Embed 5 Pro vs Gemini Embedding 2

Embed 5 Pro from Cohere and Gemini Embedding 2 from Google, side by side. Every figure comes from the model registry. No markup on model usage: you pay the provider's list price.

Side-by-side comparison of Embed 5 Pro, Gemini Embedding 2

Attribute	Embed 5 Pro	Gemini Embedding 2
Provider	Cohere	Google
Model id	cohere/embed-v5.0-pro	google/gemini-embedding-2
Status	Available via Safeguard	Available via Safeguard
Input / 1M tokens	$0.12	$0.20
Output / 1M tokens	Price on request	Price on request
Price notes	Embeddings: input tokens only.	Text input $0.20/1M. Image $0.45/1M ($0.00012 per image), audio $6.50/1M, video $12.00/1M. Output not billed.
Context	128K	8K
Parameters	Not published	Not published
Max output	Not published	Not published
Modality	Embeddings	Embeddings
Weights	Closed	Closed
Zero data retention	Available	Not offered
Prompts go to	Cohere SaaS Platform	Google (Gemini Developer API)
Retention	Logged prompts and generations deleted after 30 days unless flagged or legally required, you can opt out of training use in dashboard Data Controls, ZDR for approved enterprise customers	Paid tier: prompts and responses not used to improve Google products, but logged for a limited period for abuse monitoring, free tier content may be used to improve products
Region	Not stated	No region guarantee, data may be stored transiently or cached in any country where Google operates. Google points ZDR and enterprise processing needs to Vertex AI (Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform)
Price checked	2026-10-08	2026-10-08

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