OpenAI
text-embedding-ada-002 API Pricing
Older embedding model, predecessor to the text-embedding-3 family. Text-only.
Verified against OpenAI’s pricing page on 2026-07-02.
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Specs
- Familytext-embedding-ada
- API IDtext-embedding-ada-002
- ModalityEmbedding
- Context window—
- Max output—
- Release dateNot published
Pricing (per 1M tokens)
- Input$0.10 / 1M tokens
- Output—
- Cached input—
- Cache write—
- Batch discount—
Capabilities
embedding
Notes
Older embedding model, predecessor to the text-embedding-3 family. Text-only.
Worked cost examples
Estimated monthly cost on three common usage shapes
| Workload | Est. monthly cost |
|---|---|
Chatbot 800 input / 200 output tokens per request, 100,000 requests/month | $8.00 |
RAG pipeline 6,000 input / 700 output tokens per request, 30,000 requests/month | $18.00 |
Batch summarization 20,000 input / 1,500 output tokens per request, 5,000 requests/month | $10.00 |
Price history
Changes we have documented since we began tracking
No price changes recorded since we began tracking.
text-embedding-ada-002 pricing FAQ
- How much does text-embedding-ada-002 cost per 1M tokens?
- text-embedding-ada-002 costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens.
- How much does text-embedding-ada-002 cost per request?
- We can't compute an exact per-request cost for text-embedding-ada-002 — some price fields aren't published.
- Is text-embedding-ada-002 cheaper than chat-latest?
- text-embedding-ada-002 is cheaper than chat-latest on input tokens, by about 98%.
- Does text-embedding-ada-002 have cache pricing?
- No cache discount is documented for text-embedding-ada-002 on the provider's pricing page.