Embedding model for semantic search, retrieval, clustering, and ranking pipelines
Qwen3 Embedding 0.6B by alibaba is offered by 3 providers on this page. Public prices are shown for 2 of them. Its reference price is $0.04 per 1M input tokens and $0 per 1M output tokens. The lowest paid channel is NEAR AI Cloud at $0.01 / $0.01 per 1M, about 4.0× below the reference price. That channel is a third-party gateway, so confirm its availability and rate limits before depending on it.
The context window is 8,000 tokens at the reference host, but hosts report different limits, from 8,000 to 32,768, so the usable window depends on the provider you pick. The weights are open, so it can also be self-hosted or served through a gateway of your choice. Providers report the capability flags inconsistently, so verify a specific feature against the host you plan to use.
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEAR AI Cloud Qwen/Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B | Gateway | $0.01 | $0.01 | — | — | 32,768 ⚠ | 1,024 | |
| DigitalOcean | Cloud | $0.04 | $0 | — | — | 8,000 | 1,024 | beta |
| Vercel AI Gateway | Cloud | — | — | — | — | 32,768 ⚠ | 32,768 | hostTable.undisclosed |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Price history accumulates from each data sync; currently only 1 sample(s) (2026-10-01). Each future sync adds a point, and once accumulated a line is drawn here.