OpenAI
OpenAI Ada-002 (Legacy)
The foundational embedding model for a wide range of NLP tasks.
Broad language understandingCost-effectiveWidely adopted and integrated
Today's score
93.0
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While superseded by newer models, Ada-002 remains incredibly popular due to its established presence, broad utility, and cost-effectiveness.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