SearchMap Preview measured on 17 of 261 Embeddings benchmarks17
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self-host onlyprice
52.2MTEB English v2
Mar 2025released
1,024 (or 512, 768)Dimensions
8K tokensMax input
enLanguages
Rankingconfiguration unstated?
Full ranking →···
50BidirLM 1.7B Embedding0.551SearchMap Preview0.552Rubert Base Cased Sentence0.3Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen×12.3—$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1
OpenQwen 3 Embedding 4Bunstated×25.4—$0.02Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×22.1—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterQwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen×11.2—$0.01Languages: not verified+1BetterText Multilingual Embedding 002unstated×9—$0.025Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen×12.3—$0.002Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×22.1—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6BunstatedOpen×11.2—$0.01Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen×25.4—$0.02Languages: not verified+1Text Multilingual Embedding 002unstated×9—$0.025Max input: 8K tokens → 2K tokens+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 4BunstatedOpen×25.4—$0.02Languages: not verified+1
Llama Embed Nemotron 8BOpen×23.8——Languages: not verified+1Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen×22.1—$0.01Languages: not verified+1OOcten Embedding 8BOpen×19.5——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBMEuler Legal Embedding v1Open×16.2——Memory (4-bit): 0.3 GB → 4.5 GBRun it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use
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How much does SearchMap Preview cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is SearchMap Preview free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is SearchMap Preview, and what is it best at?›
#87 of 200 in Embeddings.
Is SearchMap Preview better than BidirLM 1.7B Embedding?›
On FollowIR · Instruction Reranking · English, SearchMap Preview scores 0.5 vs 0.5 — about the same.
When was SearchMap Preview released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-03-05. It is the current version in its line.
Is SearchMap Preview open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run SearchMap Preview locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is SearchMap Preview?›
SearchMap Preview is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from VPLabs, released Mar 2025.
What are the best alternatives to SearchMap Preview?›
EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Qwen 3 Embedding 4B (open weights).