From b3023a9bf79e96b703428432315da69ce30fb558 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cal Corum Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:53:23 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] store: Cloud embedding APIs offer no advantage over local qwen3-embedding:8b --- ...offer-no-advantage-over-local-qwen3-emb-97866f.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 graph/insights/cloud-embedding-apis-offer-no-advantage-over-local-qwen3-emb-97866f.md diff --git a/graph/insights/cloud-embedding-apis-offer-no-advantage-over-local-qwen3-emb-97866f.md b/graph/insights/cloud-embedding-apis-offer-no-advantage-over-local-qwen3-emb-97866f.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..38eea357c7a --- /dev/null +++ b/graph/insights/cloud-embedding-apis-offer-no-advantage-over-local-qwen3-emb-97866f.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +id: 97866ffd-f148-4dda-b4c6-7cd9c7861b63 +type: insight +title: "Cloud embedding APIs offer no advantage over local qwen3-embedding:8b" +tags: [embedding, privacy, openai, ollama, comparison] +importance: 0.6 +confidence: 0.8 +created: "2026-02-19T20:53:23.330619+00:00" +updated: "2026-02-19T20:53:23.330619+00:00" +--- + +Researched all major cloud embedding APIs (Feb 2026): OpenAI text-embedding-3-large (64.6 MTEB, $0.065-0.13/1M tokens), Google gemini-embedding-001 (68.3, $0.15/1M), Voyage AI voyage-3.5 (66-67, $0.06/1M), Cohere embed-v4 (65.2, ~$0.10/1M). Local qwen3-embedding:8b scores ~70.6 MTEB — beats all of them. Privacy comparison: OpenAI retains 30 days; Voyage AI trains on data by default with irrevocable license (!); Google paid API doesn't train; Cohere opt-in. Local = free + fully private + highest quality. No reason to use cloud for this use case.