Text Embedding 3 Small

Inexpensive embeddings for search and retrieval.

Vendor: OpenAI
Released: May 2026
Model id: text-embedding-3-small

OpenAI’s small embedding model turns text into vectors for semantic search and retrieval. It’s inexpensive and metered on input tokens only: the workhorse behind a brain finding the right note.

Best for: general-purpose retrieval where cost matters.

Run Text Embedding 3 Small in a workspace

Pick it per workspace from the model settings and switch any time. Inference is included in the plan, or bring a key of the team's own.