# Jina Embeddings and Reranker vs Nomic Embed (slim)

> Jina Embeddings and Reranker scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Nomic Embed's 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Nomic Embed leads on security & auth. Both do embed text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Jina Embeddings and Reranker scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Nomic Embed's 49.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Nomic Embed leads on security & auth. Both do embed text.

- Jina Embeddings and Reranker: C 61, rank #378 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/jina-embeddings.min.md
- Nomic Embed: D 49.2, rank #613 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.min.md
- Jina Embeddings and Reranker, good for Reranking large candidate sets and multimodal corpora with audio or video. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 38; Schema & documentation, 84 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 86 against 69; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 62 against 28; Transparency & trust, 58 against 46. Also Free to start without a card.
- 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. Ahead on Security & auth, 62 against 35.

| Category | Jina Embeddings and Reranker | Nomic Embed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 38 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 84 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 86 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 35 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 62 | 28 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 58 | 46 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Jina Embeddings and Reranker | Nomic Embed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Jina AI (Elastic) | Nomic, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.jina.ai/v1/embeddings` | `https://api-atlas.nomic.ai/v1/embedding/text` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |
| Price for embed text | not published | $0.10 per 1M tokens |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (MCP server) | 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 |
| Tools exposed | 12 | none |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-09-18 | 2025-11-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-05-04 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-07 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 841 stars | 1.9k stars, 8.6k npm/wk, 3.8k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |