$0.02 per 1M tokens.
There is no free API; the cheapest paid price is $0.02 per 1M input tokens.
#74 of 200 in Embeddings.
On JMTEB v2 · STS · Japanese, Text Embedding 3 Small scores 79.5 vs 79.5 — about the same.
Through the OpenAI API.
Released 2024-01-25. It is the current version in its line.
No, Text Embedding 3 Small is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Ja Embed Sts.
Text Embedding 3 Small is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from OpenAI, released Jan 2024.
EmbeddingGemma 300M (cheaper), Ja Embed Sts (open weights).