BAAI (via Hugging Face)
BGE-large-en-v1.5
Strong contender for English semantic search.
Excellent performance on English retrievCost-effective for self-hostingGood balance of speed and accuracyOpen-source
Today's score
93.0
Where it ranks today
Best for / Not great for
Best for
- English-only semantic search
- RAG applications focused on English content
- Cost-sensitive projects
- Building custom search indices
Not great for
- Multilingual applications
- Users needing a fully managed API
- Applications requiring the absolute highest dimensional embeddings
Why it ranks here
The BGE model family continues to be a strong performer, particularly for English text. Its excellent benchmark scores for retrieval make it a popular choice for developers building search and RAG systems where English is the primary language, offering a great balance of performance and cost.
30-day trend
Score breakdown
Search trends95
Benchmarks94
Developer buzz92
News mentions93
Pricing
API: $0.00 in · $0.00 out per 1M tokens · Consumer: $0.00/mo
Pricing plans
Popular
Open Source
Free model weights for self-hosting.
Free
- Model weights available
- Self-hosting required
- Active community