Ada is OpenAI's embedding model with a 8K context window, starting at $0.11 / 1M input. A legacy OpenAI embedding model designed for fast, cost-efficient text representation and semantic similarity tasks.
Specifications
Canonical IDopenai-ada
TypeEmbedding
StatusActive
CreatorOpenAIOpenAI
Providers
Context Window8K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesEmbedding
Deprecation Date

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
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
$0.11

Cost Calculator

US Dollar ($)
Preset:

Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
GigaChat Embeddings 9.3B—4K——Available
Embed 5 Fast128K$0.080—Deprecating
Embed 5 Pro128K$0.120—Deprecating
Text Embedding 52K$0.025—Deprecating
Embed 5 Fast Image——$0.400—Available
Embed 5 Fast Text——$0.080—Available
Embed 5 Pro Image——$0.500—Available
Embed 5 Pro Text——$0.120—Available
Voyage 432K$0.060—Available
Voyage 4 Large32K$0.120—Available
Ada—8K$0.110—Current

Model IDs

azure/ada
openai-ada