Niagara 38M Batch.en measured on 16 of 80 Speech to text benchmarks16
BenchmarkByScoreRank
No benchmark matches
self-host onlyprice
11.4Open ASR
Feb 2026released
enLanguages
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MBetterMultilingual×4.4—$0.001COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026×3.9——
BetterCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×3.1—$0.001
BetterVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open×2.6—$0.001
BetterWhisper Large v3Open×2.4—$0.001ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual×4.4—$0.001Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×3.1—$0.001Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Open×2.6—$0.001Whisper Large v3Open×2.4—$0.001Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen×2.5—$0.002ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open×3.9——
Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpen×3.7——EARK ASR 3BOpen×3.7——Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen×3.7——BHiggs Audio v3 SttOpen×3.5——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
aNiagara 9M Batch.enOpen-41%——aNiagara 19M Batch.enOpensame——aNiagara 84M Batch.enOpensame——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 WER11.4#55
Open ASR · RTFx4,561.4#8
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER13.9#54
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER22.9#50
Open ASR · AMI WER15.7#28
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER11.8#33
Open ASR · GigaSpeech WER11.5#30
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER8.7#29
FAQ
How much does Niagara 38M Batch.en cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Niagara 38M Batch.en free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Niagara 38M Batch.en, and what is it best at?›
#55 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is Niagara 38M Batch.en better than Niagara 84M Batch.en?›
On Open ASR · LibriSpeech Clean WER, Niagara 38M Batch.en scores 3.8 vs 3.1 — about the same.
When was Niagara 38M Batch.en released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-02-19. It is the current version in its line.
Is Niagara 38M Batch.en open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (applied-brain-research-open-license licence).
Can I run Niagara 38M Batch.en locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Niagara 38M Batch.en?›
Niagara 38M Batch.en is an open-weights speech & voice model from abr-ai, released Feb 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Niagara 38M Batch.en?›
Multilingual (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).