Ways to buy 2
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $0.03 | Free | $0.03 / FreeList price | n/a | List price |
int8 | $0.03 | Free | $0.03 / FreeSame as list | n/a | Same as list |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $3.00 direct.
LiteLLM$3.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$3.00+0%
OpenRouter$3.17+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Eden AINot offeredNot offered
HeliconeNot offeredNot offered
Kong AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Martian GatewayNot offeredNot offered
Neon AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
PortkeyNot offeredNot offered
RequestyNot offeredNot offered
TrueFoundry AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list.
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About Embed V1 4B
pplx-embed-v1 -4B is one of Perplexity's state-of-the-art text embedding models built for real-world, web-scale retrieval.
Takes text in and returns embeddings. First listed Sep 26, 2026. Blended price $0.022 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id pplx-embed-v1-4b.
Price history
List price since Sep 26, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Embed V1 4B cost?
$0.03 per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Embed V1 4B?
32K tokens.
Where is Embed V1 4B cheapest?
Of 2 routes tracked, Perplexity is cheapest at $0.03 input and Free output per million tokens.