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OpenAI text-embedding-3 vs Cohere embed-v3

Two managed embedding APIs.

Cohere is particularly strong for multilingual retrieval and has a well-paired reranker (Cohere Rerank).

At a glance

OpenAI text-embedding-3Cohere embed-v3
LanguagesGood English + othersExcellent multilingual
Reranker pairingVia Anthropic/OpenAINative Cohere Rerank
Price$0.02-0.13/M~$0.10/M

When to pick OpenAI text-embedding-3

English-first, cost-sensitive, simple stack.

When to pick Cohere embed-v3

Multilingual retrieval or want to pair with Cohere Rerank.

My verdict

OpenAI for most English workloads. Cohere for multilingual or when rerank is mandatory.

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