OpenAI

OpenAI Whisper

The benchmark for accurate and versatile speech-to-text.

Exceptional accuracyMultilingual supportRobustness to noiseOpen-source availability
Today's score
98.0
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Where it ranks today

Best for / Not great for

Best for
  • Transcription of varied audio
  • Automated subtitling
  • Voice command processing
  • Language translation
Not great for
  • Real-time, low-latency streaming
  • Highly stylized vocal generation
  • Music transcription

Why it ranks here

Whisper remains the gold standard for speech-to-text due to its unparalleled accuracy across languages and accents, strong community support, and open-source nature. Its robustness and versatility make it a go-to for a wide range of transcription tasks.

30-day trend

Score breakdown

Search trends99
Benchmarks98
Developer buzz97
News mentions96

Pricing

API: $0.00 in · $0.00 out per 1M tokens · Consumer: $0.00/mo

Pricing plans

API Usage
Pay-as-you-go transcription.
$0.01/mo
  • Per-minute billing
  • Timestamp support
  • Word-level scores
  • Language detection
Use API
Popular
Self-Hosted
Free and open-source.
Free
  • Full control
  • No usage limits
  • Community support
  • Customizable
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