Cohere Embed v3

Cohere Embed v3 is a previous Cohere embedding snapshot, not the live catalog lead.

Compare text-embedding-3-large if you wanted a still-listed OpenAI v3 row, and BGE-M3 if you wanted a 2024 open multilingual card.

Key Features

• Previous SKU: older copy described searchdocument / searchquery / classification / clustering and int8 compression. Confirm the live Embed docs before you quote those modes.
• Not the 2026 lead: Embed 4 is the current docs headline.
• No invented MTEB: 64.5+ stays off the table unless you re-run a first-party board.
• No leftover $0.10 row: Do not keep that dollar unless a live pricing cell still prints it.

Use Cases

• People with an Embed v3 bookmark who need the catalog corrected.
• People who were about to paste $0.10 / 1M into a 2026 deck.

Limitation: We did not call Embed 4 or re-run MTEB.

Pricing

First-party pages on 2026-08-17.

If a leftover blog still lists Embed v3 as the current Cohere default at $0.10 / 1M, treat the Embed 4 docs as the correction.

Getting Started

1. Open docs.cohere.com/docs/cohere-embed before you hard-code embed-english-v3.0.
2. Confirm Embed 4 if you wanted the live Cohere path.
3. Confirm text-embedding-3-small if you wanted a public OpenAI dollar row.
4. Do not paste MTEB 64.5 into a deck.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Embed v3 still the Cohere default?

No. The docs on the public page lead with Embed 4.

Is $0.10 / 1M still public?

Same as OpenAI ada-002?

No. ada-002 is an older billed OpenAI snapshot. This slug is leftover Cohere v3.

Alternatives

• text-embedding-3-large: Still-listed OpenAI v3 large row.
• text-embedding-3-small: Cheaper listed OpenAI v3 row.
• BGE-M3: 2024 open multilingual card.

Tips

1. Call Embed v3 a previous snapshot.
2. Point new Cohere work at Embed 4.
3. Confirm pricing before you invent a v3 dollar.

Conclusion

Cohere Embed v3 is a previous snapshot, not the 2026 Cohere embedding default and not a public $0.10 / 1M row we could re-verify. Start at docs.cohere.com/docs/cohere-embed, then decide whether Embed 4 or an OpenAI v3 row already covers the path you need.