Best-in-class embeddings + Reader API. 1M tokens free.
// At a glance
Free Tier
1M tokens · 1k req/min · no card
// Free tier details
Available Models
jina-embeddings-v3ReaderReranker
Monthly Tokens
1M tokens free
Rate Limit
1,000 requests/minute
// Quick start
300">"text-purple-400">import requests
response = requests.post(
300">"https://api.jina.ai/v1/embeddings",
headers={300">"Authorization": 300">"Bearer YOUR_JINA_KEY"},
json={
300">"model": 300">"jina-embeddings-v3",
300">"input": [300">"hello world"],
},
)
print(response.json()[300">"data"][0][300">"embedding"][:5])
// Overview
Jina offers embeddings, rerankers, and a Reader that converts any URL to LLM-ready text. Excellent for RAG pipelines.
// Pros
- Best multilingual embeddings
- Free Reader API for web scraping
- Strong reranker
// Cons
- Smaller brand than OpenAI
- Limited LLM offerings
// Score breakdown
Reliability (35%) (from 2m ago health check)100/100
Free Tier Generosity (30%) (computed from quota, no-CC, no-phone fields)100/100
Documentation (20%) (human rating)90/100
Popularity (15%) (GitHub stars (log-normalised), or manual baseline)86/100
Methodology: apivault.dev/methodology
// Best for
RAG pipelinesWeb scraping for LLMsSearch
// Recent changes
Apr 30, 2026Jina Embeddings v3added