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AI ranking change · 2026-06-30

OpenAI text-embedding-3 overtakes OpenAI as Claude's #1 pick

for embeddings model api

OpenAIOpenAI text-embedding-3

On 2026-06-30, Claude changed its #1 recommendation for best embeddings model api — dropping OpenAI from the top spot in favor of OpenAI text-embedding-3. The previous #1 had held since 2026-06-30.

Best all-around quality-to-cost ratio, native dimension-shortening (Matryoshka) so you can trade accuracy for storage cheaply, massive ecosystem and tooling support, and the default that nearly every vector DB and framework documents first.Claude

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