Google: Gemini Embedding 001
Gemini Embedding 001 is an embedding model from Google released on May 20, 2025. It reads text and writes vectors, with a 2K token context window.
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It costs $0.15 per million input tokens, with no charge for output.
6 providers serve it, including Vertex, Vercel AI Gateway and Merge Gateway.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.15 / $0 per 1M
- Context
- 2K
- Max output
- n/a
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Knowledge cutoff
- May 2025
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Gemini Embedding 001 pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.15 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0 / 1M tokens |
Gemini Embedding 001 providers
6 providers serve it, including Vertex, Vercel AI Gateway and Merge Gateway. Each host sets its own price and limits, so the cheapest one is not always the one with the longest context.
| Provider | Input /M | Output /M | Cache read /M | Context | Max output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google First party | $0.15 | $0 | – | 2K | n/a |
| Vertex | $0.15 | $0 | – | 2K | n/a |
| Vercel AI Gateway | n/a | n/a | – | 8K | 2K |
| Merge Gateway | $0.15 | $0 | – | 2K | 4K |
| Tempr Gateway | $0.15 | $0 | – | 2K | n/a |
| SAP AI Core | n/a | n/a | – | 2K | n/a |
What Gemini Embedding 001 costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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Gemini Embedding 001 questions
How much does the Gemini Embedding 001 API cost?
$0.15 per million input tokens and $0 per million output tokens. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Gemini Embedding 001?
2,048 tokens of input. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Which providers serve Gemini Embedding 001?
6 providers serve it, including Vertex, Vercel AI Gateway and Merge Gateway. Prices differ by host, so the Providers table on this page lists each one with its input and output price.
Is Gemini Embedding 001 open source?
No. Google serves it through an API only, so you cannot download the weights or host it yourself.
When was Gemini Embedding 001 released?
May 20, 2025, with training data up to May 2025.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.
Building on Gemini Embedding 001?
I test your real tasks on it and the two closest alternatives, then ship the agent on whichever wins on cost and accuracy.
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