STT AI Pricing.
Every provider.
Compare per-minute pricing for speech-to-text APIs. Updated daily from official provider pages.
Current Pricing
Sorted by cost per minute. Prices in USD.
| Provider | Model | Cost/Min ↑ | STT Type | Max Duration | Languages | Freshness | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cartesia | Cartesia Ink | $0.002 | Streaming | — | — | 8h ago | Mar 2025 |
| cartesia | Cartesia Ink-Whisper | $0.002 | Streaming | — | — | 8h ago | Jun 2025 |
| cartesia | Cartesia Ink-Whisper Standard | $0.002 | Streaming | — | — | 8h ago | Jun 2025 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-2 | $0.003 | Batch | — | 99 | 8h ago | Jun 2024 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-2 | $0.003 | Batch | — | 99 | 8h ago | Oct 2024 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-Streaming | $0.003 | Streaming | — | 1 | 8h ago | — |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-Streaming (English) | $0.003 | Streaming | — | 1 | 8h ago | Jun 2025 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-Streaming Multilingual | $0.003 | Streaming | — | 6 | 8h ago | Nov 2025 |
| azure | Azure Speech Standard Batch Transcription | $0.003 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Sep 2018 |
| azure | Azure Speech Standard Batch | $0.003 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V2 Dynamic Batch | $0.003 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Aug 2023 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text V2 Standard Dynamic Batch | $0.003 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| openai | OpenAI GPT-4o Mini Transcribe | $0.003 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Mar 2025 |
| openai | OpenAI GPT-4o Mini Transcribe | $0.003 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Mar 2025 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Best (Universal-3 Pro) | $0.004 | Batch | — | 6 | 8h ago | Feb 2026 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Best Async (Universal-3 Pro) | $0.004 | Batch | — | 6 | 8h ago | Feb 2026 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-3 Pro | $0.004 | Batch | — | 6 | 8h ago | Feb 2026 |
| azure | Azure Speech Custom Batch Transcription | $0.004 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Sep 2018 |
| azure | Azure Speech Custom Batch Transcription | $0.004 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V2 Standard (Tier 4: 2M+ min) | $0.004 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Aug 2023 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V2 Standard (2M+ min) | $0.004 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Whisper Streaming | $0.005 | Streaming | — | 99 | 8h ago | Nov 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-2 | $0.006 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Dec 2023 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-2 (Batch) | $0.006 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Nov 2023 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-2 (Pre-Recorded) | $0.006 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Nov 2023 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-2 (Streaming) | $0.006 | Streaming | — | 45 | 8h ago | Nov 2023 |
| openai | OpenAI GPT-4o Transcribe | $0.006 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Mar 2025 |
| openai | OpenAI GPT-4o Transcribe with Diarization | $0.006 | — | — | — | 8h ago | Oct 2025 |
| openai | OpenAI GPT-4o Transcribe | $0.006 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Mar 2025 |
| openai | OpenAI GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize | $0.006 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| openai | OpenAI Whisper | $0.006 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Mar 2023 |
| elevenlabs | ElevenLabs Scribe v1 | $0.007 | — | — | — | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| elevenlabs | ElevenLabs Scribe v2 | $0.007 | — | — | — | 8h ago | Jun 2025 |
| assemblyai | AssemblyAI Universal-3 Pro Streaming | $0.007 | Streaming | — | 6 | 8h ago | Apr 2026 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Fluxunverified | $0.008 | Real-time | — | — | 196d ago | — |
| deepgram | Deepgram Flux (Batch) | $0.008 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Oct 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Flux (Pre-Recorded) | $0.008 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Oct 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Flux (Streaming) | $0.008 | Streaming | — | 45 | 8h ago | Oct 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 | $0.008 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Jan 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 (Monolingual) | $0.008 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | — |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Monolingual (Batch) | $0.008 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Monolingual (Pre-Recorded) | $0.008 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Monolingual (Streaming) | $0.008 | Streaming | — | 45 | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| elevenlabs | ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime | $0.008 | — | — | — | 8h ago | Sep 2025 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V2 Standard (Tier 3: 1M–2M min) | $0.008 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Aug 2023 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Multilingual | $0.009 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Jan 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Multilingual (Batch) | $0.009 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Multilingual (Pre-Recorded) | $0.009 | Batch | — | 45 | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Nova-3 Multilingual (Streaming) | $0.009 | Streaming | — | 45 | 8h ago | Feb 2025 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V2 Standard (Tier 2: 500k–1M min) | $0.010 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Aug 2023 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Base | $0.015 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| deepgram | Deepgram Base (Batch) | $0.015 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Jul 2022 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Base (Pre-Recorded) | $0.015 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Jul 2022 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Base (Streaming) | $0.015 | Streaming | — | — | 8h ago | Jul 2022 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT Standardunverified | $0.016 | Batch | — | — | 176d ago | Apr 2018 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V1 Standard (With Data Logging) | $0.016 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Apr 2017 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V1 Standard (With Data Logging) | $0.016 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Apr 2017 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V2 Standard | $0.016 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Aug 2023 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Enhanced | $0.017 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| deepgram | Deepgram Enhanced (Batch) | $0.017 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | May 2022 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Enhanced (Pre-Recorded) | $0.017 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | May 2022 |
| deepgram | Deepgram Enhanced (Streaming) | $0.017 | Streaming | — | — | 8h ago | May 2022 |
| azure | Azure Speech Standard Real-time Transcription | $0.017 | Real-time | — | — | 8h ago | Sep 2018 |
| azure | Azure Speech Standard Real-time | $0.017 | Real-time | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| azure | Azure Speech Standard | $0.017 | Real-time | — | — | 8h ago | Sep 2019 |
| azure | Azure Speech Custom Real-time Transcription | $0.020 | Real-time | — | — | 8h ago | Sep 2018 |
| azure | Azure Speech Custom | $0.020 | Real-time | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT Standard (Without Logging)unverified | $0.024 | Batch | — | — | 200d ago | Apr 2018 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V1 Standard (Without Data Logging) | $0.024 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Apr 2017 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V1 Standard (Without Data Logging) | $0.024 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Apr 2017 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Medical Conversation | $0.078 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Medical Dictation | $0.078 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | — |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V1 Medical Conversation | $0.078 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Nov 2021 |
| google-cloud | Google Cloud STT V1 Medical Dictation | $0.078 | Batch | — | — | 8h ago | Nov 2021 |