Niagara 19M Batch.en measured on 16 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks16
BenchmarkByScoreRank
No benchmark matches
self-host onlyprice
13.3Open ASR
Nov 2025released
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Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
BetterWhisper Large v3 TurboOpen+22%—$0.001
OpenGranite Speech 4.1 2B Nar×2.4——
BetterCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×2—$0.001
BetterVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open+23%—$0.001BetterParakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen+75%—$0.002ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen+22%—$0.001Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×2—$0.001Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Open+23%—$0.001Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen+75%—$0.002Voxtral Small 24B 2507Open+29%—$0.003ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen×2.4——Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpen×2.4——CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open×2.4——BHiggs Audio v3 SttOpen×2.4——Granite 4.0 1B SpeechOpen×2.3——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
aNiagara 38M Batch.enOpen+18%——aNiagara 84M Batch.enOpenn/a——aNiagara 9M Batch.enOpenn/a——All abr-ai models →Run it yourself
Fits onhardware needs not verified yet
Licenceapplied-brain-research-open-licensecommercial use with conditions
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER13.3#59
Open ASR · RTFx4,348.4#9
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER16.2#56
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER25.4#51
Open ASR · AMI WER18.5#30
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER13.2#39
Open ASR · GigaSpeech WER14.3#32
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER9.8#31
FAQ
How much does Niagara 19M Batch.en cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Niagara 19M Batch.en free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Niagara 19M Batch.en, and what is it best at?›
#59 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is Niagara 19M Batch.en better than Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602?›
On Open ASR · AMI WER, Niagara 19M Batch.en scores 18.5 vs 15.9 — lower.
When was Niagara 19M Batch.en released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-11-13. It is the current version in its line.
Is Niagara 19M Batch.en open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (applied-brain-research-open-license licence).
Can I run Niagara 19M Batch.en locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Niagara 19M Batch.en?›
Niagara 19M Batch.en is an open-weights speech & voice model from abr-ai, released Nov 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Niagara 19M Batch.en?›
Whisper Large v3 Turbo (better), Granite Speech 4.1 2B Nar (open weights).