BiUltraVBERT measured on 5 of 203 Multimodal benchmarks5
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62.5MIEB lite
Oct 2026released
33K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +3Languages
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45Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano79.246BiUltraVBERT70.847E5 V62.7Strong at
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ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterJina Embeddings v5 Omni NanounstatedOpen+12%—$0.02Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+2DOpenArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstated+31%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1BetterJina Embeddings v4unstatedOpen+28%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1BetterJina Embeddings v5 Omni SmallunstatedOpen+12%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1VBetterVoyage Multimodal 3+19%—$0.12Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
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Jina Embeddings v5 Omni NanounstatedOpen+12%—$0.02Max input: 33K tokens → 8K tokens+2Jina Embeddings v4unstatedOpen+28%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1Jina Embeddings v5 Omni SmallunstatedOpen+12%—$0.05Languages: not verified+1VVoyage Multimodal 3+19%—$0.12Languages: not verifiedDArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+31%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
DArgus Colqwen3.5 9B v0unstatedOpen+31%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1
Nemotron Colembed VL 8B v2Open+31%——Languages: not verified+1DArgus Colqwen3.5 4B v0unstatedOpen+30%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +2+1vVultronRetrieverCore Qwen3.5 4.5BOpen+30%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 2.7 GBvVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+30%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
aColqwen3.5 4.5B v3Open+29%——Languages: loses pt, it+1aColUltraVBERTOpen+22%——All athrael-soju models →Run it yourself
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LicenceMITfree for commercial use
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How much does BiUltraVBERT cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is BiUltraVBERT free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is BiUltraVBERT, and what is it best at?›
#53 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is BiUltraVBERT better than Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano?›
On MIEB multilingual · Document Understanding · English, BiUltraVBERT scores 70.8 vs 79.2 — lower.
When was BiUltraVBERT released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-10-18. It is the current version in its line.
Is BiUltraVBERT open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run BiUltraVBERT locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is BiUltraVBERT?›
BiUltraVBERT is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from athrael-soju, released Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to BiUltraVBERT?›
Jina Embeddings v5 Omni Nano (better), Argus Colqwen3.5 9B v0 (open weights).