> Nomic
Nomic AI provides the Atlas Embedding API and open-weight models like nomic-embed. It offers a monthly free tier for its embedding API and is transitioning to focus on document AI for specialized industries.
// pros
- Backed by a real company with clear products, a clearly identified and credible entity
- Official Developer API, OpenAI compatible (migrate by changing base URL), with a Python SDK
- Free tier ~1M embedding tokens/month, good for evaluation/RAG prototypes
- nomic-embed weights are Apache 2.0 open source, self-hostable, MTEB on par with OpenAI text-embedding-3-small
// cons
- Provides an embedding API, not a chat/generative LLM API
- Free quota is a big-vendor-style limited trial tier, paid once exceeded
- Homepage focuses on the vertical AEC domain; weak as a general free LLM
Good for developers needing free embeddings/vectorization (RAG, retrieval, semantic search), with a legitimate OpenAI-compatible official API and self-hostable open-source models; but it offers no chat-type free LLM, so it does not fit if your goal is a free conversational/generative API.
community_reputation
Nomic AI enjoys a good reputation in the open-source embedding community, with nomic-embed widely cited and Atlas listed neutrally-to-positively in third-party directories, with no shutdown or major negative controversy. As a legitimate company whose paid platform includes a free embedding trial tier, it is classified as first-party-free.
imported analysis — independent third party, not Uprouter editorial · verify before relying on it
How we estimated this: the free allowance is converted to a dollar value using the provider’s own pay-as-you-go rates for the models a typical developer would reach for. When the allowance is metered in requests, tokens or minutes rather than dollars, we assume median usage of the cheapest capable model. Because assumptions are involved, the figure carries the est. flag — treat it as an order of magnitude, not a quote.
note: Atlas embedding API free tier ~1M embedding tokens/month for evaluation and prototyping; ~$0.10/mo equivalent at Nomic embed pricing (~$0.10/1M tokens); paid beyond that.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier (source-reported) | free | — | — | — | Atlas embedding API free tier is roughly 1 million embedding tokens per month for evaluation and prototyping; paid beyond that. |
| Free tier | free | — | Free | Free | rate-limited embeddings |
| Pay-as-you-go | payg | — | $0.0080 | — | nomic-embed-text-v1.5 |
| Embedding API | payg | — | $0.0080 | — | Price for nomic-embed-text-v1.5. |
| Individual | subscription | $20.00/mo | — | — | Includes $20 of AI usage credits monthly. |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| nomic-embed-text-v1.5 | — | — | — |
| nomic-embed-text | — | — | — |
| nomic-embed-vision | — | — | — |
$ Does Nomic have a free tier?
Yes — Nomic offers a free tier that we value at roughly $0.10 in free credits (estimate — derived from rate-limited usage at pay-as-you-go prices). Always confirm current limits on Nomic's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Nomic cost per 1M tokens?
Nomic does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is Nomic safe to use?
Uprouter rates Nomic as low risk. Rated low risk. an official provider with a free tier with pricing, authentication and terms documented on its own site. The model coverage is consistent with a real upstream, so data and reliability risk are modest. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
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// more_informationprice history · live status · risk & confidence · code snippets
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Uprouter runs its own probes; best-effort, not a guarantee. Probe results depend on our network location and cadence — for production, always use the provider’s own status page.
risk_&_confidence
Rated low risk. an official provider with a free tier with pricing, authentication and terms documented on its own site. The model coverage is consistent with a real upstream, so data and reliability risk are modest.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Nomic's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://YOUR-PROVIDER-ENDPOINT/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "nomic-embed-text-v1-5",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.