How much do your embeddings really cost?
Calculate the true cost of generating and storing embeddings across AI models. Compare providers and find the cheapest option for your use case.
Embedding Cost Calculator
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Total documents to embed
Typical document length in tokens (~750 words = 1000 tokens)
Search/retrieval queries per month
Typical query length in tokens
1536 dimensions · 8,191 max tokens · MTEB 62
Total Tokens to Embed
50.0M
50,000,000 tokens
Embedding Cost
$1.00
One-time cost to embed all documents
Monthly Query Cost
$0.0500
50,000 queries/mo
Total Monthly Cost
$1.05
Embedding + query costs
Annual Cost
$12.60
Cost Per Document
$0.0000
Cheapest Alternative
Switch to text-embedding-005
Google · 768 dims · MTEB 63
Save $1.05/month ($12.60/year)
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