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Text Embedding 3 Small pricing
Cheapest host: OpenRouter · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.02per 1M tokens
Price sheet
| Price | $0.02 | per 1M tokens |
Exact OpenRouter host quote; model size does not imply a monotonic price. Official input limit and host serving limits are separate.
Cheaper for the same workvs Text Embedding 3 Small
| Qwen 3 Embedding 8B unstatedOpen | -50% | score +30% | $0.01 |
| Qwen 3 Embedding 0.6B unstatedOpen | -50% | score +16% | $0.01 |
| EmbeddingGemma 300M unstatedOpen | -90% | score +4% | $0.002 |
| Bge Large En v1.5 unstatedOpen | -50% | score +4% | $0.01 |
| Bge Base En v1.5 unstatedOpen | -75% | score +2% | $0.005 |
Pricing questions
How much does Text Embedding 3 Small cost?›
$0.02 per 1M tokens. Exact OpenRouter host quote; model size does not imply a monotonic price. Official input limit and host serving limits are separate.
Is Text Embedding 3 Small free to use?›
There is no free API tier.
What is a cheaper alternative to Text Embedding 3 Small?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B at unstated effort costs -50% per task with a score +30% on MTEB English v2 · Retrieval · English.