Text Embedding Ada 002

OpenAI chattool_use

API ID: openai/text-embedding-ada-002

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Input Price
$0.10
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Text Embedding Ada 002

text-embedding-ada-002 is OpenAI's legacy text embedding model.

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Price Ranking
#600 lowest price among 1240 Chat models

Model Specifications

Context Length
8k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2025-10-30
Capabilities
chat tool_use
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
embeddings

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)

💰 Real-World Cost Examples

Estimated monthly costs for common use cases

Personal AI Assistant
$0.04
/month
50 conversations/day, ~500 tokens each
Customer Service Bot
$1.50
/month
1000 tickets/day, ~800 tokens each
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Text Embedding Ada 002 API

OpenAI Python SDK 
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/text-embedding-ada-002",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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