$0.005 per 1M tokens.
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.005 per 1M input tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
#63 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean, Bge Base En v1.5 scores 19.9 vs 20.1 — about the same.
Through the BAAI API.
Released 2023-09-11. It is the current version in its line.
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Bge Base En v1.5 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BAAI, released Sep 2023.
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), PwC Embedding Expr (open weights).
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×3.4+100%$0.01Languages: not verified+1SOpenPwC Embedding Expr×3.6——Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen×2.8+100%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen×2.6+100%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.1 GB → 0.3 GB