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Why use Cohere Embed v4.0 on Vercel AI Gateway?
Vercel AI Gateway offers Cohere Embed v4.0 with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.12/1M input tokens. Vercel AI Gateway is a unified AI proxy providing a single OpenAI-compatible API endpoint to 275+ models from 25+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, xAI, Alibaba, Amazon, ByteDance, Cohere, MiniMax, MoonshotAI, KwaiPilot, Black Forest Labs, Recraft, Voyage AI, NVIDIA, and more.
Compare Cohere Embed v4.0 across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Python + curlpip install openaiexport AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY=...import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],cohere/embed-v4.0Request example
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="cohere/embed-v4.0",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "cohere/embed-v4.0", not the LLMReference slug "cohere-embed-v4-0".
- creator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
- The examples expect AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Compare Cohere Embed v4.0 Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Foundry | $0.12 | — |
| Vercel AI Gateway | $0.12 | — |
| Cohere API | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.12 |
Capabilities
About Cohere Embed v4.0
Latest multimodal embedding model supporting text, images, and mixed content (e.g., PDFs). Embed v4.0 offers variable embedding dimensions (256, 512, 1024, 1536 default) and supports multiple similarity metrics (Cosine, Dot Product, Euclidean Distance). Ideal for semantic search, classification, and clustering across multimodal data.