$0.025 per 1M tokens.
There is no free API; it costs $0.025 per 1M tokens.
#33 of 200 in Embeddings. Strongest at: Embeddings & Retrieval.
On MTEB English v2 · STS · English, Text Embedding 005 scores 85.2 vs 85.3 — about the same. It is 83% cheaper.
Released 2024-11-18. It is the current version in its line.
No, Text Embedding 005 is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is QZhou Embedding.
Text Embedding 005 is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from Google, released Nov 2024.
Qwen 3 Embedding 4B (cheaper), Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (better), QZhou Embedding (open weights).