Cheapest Embedding API (2026)

50 models ranked by lowest price across 70+ providers · Updated daily

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As of : Real-time ranking of the cheapest Embedding APIs, sourced from ComputeUnion's automated daily scrapes across 70+ providers. Prices are per 1M tokens. Higher-dimensional models tend to cost more — weigh retrieval quality against cost for your use case.
LLMImage GenAudio/TTSEmbedding
#ModelCheapest ProviderPrice / 1M tokens
1text-embedding-004EasyRouterrelay$0.000276
2text-embedding-3-smallTreeRouterrelay$0.000828
3BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3ProAI APIrelay$0.001379
4bge-reranker-v2-m3LingYa APIrelay$0.002759
5netease-youdao/bce-reranker-base_v1ProAI APIrelay$0.002759
6rerank-english-v3.0RunAPIrelay$0.002759
7rerank-multilingual-v3.0RunAPIrelay$0.002759
8rerank-v4.0-proRunAPIrelay$0.002759
9Embed: BGECloudflare Workers AIrelay$0.003000
10text-embedding-3-largeTreeRouterrelay$0.005379
11text-embedding-ada-002RunAPIrelay$0.005517
12gemini-embedding-001TreeRouterrelay$0.006207
13M2-BERT 80M RetrievalTogether AIrelay$0.008000
14jina-code-embeddings-0.5bRunAPIrelay$0.008276
15jina-code-embeddings-1.5bRunAPIrelay$0.008276
16jina-embeddings-v4RunAPIrelay$0.008276
17jina-embeddings-v5-text-nanoRunAPIrelay$0.008276
18jina-embeddings-v5-text-smallRunAPIrelay$0.008276
19qwen3-embedding-0.6bLingYa APIrelay$0.009655
20qwen3-reranker-0.6bLingYa APIrelay$0.009655
21text-embedding-v4LaoZhang APIrelay$0.009655
22Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B302.AIrelay$0.010000
23Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B302.AIrelay$0.010000
24bge-m3 (Pro)SiliconFlowrelay$0.010319
25bge-reranker-v2-m3 (Pro)SiliconFlowrelay$0.010319
26Qwen3-Embedding-0.6BSiliconFlowrelay$0.010319
27Qwen3-Reranker-0.6BSiliconFlowrelay$0.010319
28qwen3-embedding-8bTreeRouterrelay$0.010345
29qwen3-reranker-8bTreeRouterrelay$0.010345
30Qwen3Cloudflare Workers AIrelay$0.012000
31Qwen3 Embedding 0.6BFireworks AIrelay$0.016000
32Qwen3 Reranker 0.6BFireworks AIrelay$0.016000
33Plamo Embedding 1B (CF)Cloudflare Workers AIrelay$0.019000
34qwen3-embedding-4bLingYa APIrelay$0.019310
35qwen3-reranker-4bLingYa APIrelay$0.019310
36BAAI/bge-large-en-v1.5302.AIrelay$0.020000
37BAAI/bge-large-zh-v1.5302.AIrelay$0.020000
38bce-embedding-base_v1302.AIrelay$0.020000
39bce-reranker-base_v1302.AIrelay$0.020000
40Bge Small En V1.5 (CF)Cloudflare Workers AIrelay$0.020000
41Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-4B302.AIrelay$0.020000
42Qwen/Qwen3-Reranker-4B302.AIrelay$0.020000
43Rerank 2.5Voyage AI$0.020000
44Voyage 4 LiteVoyage AI$0.020000
45Qwen3-Embedding-4BSiliconFlowrelay$0.020638
46Qwen3-Reranker-4BSiliconFlowrelay$0.020638
47Pro/BAAI/bge-reranker-v2-m3ProAI APIrelay$0.027586
48qwen3-vl-embeddingLaoZhang APIrelay$0.034483
49jina-clip-v1302.AIrelay$0.040000
50jina-clip-v2302.AIrelay$0.040000

FAQ

What is the cheapest Embedding API right now?
The lowest current price is text-embedding-004 from EasyRouter at $0.000276 / 1M tokens. Prices update daily.
Why do Embedding API prices vary so much?
Price differences come from: 1) relay stations typically offer 20–80% discounts vs official providers; 2) capability differences between models; 3) some platforms have volume tiers. Choose based on your actual quality requirements and budget.
How reliable is this pricing data?
Live-scraped prices come directly from provider APIs and update daily at 09:00 UTC. For large purchases, always verify the final price on the provider's official site.

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