Voyage 4 Lite measured on 5 of 194 Embeddings benchmarks5
BenchmarkByScoreRank
No benchmark matches
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperQwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+8%-50%$0.01
OpenNemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16+15%——CheaperNemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+2%-25%$0.015
CheaperBge M3unstatedOpen-11%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 8K tokensiCheaperMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen-12%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+8%-50%$0.01Nemotron 3 Embed 1B BF16Open+2%-25%$0.015Bge M3unstatedOpen-11%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 8K tokensiMultilingual E5 LargeunstatedOpen-12%-50%$0.01Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Qwen 3 Embedding 8BunstatedOpen+8%-50%$0.01VVoyage 4+10%+200%$0.06VVoyage 3.5unstated+3%+200%$0.06VVoyage 4 Largeunstated+20%+500%$0.12
Gemini Embedding 001unstated+8%+650%$0.15Max input: 32K tokens → 2K tokensModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3 Embed 8B BF16Open+15%——OOcten Embedding 4BOpen+11%——OOcten Embedding 4B INT8Open+10%——OOcten Embedding 8BOpen+10%——cF2LLM v2 14BunstatedOpen+9%——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
VVoyage 4 Largeunstated+16%+500%$0.12VVoyage 4+10%+200%$0.06VVoyage 3 Large+10%+800%$0.18VVoyage 3.5unstated+3%+200%$0.06VMdbr Leaf IrOpen-33%——Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensVMdbr Leaf MTunstatedOpen-36%——Max input: 32K tokens → 1K tokensVVoyage 4 NanoOpenn/a——VVoyage 3 M Expunstatedn/a——All Voyage AI (MongoDB) models →Benchmarks
in Embeddings & RetrievalFAQ
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 Text Embedding 3 Large?›
On RTEB Health beta · Mean over tasks · multilingual (4 languages), Voyage 4 Lite scores 61.8 vs 62.3 — about the same. It is 85% cheaper.
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).