# Does Weaviate has its own embedding model which can be used for text and image embedding **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** technical\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/does-weaviate-has-its-own-embedding-model-which-can-be-used-for-text-and-image-embedding/9538 "2025-01-01T07:25:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![darklord.thevader](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/darklord.thevader/32/3281_2.png) [@darklord.thevader](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/darklord.thevader)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/does-weaviate-has-its-own-embedding-model-which-can-be-used-for-text-and-image-embedding/9538/1 "2025-01-01T07:25:54Z")
As i am trying to use weaviate as vector DB, and I am using weaviate’s community self hosted version, I was reading weaviate has some in-built pre-trained text2vec embeddings available which can work for no cost? or do we have any other vectors available from weaviate which we can use to ensure we can avoid external embedding models ---
**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/does-weaviate-has-its-own-embedding-model-which-can-be-used-for-text-and-image-embedding/9538/2 "2025-01-02T17:36:03Z")
hi @darklord.thevader !! Yes, you can run your own transformer/embedding models, as described here: > **[Text Embeddings | Weaviate](https://weaviate.io/developers/weaviate/model-providers/transformers/embeddings)** > > Weaviate's integration with the Hugging Face Transformers library allows you to access their models' capabilities directly from Weaviate. We also provide a docker image that you can run side by side with Weaviate and vectorize your data locally. Let me know if that helps! Thanks!