text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI Embeddings January 2024

text-embedding-3-small is a model from OpenAI, listed under Embeddings. It was released in January 2024. Its headline price is $0.02 / 1M tokens. Prices as of Oct 22, 2026, from the provider's official pricing page.

Headline price
$0.02 / 1M tokens
Context window
8k tokens

Current prices

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Input $0.02 / 1M tokens

Checked against the provider page on Oct 22, 2026.

Price history

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How it compares

Price among EmbeddingsEvery available model in Embeddings with a comparable price. Further right costs more. Logarithmic scale: each step is ten times the last.
$0.02$0.05$0.1$0.2text-embedding-ada-002: $0.10 / 1M tokenstext-embedding-3-large: $0.13 / 1M tokensGemini Embedding 2: $0.20 / 1M tokenstext-embedding-3-small: $0.02 / 1M tokens$0.02 / 1M tokens
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ModelValue
text-embedding-ada-002$0.10 / 1M tokens
text-embedding-3-large$0.13 / 1M tokens
Gemini Embedding 2$0.20 / 1M tokens
text-embedding-3-small$0.02 / 1M tokens

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Frequently asked questions

How much does text-embedding-3-small cost?

text-embedding-3-small is priced at input $0.02 / 1M tokens, according to OpenAI's published pricing (checked Oct 22, 2026).

What is the context window of text-embedding-3-small?

text-embedding-3-small accepts up to 8k tokens per request.

Is text-embedding-3-small still available?

Yes. text-embedding-3-small is generally available through the OpenAI API.

When was text-embedding-3-small released?

text-embedding-3-small was released in January 2024.

What is the API model ID for text-embedding-3-small?

Use text-embedding-3-small when calling the OpenAI API.

What are the alternatives to text-embedding-3-small?

Models in the same category at a similar price include text-embedding-3-large (OpenAI) and Gemini Embedding 2 (Google).