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What is the best free OpenAI-compatible embeddings API?

We have not confirmed a free service that accepts OpenAI-style embedding requests. Bay Run's guide is a place to check the API format and access steps.

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  1. Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B

    Model from Hugging Face for feature extraction: Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B · sentence transformers

    License
    apache-2.0. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 12 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  2. indobenchmark/indobert-base-p1

    Model from Hugging Face for feature extraction: indobenchmark/indobert-base-p1 · transformers

    License
    mit. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 9 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  3. nvidia/Nemotron-3-Embed-1B-BF16

    Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: nvidia/Nemotron-3-Embed-1B-BF16 · sentence transformers

    License
    unknown. No license stated License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 15 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  4. zeroentropy/zerank-2-reranker

    Model from Hugging Face for text ranking: zeroentropy/zerank-2-reranker · sentence transformers

    License
    apache-2.0. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 19 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  5. allenai/specter2_base

    Model from Hugging Face for feature extraction: allenai/specter2_base · transformers

    License
    apache-2.0. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 8 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  6. mixedbread-ai/mxbai-rerank-xsmall-v1

    Model from Hugging Face for text ranking: mixedbread-ai/mxbai-rerank-xsmall-v1 · transformers

    License
    apache-2.0. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 5 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  7. Alibaba-NLP/gte-base-en-v1.5

    Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: Alibaba-NLP/gte-base-en-v1.5 · transformers

    License
    apache-2.0. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 18 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  8. GPTCache/paraphrase-albert-small-v2

    Model from Hugging Face for feature extraction: GPTCache/paraphrase-albert-small-v2 · transformers

    License
    mit. Permissive open license: commercial use, modification, and redistribution are permitted. License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 7 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  9. nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2

    Model from Hugging Face for feature extraction: nvidia/llama-nemotron-embed-1b-v2 · sentence transformers

    License
    nvidia-open-model-license. No license stated License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 15 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  10. FremyCompany/BioLORD-2023

    Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: FremyCompany/BioLORD-2023 · sentence transformers

    License
    unknown. No license stated License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 13 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  11. sbintuitions/sarashina-embedding-v1-1b

    Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: sbintuitions/sarashina-embedding-v1-1b · sentence transformers

    License
    unknown. No license stated License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 14 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

  12. VoVanPhuc/sup-SimCSE-VietNamese-phobert-base

    Model from Hugging Face for sentence similarity: VoVanPhuc/sup-SimCSE-VietNamese-phobert-base · transformers

    License
    unknown. No license stated License details
    Hosting
    Availability is not confirmed. Inspect the current file record before treating it as a hosted download. 10 files listed upstream.
    File evidence
    No exact file name or SHA-256 is recorded in this answer row. Open the file record for current file-level evidence; unknown availability is unconfirmed.
    Why listed
    Matches this answer's catalog filters. Check the model page for current files, license terms and availability.

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