Model detail
text-embedding-ada-002
text-embedding-ada-002 is OpenAI's legacy text embedding model.
Model specs
- Model ID
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text-embedding-ada-002
- Context length
- 8.191K
- Max output
- –
- I/O modalities
- Released
- 2025-10
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API endpoints
One MixRoute gateway, OpenAI-compatible
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OpenAI-compatible
/v1/chat/completionsPOST
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Pricing
Flat rate, unit: /1M Tokens
Input
$0.1000 /1M Tokens
Completion
$0.1000 /1M Tokens
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Selection summary
Quickly judge whether it fits your workload
What is this model good for?
OpenAI's legacy text embedding model
text-embedding-ada-002 is OpenAI's legacy text embedding model.
What should you check before using it?
Confirm vector dimensions and token limits
text-embedding-ada-002 supports the OpenAI SDK. Knowledge cutoff: 2022-12. Released 2022-12-15. It is billed at 0.1 USD per 1M tokens. Test a representative workload before production.
Why use it through MixRoute?
Swap the base URL, keep the text-embedding-ada-002 client
MixRoute serves text-embedding-ada-002 on the OpenAI-compatible endpoint /v1/chat/completions; point your existing client at https://api.mixroute.ai/v1 with the model ID text-embedding-ada-002 and re-run your integration tests.
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Capabilities & compatibility
Unconfirmed capabilities stay "Unknown," no guesses
OpenAI SDK
Call text-embedding-ada-002 through MixRoute's OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
base_url to https://api.mixroute.ai/v1; everything else follows the OpenAI style.
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Token cost estimator
Live estimate from this page's pricing, not an actual bill
This model has no cache-read price; caching is not counted
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FAQ
text-embedding-ada-002 is OpenAI’s legacy text embedding model. It provides numerical representations of text for measuring relatedness. Consider upgrading to text-embedding-3-small for improved performance.
One endpoint, a testable decision
Test this model and alternate routes with the same request format
Start from a real workload, then let quality, total cost, and failure conditions decide whether to send production traffic.