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voyage-4-lite vs paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2: API price, context & features · api14

VoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-lite vs Sentence Transformers: paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2

A side-by-side comparison of VoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-lite ($0.07 / 1M tokens) and Sentence Transformers: paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2 ($0.02 / 1M tokens) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.

Specifications

	VoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-lite	Sentence Transformers: paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2
Provider	VoyageAI by MongoDB	Sentence Transformers
Input	$0.07 / 1M tokens	$0.02 / 1M tokens
Context window	32,000	512
Max output	28,800	460
Input	text	text
Output	embeddings	embeddings
Tool calling
Structured output
Reasoning control
Added	Jul 27, 2026	Nov 18, 2025

Key differences

Sentence Transformers: paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2 is 75% cheaper on input tokens.
VoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-lite reads 62.5× more context (32,000 tokens).

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Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "mongodb/voyage-4-lite" to "sentence-transformers/paraphrase-minilm-l6-v2" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.

VoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-lite details & playground →Sentence Transformers: paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2 details & playground →

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});

const result = await client.embeddings.create({
  "model": "sentence-transformers/paraphrase-minilm-l6-v2",
  "input": [
    "The quick brown fox",
    "Lorem ipsum"
  ]
});
console.log(result.data.map((d) => d.embedding.length));

VoyageAI by MongoDB: voyage-4-lite vs Sentence Transformers: paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2

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