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Why use text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI on GCP Vertex AI?
GCP Vertex AI offers text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.10/1M input tokens. Vertex AI is Google Cloud's managed AI platform, offering access to Gemini models and hundreds of partner models alongside tools for fine-tuning, grounding, vector search, and end-to-end MLOps pipelines.
Setup recipe
Python + curlpip install google-cloud-aiplatformexport GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT=...import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")vertex-text-embedding-004Request example
import os
import vertexai
from vertexai.generative_models import GenerativeModel
# Reads GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT from env; authenticates via Application Default Credentials
vertexai.init(project=os.environ["GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT"], location="us-central1")
model = GenerativeModel("vertex-text-embedding-004")
response = model.generate_content("Hello")
print(response.text)Gotchas
- For Google-published models use the model name directly, e.g. "gemini-2.0-flash-001". For third-party publishers (Anthropic, Meta, etc.) use the full publisher path, e.g. "publishers/anthropic/models/claude-3-5-sonnet-v2@20241022".
- The examples expect GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT; rename it only if your application config maps the new variable.
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.10 |
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
About text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI
text-embedding-004 via Google Vertex AI
FAQ
What is the context window for text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI on GCP Vertex AI?
text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI supports a 2,048 token context window on GCP Vertex AI.
Who created text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI?
text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI was created by Google DeepMind as part of the Gemini Embedding model family.
Is text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI open source?
text-embedding-004 on Google Vertex AI is not open source; the seed data lists it as proprietary.