-vision-32b | babbage-002 |
Frequently asked questions
Should I choose Aya Vision 32B or babbage-002?
Choose Aya Vision 32B for self-hosting and data control, images as input and the latest release; on the other points the two are level or the data is missing.
Which is cheaper, Aya Vision 32B or babbage-002?
A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
Which has the larger context window, Aya Vision 32B or babbage-002?
babbage-002 reads more per request: 16k tokens against 16k.
What is the difference between Aya Vision 32B and babbage-002?
Aya Vision 32B is made by Cohere and babbage-002 by OpenAI. A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. babbage-002 reads more per request: 16k tokens against 16k. Aya Vision 32B is the newer model (March 2025, against August 2023). Only Aya Vision 32B offers vision, self-hostable. Only babbage-002 offers structured output, batch api.
Which is newer, Aya Vision 32B or babbage-002?
Aya Vision 32B was released on March 2025 and babbage-002 on August 2023.