$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.
#108 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB Law v1 · Mean over task types · multilingual (3 languages), E5 Base v2 scores 39.5 vs 39.6 — about the same. It is 50% cheaper.
Through the intfloat API.
Released 2024-02-08. 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.
E5 Base v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from intfloat, released Feb 2024.
Multilingual E5 Large Instruct (better), Octen Law 8B v1 (open weights).