BGE M3: API pricing, providers and specs
BGE M3 is a embedding model by BAAI. 3 providers serve it, from $0.01 to $0.01 /1M; the lowest price is at Novita AI.
How BGE M3 compares
Against the 15 embedding models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.01 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 94% of comparable models (median $0.059).
- 3 providers serve it; 38% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the MIT license: commercial use allowed.
BGE M3 prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DevPass (LLM Gateway) | $0.01/1M | FromFree/1M | — | — |
 Novita AI | $0.01/1M | $0.01/1M | — | — |
 APIYI | $0.01/1M | $0.01/1M | — | — |
Specs
- Type
- Embedding
- Maker
- BAAI
- Inputs
- Text
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Jan 27, 2024
- License
- MITcommercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Monthly searches
- 17K
Alternatives to BGE M3
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BGE M3this model | $0.01/1M | — | — | 3 |
 Qwen 3 Embedding 4B | $0.019/1M | 33K | — | 2 |
| Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B | $0.01/1M | 33K | — | 4 |
 Gemini Embedding | $0.02/1M | — | — | 1 |
| Text Embedding 3 Small | $0.016/1M | 8K | — | 13 |
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BGE M3 FAQ
The lowest price for BGE M3 is $0.01 /1M, at Novita AI.
Novita AI, at $0.01 /1M. 3 providers serve BGE M3; the table above lists every one with its price.
Yes. BGE M3's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the MIT license.
3 API providers serve BGE M3. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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