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text-embedding-ada-002

Provided by OpenAI
Pay-as-you-go

text-embedding-ada-002 is OpenAI's legacy text embedding model.

Model specs

Context length
8.191K
Max output
I/O modalities
Text
Released
2025-10

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API endpoints

One MixRoute gateway, OpenAI-compatible

  • OpenAI-compatible /v1/chat/completions POST

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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?

Legacy embedding model for basic text similarity

Use text-embedding-ada-002 for basic embedding tasks. It is OpenAI's legacy text embedding model. Consider upgrading to text-embedding-3-small for improved performance.

What should you check before using it?

Consider upgrading to text-embedding-3-small

text-embedding-ada-002 is a legacy model. text-embedding-3-small offers improved performance at a similar cost. Evaluate whether upgrading fits your use case.

Why use it through MixRoute?

Use the compatible endpoint with stable model ID

Use the confirmed compatible endpoint with model ID text-embedding-ada-002 through MixRoute.

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Token cost estimator

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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

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