Multilingual E5 Small is Microsoft's embedding model, starting at $0.015 / 1M input. A compact multilingual E5 embedding model for efficient cross-lingual semantic similarity and retrieval in resource-constrained settings.
Specifications
Canonical IDmicrosoft-e5-multilingual-small
TypeEmbedding
StatusActive
CreatorMicrosoftMicrosoft
Providers
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesEmbedding

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text·
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding✓
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandardBatch
Input
$ / 1M
Input
$ / 1M
Google Vertex AI logo
Google Vertex AI
multilingual-e5-small
$0.015$0.007

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
E5 Base V2——$0.060$0.060Available
E5 Large V2————Available
E5 Small V2————Available
Multilingual E5 Small——$0.015—Current
E5 Base————Available
E5 Large————Available
Multilingual E5 Base————Available
Multilingual E5 Large——$0.100$0.100Available
Multilingual E5 Large Instruct—514$0.025—Deprecated

Model IDs

microsoft-e5-multilingual-small
multilingual-e5-small-maas
publishers/google/models/multilingual-e5-small-maas