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42.3MTEB Medical v1
Sep 2026released
1,536Dimensions
131K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +6Languages
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+7%—$0.01Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokens+2cOpenF2LLM 4Bunstated+68%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+2BetterQwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+5%—$0.02Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokens+2
BetterGemini Embedding 001unstated+9%—$0.15Max input: 131K tokens → 2K tokens+1cBetterF2LLM 1.7BunstatedOpen+43%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+2ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+7%—$0.01Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokens+2Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen+5%—$0.02Max input: 131K tokens → 33K tokens+2Gemini Embedding 001unstated+9%—$0.15Max input: 131K tokens → 2K tokens+1cF2LLM 4BunstatedOpen+68%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+2cF2LLM 1.7BunstatedOpen+43%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+2ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
cF2LLM 4BunstatedOpen+68%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+2cF2LLM 1.7BunstatedOpen+43%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+2cF2LLM v2 8BunstatedOpen+32%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+1cF2LLM v2 4BunstatedOpen+31%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+1cF2LLM 0.6BunstatedOpen+30%——Max input: 131K tokens → 41K tokens+1Run it yourself
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LicenceApache-2.0free for commercial use
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How much does Sante Embed cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Sante Embed free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Sante Embed, and what is it best at?›
#39 of 220 in Embeddings.
Is Sante Embed better than Harrier OSS v1 0.6B?›
On MTEB Medical v1 · Clustering · English, Sante Embed scores 42.3 vs 42.3 — about the same.
When was Sante Embed released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-09-15. It is the current version in its line.
Is Sante Embed open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (Apache-2.0 licence).
Can I run Sante Embed locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Sante Embed?›
Sante Embed is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Singaraj, released Sep 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Sante Embed?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), F2LLM 4B (open weights).