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Text Embedding 005 pricing
Cheapest host: turbopuffer · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.025per 1M tokens
Price sheet
| Price | $0.025 | per 1M tokens |
turbopuffer native embeddings; exact google/text-embedding-005, GCP us-east4. Per-million input tokens. Native integration deprecation April 1, 2027; original model lifecycle unchanged.
Cheaper for the same workvs Text Embedding 005
| Qwen 3 Embedding 8B unstatedOpen | -60% | score +18% | $0.01 |
| Qwen 3 Embedding 4B unstatedOpen | -20% | score +16% | $0.02 |
| Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B unstatedOpen | -60% | score +5% | $0.01 |
| Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano unstatedOpen | -20% | same score | $0.02 |
| E5 Mistral 7B Instruct unstatedOpen | -10% | score -2% | $0.022 |
Pricing questions
How much does Text Embedding 005 cost?›
$0.025 per 1M tokens. turbopuffer native embeddings; exact google/text-embedding-005, GCP us-east4. Per-million input tokens. Native integration deprecation April 1, 2027; original model lifecycle unchanged.
Is Text Embedding 005 free to use?›
There is no free API tier.
What is a cheaper alternative to Text Embedding 005?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B at unstated effort costs -60% per task with a score +18% on MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English.