Prompt
speech to text api pricing
Latest observation
Here’s a quick overview of common speech-to-text API pricing models and typical ranges:
1) Pay-per-minute / pay-per-second
Most common for cloud STT APIs.
- Typical range: about $0.006 to $0.03 per audio minute
- Examples:
- OpenAI Whisper API: usually priced per minute of audio
- Google Speech-to-Text
- AWS Transcribe
- Azure Speech to Text
2) Subscription tiers
Some services bundle usage into monthly plans.
- Typical range: $10–$100+ / month
- Good if you have predictable volume.
3) Free / open-source
- Whisper open-source can be self-hosted at no API cost
- You pay for your own compute, hosting, and maintenance
Factors that affect cost
- Real-time vs batch transcription
- Accuracy/features: punctuation, diarization, language detection
- Audio length and number of requests
- Custom vocabulary or industry models
If you want, I can also give you a comparison table of OpenAI, Google, AWS, and Azure pricing.
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