Speech to text: compare 19 models
Turn audio into text. Prices are the providers' own, in this category's unit.
| # | Model | Price | Released | Price change | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
GPT-Transcribe
OpenAI
|
$0.0045 / minute | Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| 2 |
Cohere Transcribe Arabic
Cohere
|
No data | July 2026 | ||
| 3 |
Scribe v2
ElevenLabs
|
$0.0037 / minute | No data | ||
| 4 |
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
OpenAI
|
$0.003 / minute | Mar 20, 2025 | ||
| 5 |
GPT-4o Transcribe
OpenAI
|
$0.006 / minute | March 2025 | ||
| 6 |
GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize
OpenAI
|
$0.006 / minute | No data | ||
| 7 |
GPT-Live-Transcribe
OpenAI
|
$0.017 / minute | Jul 28, 2026 | ||
| 8 |
GPT-Realtime-Whisper
OpenAI
|
$0.017 / minute | May 7, 2026 | ||
| 9 |
Whisper
OpenAI
|
$0.006 / minute | March 2023 | ||
| 10 |
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe
Google
|
$0.005 / minute | August 2026 | ||
| 11 |
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live
Google
|
$0.009 / minute | No data | ||
| 12 | from $0.0017 / minute | No data | |||
| 13 | No data | No data | |||
| 14 |
Cohere Transcribe
Cohere
|
No data | March 2026 | ||
| 15 |
Scribe v2 Realtime
ElevenLabs
|
$0.0065 / minute | No data | ||
| 16 |
Qwen Audio 3.1 ASR Flash
Alibaba Cloud (Qwen)
|
No data | No data | ||
| 17 |
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 3
Preview
Mistral AI
|
No data | No data | ||
| 18 |
Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime 3
Preview
Mistral AI
|
No data | No data | ||
| 19 |
Voxtral Small Transcribe 3
Preview
Mistral AI
|
No data | No data |
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest model for speech to text?
Among current models with a published price, Grok Speech to Text from xAI is the lowest at from $0.0017 / minute (checked Oct 22, 2026). Prices change, so confirm on the provider's page.
How many speech to text models are available?
19 current models from 8 providers: OpenAI, Cohere, ElevenLabs, Google, xAI, Meta, Alibaba Cloud (Qwen), Mistral AI.