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.
#172 of 200 in Embeddings.
On MTEB Dutch v1 · Mean over task types · Dutch, STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2 scores 57.3 vs 57.3 — about the same.
Released 2024-06-07. It is the current version in its line.
Yes, the weights are open.
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
STS Multilingual Mpnet Base v2 is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from Gameselo, released Jun 2024.
EmbeddingGemma 300M (better), Llama Embed Nemotron 8B (open weights).
BetterEmbeddingGemma 300MunstatedOpen+11%—$0.002
OpenLlama Embed Nemotron 8B+23%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.5 GB
BetterQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+22%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 4.5 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen+14%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GBiBetterMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen+8%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GB
Bge M3unstatedOpen+7%—$0.01Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.3 GB