OpenAI

OpenAI Ada-002 (Legacy)

The foundational embedding model for a wide range of NLP tasks.

Broad language understandingCost-effectiveWidely adopted and integrated

Where it ranks today

Best for / Not great for

Best for
  • General semantic search
  • Content summarization
  • Recommendation systems
  • Basic text classification
Not great for
  • Highly specialized domain retrieval
  • Tasks requiring state-of-the-art recall
  • New RAG implementations prioritizing the latest performance

Why it ranks here

While superseded by newer models, Ada-002 remains incredibly popular due to its established presence, broad utility, and cost-effectiveness. It's still a strong contender for many general-purpose embedding needs, though newer models often outperform it on specific benchmarks.

30-day trend

Score breakdown

Search trends92
Benchmarks91
Developer buzz96
News mentions93

Pricing

API: $0.00 in · $0.00 out per 1M tokens · Consumer: $0.00/mo

Pricing plans

Popular
Pay-as-you-go
Affordable and flexible embedding generation
$0 /usage
  • Usage-based pricing
  • Access to Ada-002
  • High availability
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