Embed 5 Pro vs Text Embedding v4
Embed 5 Pro from Cohere and Text Embedding v4 from Alibaba Cloud (Qwen), side by side. Every figure comes from the model registry. No markup on model usage: you pay the provider's list price.
| Attribute |   Embed 5 Pro |  Text Embedding v4 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) |
| Model id | cohere/embed-v5.0-pro | qwen/text-embedding-v4 |
| Status | Available via Safeguard | Available via Safeguard |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.12 | $0.07 |
| Output / 1M tokens | Price on request | Price on request |
| Price notes | Embeddings: input tokens only. | International (Singapore). Billed by input tokens, output free. |
| 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 stated |
| Prompts go to | Cohere SaaS Platform | Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (prices shown are for the Singapore / International deployment) |
| 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 | Alibaba Cloud states it never uses your data for model training, Model Studio stores data generated from model calls as required by law (no period stated) |
| Region | Not stated | Singapore (International) for these prices, other regions such as China (Beijing), Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Virginia and Tokyo have separate price lists |
| Price checked | 2026-10-08 | 2026-10-08 |
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