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Nomic Embed

Open-source text embeddings

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★4.4ratingPricing · FreeStable
The FalcoScan Intel PanelNomic Embed · AI Models
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
Moderate
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Stable
Market trend
Rating
4.4
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Nomic Embed does

Fully open-source, fully reproducible embedding model competitive with OpenAI text-embedding-ada-002.

How Nomic Embed compares with its closest alternatives

2 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Nomic Embed does. All 5 offer an API, as Nomic Embed does. Nomic Embed offers a command-line tool. Of the 1 alternatives with platforms on record, none offers a command-line tool. Nomic Embed was founded in 2023; the alternatives were founded between 2019 and 2023, 1 of them earlier. Nomic Embed is based in New York, United States; 3 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in Canada and Germany.

Market position · AI Models

How Nomic Embed compares in AI Models

Nomic Embed has moderate opportunity and sits in the bottom third of 455 live AI Models tools on FalcoScan. Across AI Models, the average opportunity score is 74.6 and the average saturation score 30.5. FalcoScan rates Nomic Embed's own market position as open. 200 of the 455 operating AI Models tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 13 shutdowns in the category.

Nomic Embed compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Nomic EmbedFounded 2023 · New York, United StatesModerateOpenFree—YesYesAPI, CLIStable
Voyage AIFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Cohere Embed 3Founded 2019 · Toronto, CanadaHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Voyage 3Founded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Voyage Rerank 2Founded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenPaid—NoYesAPIHot
Jina Embeddings v3Founded 2023 · Berlin, GermanyHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIRising

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in AI Models.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Nomic Embed exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
EmbeddingsSemantic Search
Industry Verticals
Software
Tagged

Nomic Embed shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Nomic Embed: common questions

Is Nomic Embed free?

Yes. FalcoScan lists Nomic Embed as free to use.

What are the best alternatives to Nomic Embed?

The closest alternatives to Nomic Embed that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Voyage AI, Cohere Embed 3, Voyage 3, Voyage Rerank 2, and Jina Embeddings v3.

Is Nomic Embed still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Nomic Embed as operating at nomic.ai.

Where is Nomic Embed based?

Nomic Embed is headquartered in New York, United States.

Does Nomic Embed have an API?

Yes. Nomic Embed offers an API.

Who is Nomic Embed for?

Nomic Embed is built for developers and researchers.

How do I sign in to Nomic Embed?

Sign in on Nomic Embed's own website, nomic.ai. FalcoScan reviews Nomic Embed but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Nomic Embed directly.

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