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.
#149 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB Korean v2 · STS · Korean, Gte Micro v4 scores 40.4 vs 41 — about the same.
Released 2024-04-22. 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.
Gte Micro v4 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Mihaiii, released Apr 2024.
Bge Base En v1.5 (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 4B (open weights).