$0.02 per 1M tokens.
There is no free API; it costs $0.02 per 1M tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
#70 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB German v1 · Reranking · German, Bge Small En v1.5 scores 26 vs 26.5 — about the same. It is 82% cheaper.
Released 2023-09-12. 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 Small En v1.5 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from BAAI, released Sep 2023.
Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16 (cheaper), Multilingual E5 Large (better).
CheaperNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open×2.1-25%$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.7 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen×2.1-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiCheaperMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+79%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.3 GBiCheaperE5 Large v2unstatedOpen+34%-50%$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0 GB → 0.2 GB
Jina Embeddings v5 Text NanounstatedOpen×2.1same$0.02Languages: not verified+1