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text-embedding-3-small

by OpenAI

Current embedding cheap tier

Today's price · per 1M tokens

Input

$0.020

per 1M tokens

Output

embeddings bill input only

Price

$0.020

billed on input only

Source: official OpenAI pricing · read Jun 25, 2026 MODELPRICEWATCH.COM · 2026-08-09

Overview

OpenAI's small embedding model. $0.02 per 1M tokens.

Capabilities

struck through = not supported
Input 1/5
Text ✓ Image Audio Video PDF
Output 1/5
Embedding ✓ Image Audio Video Embedding
Features 0/9
Prompt caching Reasoning Coding Fast inference Long context Open weights Multimodal Web search Realtime

Specifications

Provider
OpenAI
Context window
8K tokens
Modality
text
Parameters
Proprietary
Open source
No — proprietary
Released
Jan 25, 2024
Status
Current
Last updated
Jun 25, 2026
Tags
embedding

Availability verified: Jul 25, 2026 — listed on OpenAI's own page