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Text Embeddings Inference vs Cohere: catalog facts
Text Embeddings Inference	Cohere
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Paid Usage is billed per the pricing page; private deployments are arranged with sales.
macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Web
Supports many popular embedding and reranker model families Small Docker images with fast startup	Embedding and rerank models suited to retrieval and RAG Options for private and on-premises deployment
Serves embedding and classification models only, not text generation Set up as a server, so it suits developers rather than casual users	Primarily aimed at enterprise customers Hosted API requires an account and network access
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Hosted service
Open source	Closed source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
No account needed	Account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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