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Comparison

FastEmbed vs Mixedbread (mxbai)

On the evidence we track, Mixedbread (mxbai) leads this comparison with a composite score of 74/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

FastEmbed full profile →Mixedbread (mxbai) full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
FastEmbed47
★Mixedbread (mxbai)74
Score
Vioscale score
FastEmbed47 / 100low · 31%updating
Mixedbread (mxbai)74 / 100low · 35%updating
Pricing
Free tier
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Model
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)freemium
Price level
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)mid
Starting price
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)$20
Transparent
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Integrations
Count
FastEmbed1
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
Security
Iso27001
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Soc2
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
FastEmbed4
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
Github stars
FastEmbed3,166
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
Activity
Commits last 30d
FastEmbed13
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
Release
Cadence days
FastEmbed33
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
History
FastEmbed20 items
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
License
Spdx
FastEmbedApache-2.0
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
Language
Primary
FastEmbedPython
Mixedbread (mxbai)–
Market
Availability
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)Available in US · Popular in US · HQ US

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for embeddings apis. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Architecture model
FastEmbedOpen weights local
Mixedbread (mxbai)Hybrid
Matryoshka representation learning for dimension truncation
FastEmbed-
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
Multilingual support across 100 plus languages
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Binary and scalar quantization for memory reduction
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
Cross encoder reranker API offered
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Late interaction architecture colbert v2
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
Massive context window greater than 8k tokens
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
Multi modal image and text joint embeddings
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Task specific prefixes query vs document instructions
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
Zero data retention training opt out enterprise
FastEmbed-
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
SOC2 type ii
FastEmbed-
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Mit or apache permissive oss license
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)-
Pricing model
FastEmbedFree open weights
Mixedbread (mxbai)Per million tokens API

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

FastEmbed

A Python library that creates vector embeddings from text and images using efficient, quantized model weights optimized for speed and local inference. Supports multiple embedding architectures including multilingual models and outperforms OpenAI's Ada-002 in accuracy.

Independently observed

Mixedbread (mxbai)

Leader

A search and retrieval platform that indexes and queries text, images, PDFs, video, and audio across over 100 languages with minimal latency, requiring no infrastructure management or manual embedding configuration.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

FastEmbed

Pricing not documented yet.

Mixedbread (mxbai)

Leader
from $20/moHybridFree tier

From $20/month plus per-token API usage. Free tier available with $5 credits.

  • StarterFree
    • $5 one-time credits
    • 3 workspace users
    • 10 stores
    • 100 requests/minute
    • Community Slack support
  • Scale$20/month plus usage-based pricing
    • $20/month in included credits
    • Unlimited workspace users
    • 10,000 stores
    • 1,200 queries/min, 360 ingestion/min
    • Automatic backups
    • +1 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume-based discounts
    • Unlimited stores
    • Custom rate limits & SLA
    • Automatic backups with point-in-time recovery
    • Dedicated support team
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
CLI
FastEmbed–
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
FastEmbed✗
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Self-hosted
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
On-premise
FastEmbed✓
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓
Hybrid
FastEmbed✗
Mixedbread (mxbai)✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

FastEmbed

1 total
  • Qdrant
Independently observed

Mixedbread (mxbai)

Leader

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.