text-embedding-3-small
openai/text-embedding-3-small
OpenAI's small embedding model — 1536-dim, very cheap, broadly applicable.
At a glance
- · $0.02 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens (provider list price, billed in credits)
- · Context window: 8,191 tokens
- · OpenAI-compatible — model: "openai/text-embedding-3-small" (provider: openai)
- · Free-tier available — new accounts get 10,000 free credits
- · Best for: One of the cheapest embedding models per million tokens
Strengths
- +One of the cheapest embedding models per million tokens
- +Clearly better than the old ada-002 at lower price
- +Default pick for RAG prototypes and mid-sized corpora
Weaknesses
- −Behind 3-large on the hardest MTEB tasks
Use cases
- →RAG over document libraries up to ~10M chunks
- →Semantic deduplication
- →Clustering and tagging large text volumes
Alternatives in the catalog
How to call it
Drop-in OpenAI-compatible. Just swap the `model` string and you're using this model.
curl https://www.getmorecredits.com/v1/embeddings \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GMC_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "openai/text-embedding-3-small",
"input": "GetMoreToken: one API for 230+ AI models."
}'Good for
Frequently asked questions
How much does text-embedding-3-small cost?⌄
Input is $0.02 per million tokens; output is $0.00 per million tokens — provider list price. On getmorecredits.com you pay in credits, no subscription, no minimum spend.
What's the context window of text-embedding-3-small?⌄
text-embedding-3-small accepts up to 8,191 input tokens. That fits long conversations and medium documents into a single call.
Is text-embedding-3-small OpenAI-compatible?⌄
Yes. On getmorecredits.com you call text-embedding-3-small with the same request shape as OpenAI: POST /v1/embeddings with "model": "openai/text-embedding-3-small". Existing OpenAI SDKs (Python, Node, etc.) work by changing the base URL and API key.
Can I try text-embedding-3-small for free?⌄
Yes, text-embedding-3-small is available on the free tier. New accounts get 10,000 free credits — enough for several hundred calls depending on length. No credit card required to sign up.