Granite Embedding 278M Multilingual
by IBM · 278M parameters
Current
embedding
open weights
cheap tier
Today's price · per 1M tokens
Input
$0.106
per 1M tokens
Output
—
embeddings bill input only
Price
$0.106
billed on input only
Source: official IBM pricing · read Jun 25, 2026
MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-08-09
Overview
Multilingual embedding model. $0.106 per 1M tokens.
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Capabilities
struck through = not supportedInput 1/5
Text ✓
Image
Audio
Video
PDF
Output 1/5
Embedding ✓
Image
Audio
Video
Embedding
Features 1/9
Prompt caching
Reasoning
Coding
Fast inference
Long context
Open weights ✓
Multimodal
Web search
Realtime
Specifications
- Provider
- IBM
- Context window
- — tokens
- Modality
- text
- Parameters
- 278M
- Open source
- Yes — open weights available
- Released
- Jun 1, 2025
- Status
- Current
- Last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- Tags
Availability verified: Aug 9, 2026 — listed on IBM's own page