Niagara 9M Batch.en measured on 12 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks12
BenchmarkByScoreRank
No benchmark matches
self-host onlyprice
16.6Open ASR
Sep 2026released
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Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MBetterMultilingual×3.1—$0.001
OpenPhi 4 Multimodal Instruct×3.3—$0.05
BetterWhisper Large v3 TurboOpen+98%—$0.001
BetterCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×2.6—$0.001
BetterVoxtral Mini 3B 2507Open×2.1—$0.001ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual×3.1—$0.001Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen+98%—$0.001Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×2.6—$0.001Voxtral Mini 3B 2507Open×2.1—$0.001Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen×2.6—$0.002ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Phi 4 Multimodal InstructOpen×3.3—$0.05
Granite Speech 3.3 8BOpen×3.2——Granite Speech 3.3 2BOpen×3.1——
Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpen×2.9——HHojo ASR v1Open×2.7——ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
aNiagara 19M Batch.enOpen+25%——aNiagara 38M Batch.enOpen+46%——aNiagara 84M Batch.enOpen+68%——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 WER16.6#60
Open ASR · RTFx7,217#4
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER20.9#59
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER29.5#53
FAQ
How much does Niagara 9M Batch.en cost?›
There is no per-unit API price: self-host only.
Is Niagara 9M Batch.en free to use?›
There is no free API. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Niagara 9M Batch.en, and what is it best at?›
#60 of 61 in Speech to text.
Is Niagara 9M Batch.en better than Niagara 19M Batch.en?›
On Open ASR · average WER, Niagara 9M Batch.en scores 16.6 vs 13.3 — lower.
When was Niagara 9M Batch.en released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-09-12. It is the current version in its line.
Is Niagara 9M Batch.en open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (applied-brain-research-open-license licence).
Can I run Niagara 9M Batch.en locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Niagara 9M Batch.en?›
Niagara 9M Batch.en is an open-weights speech & voice model from abr-ai, released Sep 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Niagara 9M Batch.en?›
Multilingual (better), Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct (open weights).