Embedding API pricing comparison
13 official prices from Alibaba Cloud, Google Gemini API, OpenAI, Tencent Cloud (China), Volcengine. Start with the overview, then drill into each provider.
Prices and offers are for reference only. The provider's official page always prevails.
Overview
| Provider | Lowest | Items | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud | ¥0.125Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | 5 | |
| Google Gemini API | $0.15Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | 2 | |
| OpenAI | $0.02Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | 2 | |
| Tencent Cloud (China) | ¥0.7Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | 1 | |
| Volcengine | ¥0.5Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | 3 |
| Name | Model | Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | Image price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3.7-text-embedding | qwen3.7-text-embedding | ¥0.5 | — | 1M tokens (90 days) |
| qwen3.7-text-embedding-flash | qwen3.7-text-embedding-flash | ¥0.125 | — | 1M tokens (90 days) |
| text-embedding-v4 | text-embedding-v4 | ¥0.5 | — | 1M tokens (90 days) |
| qwen3-vl-embedding | qwen3-vl-embedding (multimodal) | ¥0.7 | ¥1.8 | 1M tokens (90 days) |
| tongyi-embedding-vision-flash | tongyi-embedding-vision-flash (multimodal) | ¥0.15 | ¥0.15 | 1M tokens (90 days) |
| Name | Model | Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | Image price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gemini-embedding-001 | gemini-embedding-001 | $0.15 | — | Free tier available |
| gemini-embedding-2 | gemini-embedding-2 (multimodal) | $0.2 | $0.45 | Free tier available |
| Name | Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) |
|---|---|
| text-embedding-3-small | $0.02 |
| text-embedding-3-large | $0.13 |
| Name | Model | Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| hunyuan-embedding | Hunyuan-embedding | ¥0.7 | 1M tokens (1 year) |
| Name | Model | Text price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) | Image price/1M tokensper 1M tokens (Mtoken) |
|---|---|---|---|
| doubao-embedding | doubao-embedding | ¥0.5 | — |
| doubao-embedding-large | doubao-embedding-large | ¥0.7 | — |
| doubao-embedding-vision | doubao-embedding-vision (multimodal) | ¥0.7 | ¥1.8 |
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