# Nomic Embed vs ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed (slim)

> Nomic Embed scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed's 13.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed leads on transparency & trust. Both do embed text. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Nomic Embed scores 49.2 (D) on agent readiness against ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed's 13.7 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed leads on transparency & trust. Both do embed text.

- Nomic Embed: D 49.2, rank #532 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nomic-embed.min.md
- ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed: F 13.7, rank #626 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zeroentropy.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. Ahead on Reliability, 38 against 0; Schema & documentation, 65 against 31; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 20; Security & auth, 62 against 25; Payments & pricing, 20 against 0; Maintenance & community, 28 against 5. Also No incidents deducted, where ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed loses 4 points for them.
- ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed, good for Only as open weights for teams that can self-host a reranker or embedding model. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 52 against 46.

| Category | Nomic Embed | ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 38 | 0 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 65 | 31 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 69 | 20 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 62 | 25 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 0 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 28 | 5 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 46 | 52 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Nomic Embed | ZeroEntropy zerank and zembed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nomic, Inc. | ZeroEntropy |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api-atlas.nomic.ai/v1/embedding/text` | `https://api.zeroentropy.dev/v1/models/rerank` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for embed text | $0.10 per 1M tokens | not published |
| 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 (SDKs and model weights) |
| Last release | 2025-11-11 | 2026-03-02 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | 2025-10-07 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2025-11-04 |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 1.9k stars, 8.6k npm/wk, 3.8k PyPI/wk | 221k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 1/5 (2) |