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.
#49 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.
On MTEB Korean v2 · Reranking · Korean, Gte Qwen1.5 7B Instruct scores 41.4 vs 42.7 — lower.
Released 2024-04-20. It is the current version in its line.
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
Gte Qwen1.5 7B Instruct is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Alibaba (Qwen), released Apr 2024.
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), PwC Embedding Expr (open weights).