There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
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On MIEB lite · Document Understanding · English, Blip Image Captioning Large scores 1.1 vs 10.1 — lower.
Released 2023-12-07. It is the current version in its line.
Yes, the weights are open (bsd-3-clause licence).
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Blip Image Captioning Large is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Salesforce, released Dec 2023.
Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano (better), Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (open weights).
BetterJina Embeddings v5 Omni NanounstatedOpen×64.8—$0.02Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 0.6 GBDOpenArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstated×78.4——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 5.3 GB
BetterEmbeddingGemma 2unstatedOpen×58.7—$0.02
Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open×78.2——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 5.2 GBDArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen×78.2——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.8 GBvVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen×77.7——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 5 GBvVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen×77.7——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 2.7 GB