ColUltraVBERT measured on 5 of 195 Multimodal benchmarks5
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self-host onlyprice
82.6MIEB lite
Oct 2026released
33K tokensMax input
en, es, fr +3Languages
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31Colqwen2.5 v0.251.932ColUltraVBERT49.333NanoVDR S Multi49.1Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterNemotron 3.5 Embed 1B BF16Open+17%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.9 GB
OpenEVIE 8B+34%——Languages: not verified+1BetterNemotron 3.5 Embed 8B BF16Open+22%—$0.035Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 5 GB
BetterQwen 3 VL Embedding 8BOpen+17%—$0.09Languages: not verified+1BetterEVIE 4.5BOpen+33%——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3.5 Embed 1B BF16Open+17%—$0.015Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 0.9 GBNemotron 3.5 Embed 8B BF16Open+22%—$0.035Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 5 GBQwen 3 VL Embedding 8BOpen+17%—$0.09Languages: not verified+1EVIE 8BOpen+34%——Languages: not verified+1EVIE 4.5BOpen+33%——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
EVIE 8BOpen+34%——Languages: not verified+1EVIE 4.5BOpen+33%——Languages: not verified+1wWebAI ColVec1.1 8BOpen+32%——Languages: not verified+1
pplx Embed v2 Late 9BOpen+31%——Max input: 33K tokens → 4K tokens+2vVultronRetrieverPrime Qwen3.5 8BOpen+30%——Memory (4-bit): 0.2 GB → 5 GBModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
aColqwen3.5 4.5B v3Open+25%——Languages: loses pt, it+1aBiUltraVBERTOpen-36%——All athrael-soju models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceMITfree for commercial use
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in Embeddings & RetrievalFAQ
How much does ColUltraVBERT cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is ColUltraVBERT free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is ColUltraVBERT, and what is it best at?›
#32 of 89 in Multimodal.
Is ColUltraVBERT better than Colqwen2.5 v0.2?›
On ViDoRe v3 · Mean over tasks · multilingual (6 languages), ColUltraVBERT scores 49.3 vs 51.9 — lower.
When was ColUltraVBERT released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-10-17. It is the current version in its line.
Is ColUltraVBERT open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run ColUltraVBERT locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is ColUltraVBERT?›
ColUltraVBERT is an open-weights embeddings & retrieval model from athrael-soju, released Oct 2026.
What are the best alternatives to ColUltraVBERT?›
Nemotron 3.5 Embed 1B BF16 (better), EVIE 8B (open weights).