Voyage 4 Lite measured on 5 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks5
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Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+19%-50%$0.01
OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+30%——CheaperNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+14%-25%$0.015
CheaperBge M3unstatedOpensame-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 8K tokensiCheaperMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen-6%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+19%-50%$0.01Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+14%-25%$0.015Bge M3unstatedOpensame-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 8K tokensiMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen-6%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensiMultilingual E5 Large InstructunstatedOpen-19%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+19%-50%$0.01Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+14%-25%$0.015iE5 Mistral 7B InstructunstatedOpen+9%+12%$0.022VVoyage 4+22%+200%$0.06VVoyage 3.5unstated+9%+200%$0.06ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+30%——OOcten Embedding 4BOpen+29%——OOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open+29%——nKURE v3Open+24%——Max input: 32K tokens → 8K tokensNV Embed v2unstatedOpen+23%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VVoyage 4 Largeunstated+32%+500%$0.12VVoyage 4+22%+200%$0.06VVoyage 3 Large+21%+800%$0.18VVoyage 3.5unstated+9%+200%$0.06VVoyage Multilingual 2unstated-4%+500%$0.12VVoyage 3unstated-8%+200%$0.06VVoyage Large 2 Instructunstated-32%+500%$0.12Max input: 32K tokens → 16K tokensVVoyage 3 Liteunstated-33%same$0.02All Voyage AI (MongoDB) models →History
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How much does Voyage 4 Lite cost?›
$0.02 per 1M tokens.
Is Voyage 4 Lite free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.02 per 1M tokens.
How good is Voyage 4 Lite, and what is it best at?›
#40 of 215 in Embeddings.
Is Voyage 4 Lite better than Jina Embeddings v5 Text Nano?›
On RTEB French beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (2 languages), Voyage 4 Lite scores 49.9 vs 50.1 — about the same. It is 0% more expensive.
When was Voyage 4 Lite released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-01-15. It is the current version in its line.
Is Voyage 4 Lite open source?›
No, Voyage 4 Lite is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16.
What is Voyage 4 Lite?›
Voyage 4 Lite is a closed embeddings & retrieval model from Voyage AI (MongoDB), released Jan 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Voyage 4 Lite?›
Qwen 3 Embedding 8B (cheaper), Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16 (open weights).