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Text Embedding Ada 002 pricing
Cheapest host: OpenRouter · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.10per 1M tokens
Price sheet
| Price | $0.10 | 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 Ada 002
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Pricing questions
How much does Text Embedding Ada 002 cost?›
$0.10 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 Ada 002 free to use?›
There is no free API tier.
What is a cheaper alternative to Text Embedding Ada 002?›
E5 Mistral 7B Instruct at unstated effort costs -78% per task with a score +4% on MTEB English v2 · Pair Classification · English.