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Model infoModelsSnapshot: 15 Oct 2026

Google / Gemini Embedding

Text Embedding 004

Legacy text embeddings: shut down on the Gemini API, still listed for Enterprise with retirement scheduled for April 2027.

deprecatedClosed weightsEmbeddings
Official documentation (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 14 Oct 2026
5 of 16 specification fields collected
Input token limitNot collectedAwaiting source review
Maximum outputNot collectedAwaiting source review
Input billingNot collectedGoogle Gemini API
Output billingNot collectedNo inferred price

Specifications

Provider-documented facts. “Not collected” means we have not verified that field yet, not that the feature is unsupported.

Input token limit
Not collected
Maximum output
Not collected
Reasoning
Not collected
Tool calling
Not collected
Structured output
Not collected
Streaming
Not collected
Batch processing
SupportedSource for Batch processing (opens in a new tab)

Supported on Enterprise; does not establish batch access on every host.

Fine-tuning
SupportedSource for Fine-tuning (opens in a new tab)

Enterprise supervised parameter-efficient tuning.

Knowledge cutoff
Not collected
Parameters
Not collected
Architecture
Not collected
Languages
Not collected
Context caching
Not collected

See endpoint caching records. No verified support claim for this model.

Access & pricing

Prices belong to an endpoint and billing tier. A provider listing does not guarantee access for every account or region.

API model ID
text-embedding-004
Access
Historical Gemini API endpoint; shut down.
Regions
See Google supported-region and account requirements; region-specific availability not yet collected.

Endpoint pricing has not been collected. Check the provider for applicable rates.

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

Google Enterprise Agent Platform (online)

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
text-embedding-004
Access
Google Cloud project with billing and Agent Platform API enabled; IAM and regional quotas apply. Online prediction.
Regions
Region availability and project quotas must be checked for this exact model

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Embedding pricing: billing unit needs verificationText input1$0.0000251,000 provider billing counts (unit unresolved)

Rate conditions

  1. Non-Gemini text-embedding family rate; the table does not define count. Exact current SKU billing denominator remains unresolved.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

Google Enterprise Agent Platform (batch)

Provider source (opens in a new tab)
API model ID
text-embedding-004
Access
Google Cloud project with billing and Agent Platform API enabled; IAM and regional quotas apply. Asynchronous batch inference.
Regions
Region availability and project quotas must be checked for this exact model
Request limits
Up to 30,000 prompts per job. Input/output may use BigQuery or Cloud Storage JSONL.Source for Request limits (opens in a new tab)

Prices retain their published currencies and billing units below.

Published billing units · original currency · observed 14 Oct 2026
CategoryUsageRateUnit
Embedding pricing: billing unit needs verificationText input1$0.000021,000 provider billing counts (unit unresolved)

Rate conditions

  1. Non-Gemini text-embedding family rate; the table does not define count. Exact current SKU billing denominator remains unresolved.
Pricing source (opens in a new tab)

Data & enterprise terms

Retention, training use, regional processing and enterprise terms have not been summarized for this endpoint.

Caching

Caching can reuse earlier input processing. Availability, lifetime and billing depend on the endpoint. A cache hit still generates a new response.

01 / INITIAL INPUTProcess & retain

The system processes eligible input and retains reusable state.

02 / LATER REQUESTCheck available state

Reuse depends on matching input, session state and the cache policy.

03 / CACHE HITReuse & generate

Reusing state can reduce repeated work. Any charges follow the billing rules below.

Google Gemini API

text-embedding-004
Not verified

Provider-side caching has not been verified for this endpoint. Missing documentation is not evidence that caching is unsupported.

How it works
Not collected
Minimum reusable input
Not collected
Lifetime & refresh
Not collected
How to enable it
Not collected
Usage fields
Not collected
Billing rules
Not collected
Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

This model is retired on the recorded endpoint. Any retained prices or capability evidence are historical and do not imply current API access.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Google Enterprise Agent Platform (online)

text-embedding-004
Not verified

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

How it works
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

How to enable it
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Usage fields
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Billing rules
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

Google Enterprise Agent Platform (batch)

text-embedding-004
Not verified

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

How it works
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Minimum reusable input
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Lifetime & refresh
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

How to enable it
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Usage fields
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Billing rules
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

Limits & data boundaries
Not collected

Caching for this embedding endpoint is not established by the reviewed model docs. Generative Gemini prompt-cache support is not assumed.

No verified cache rate for this endpoint. An empty rate is not a zero charge.

Caching reviewed 14 Oct 2026

What the measurements say

No benchmark observations have been added for this model. We do not turn a vendor description into a performance score.

Latency and throughput depend on the host, request size, reasoning settings and load. There is no measured speed or global usage figure in this record.

The record behind the model

Why it is included

Google-documented proprietary hosted release in the Gemini API model catalog. No public weights identified for this release in the reviewed documentation; public-weight Gemma models are excluded.

Classification evidence (opens in a new tab)

Lifecycle dates

Gemini API release9 Apr 2024Source (opens in a new tab)
Listed shutdown date (Gemini API marked shut down)14 Jan 2026Source (opens in a new tab)
Enterprise general availability14 May 2024Source (opens in a new tab)
Scheduled Enterprise retirement1 Apr 2027Source (opens in a new tab)

Sources reviewed