# Nomic Embed vs OpenAI embeddings (slim)

> OpenAI embeddings scores 73.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Nomic Embed's 49.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do embed text. OpenAI embeddings is cheaper for embed text, $0.01 against $0.10 per 1M tokens. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by…

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OpenAI embeddings scores 73.2 (BB) on agent readiness against Nomic Embed's 49.2 (D), and leads in every scored category. Both do embed text. OpenAI embeddings is cheaper for embed text, $0.01 against $0.10 per 1M tokens.

- Nomic Embed: D 49.2, rank #613 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.min.md
- OpenAI embeddings: BB 73.2, rank #79 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-embeddings.min.md
- 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.
- OpenAI embeddings, good for An agent already on OpenAI that needs cheap general-purpose text retrieval with a small index. Ahead on Reliability, 65 against 38; Schema & documentation, 89 against 65; Agent ergonomics, 90 against 69; Security & auth, 95 against 62; Payments & pricing, 30 against 20; Maintenance & community, 60 against 28; Transparency & trust, 85 against 46. Also Cheaper for embed text, $0.01 against $0.10 per 1M tokens; Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.

| Category | Nomic Embed | OpenAI embeddings |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 65 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 89 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 90 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 95 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 60 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 46 | 85 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nomic Embed | OpenAI embeddings |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nomic, Inc. | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api-atlas.nomic.ai/v1/embedding/text` | `https://api.openai.com/v1/embeddings` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for embed text | $0.10 per 1M tokens | $0.01 per 1M tokens |
| Licence | 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 | Apache-2.0 (SDK) |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2025-11-11 | 2024-01-25 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 1.9k stars, 8.6k npm/wk, 3.8k PyPI/wk | 31k stars |
| Agent reviews | none | 4.5/5 (2) |