# Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings vs Nomic Embed (slim)

> Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Nomic Embed's 49.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do embed text. Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings is cheaper for embed text, $0.0675 against $0.10 per 1M tokens. Category scores, facts…

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Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings scores 75 (BB) on agent readiness against Nomic Embed's 49.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do embed text. Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings is cheaper for embed text, $0.0675 against $0.10 per 1M tokens.

- Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings: BB 75, rank #59 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-nova-embeddings.min.md
- Nomic Embed: D 49.2, rank #711 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.min.md
- Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings, good for Suited to mixed-media retrieval for teams already on AWS, especially video and audio archives processed through S3. Ahead on Reliability, 95 against 38; Schema & documentation, 76 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 69; Security & auth, 91 against 62; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 50 against 28; Transparency & trust, 79 against 46. Also Cheaper for embed text, $0.0675 against $0.10 per 1M tokens; Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Nomic Embed, good for Teams that want a hosted endpoint for an open-weight model they can also run themselves, with the same vectors either way.

| Category | Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings | Nomic Embed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 38 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 76 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 78 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 91 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 50 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 46 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Nova Multimodal Embeddings | Nomic Embed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Nomic, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://bedrock-runtime.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api-atlas.nomic.ai/v1/embedding/text` |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for embed text | $0.0675 per 1M tokens | $0.10 per 1M tokens |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the AWS Service Terms. The AWS SDKs are Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted API. Model weights Apache-2.0 on Hugging Face. The Python client declares Apache in setup.py and the TypeScript client is MIT |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2025-10-28 | 2025-11-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 18.1M npm/wk, 573.7M PyPI/wk | 1.9k stars, 8.6k npm/wk, 3.8k PyPI/wk |