Pricingby Glyphtext-embedding-ada-002 is OpenAI's legacy text embedding model.
Ways to buy 1
| Way to buy | Input | Output | In / out per 1M | Cached | Vs list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The lab's own API | $0.1 | Free | $0.1 / FreeList price | n/a | List price |
USD per 1M tokens. Regions are separate routes.
Through a gateway
Your own numbers100M input and 20M output tokens a month: $10.00 direct.
Kong AI Gateway$10.00+0%
LiteLLM$10.00+0%
Vercel AI Gateway$10.00+0%
OpenRouter$10.55+5.5%
Cloudflare AI GatewayNot offeredNot offered
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RequestyNot offeredNot offered
A dash: not on that gateway's own model list. No published token fee: Portkey, TrueFoundry AI Gateway.
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About Text Embedding Ada 002
Takes text in and returns embeddings. First listed Sep 24, 2026. Blended price $0.075 per 1M tokens at 3 input to 1 output. Model id text-embedding-ada-002.
Price history
List price since Sep 24, 2026, from daily reads of the OpenRouter catalog.
Questions
How much does Text Embedding Ada 002 cost?
$0.1 per million input tokens and Free per million output tokens.
What is the context window of Text Embedding Ada 002?
8K tokens.