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# Tongyi Embedding Vision Plus

> Multimodal embedding producing independent vectors for text, image, and video inputs.

![Tongyi Embedding Vision Plus](https://media.empiriolabs.ai/model-logos/qwen.png)

[Alibaba Cloud](/providers/alibaba) · Embeddings

`POST /v1/embeddings`

Multimodal embedding producing independent vectors for text, image, and video inputs.

## At a glance

| Field               | Value                           |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| Model id            | `tongyi-embedding-vision-plus`  |
| Model release date  | 2025-09-23                      |
| Input modalities    | Text, Image, Video              |
| Output modalities   | Embedding                       |
| Context window      | 1K                              |
| Weight precision    | -                               |
| Region              | Singapore                       |
| Features            | multimodal, independent vectors |
| Native inference    | No                              |
| New                 | No                              |
| Supported endpoints | `POST /v1/embeddings`           |

## Pricing

| Charge              | Spec          | Rate   |
| ------------------- | ------------- | ------ |
| Text input          | per 1M tokens | \$0.09 |
| Image / video input | per 1M tokens | \$0.09 |

## Example request

```bash
curl https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/embeddings \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer $EMPIRIOLABS_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"model": "tongyi-embedding-vision-plus", "input": [{"type":"text","text":"Embed me."},{"type":"image","url":"https://media.empiriolabs.ai/example.jpg"}]}'
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type   | Required | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| --------- | ------ | -------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `input`   | string | yes      | -       | A string, an array of up to 2,048 strings (one embedding each), an OpenAI-style part array `[{type:'image',url:...},{type:'text',text:...}]`, or a native part list `{contents:[{image:'...'},{text:'...'}]}`. Up to 8 images at 3 MB each, video up to 10 MB, text up to 1024 tokens. |
| `user`    | string | no       | -       | Optional caller identifier.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |

## Notes

**Output**

* Fixed 1152-dim vector per input (no fusion across modalities)
* An array of strings returns one embedding per string, up to 2,048 per request

**Per-input limits**

* Text: up to 1,024 tokens
* Image: up to 8 per request, 3 MB each (JPG, PNG, BMP)
* Video: up to 10 MB per file (MP4, MPEG, MOV, MPG, WEBM, AVI, FLV, MKV)

**Languages**

* Chinese, English

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*Machine-readable schema:* `GET https://api.empiriolabs.ai/v1/models/tongyi-embedding-vision-plus`.