$0.022 per 1M tokens.
There is no free API; it costs $0.022 per 1M tokens. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
#41 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.
On BRIGHT · Retrieval · English, E5 Mistral 7B Instruct scores 17.5 vs 17.6 — about the same. It is 83% cheaper.
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 Mistral 7B Instruct is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from intfloat, released Feb 2024.
All Mpnet Base v2 (cheaper), Seed1.5 Embedding (better), Gte Qwen2 7B Instruct (open weights).