OpenAI

Whisper Large-v3 Turbo

The gold standard for accurate, multilingual speech-to-text.

Exceptional accuracyRobust against background noiseLarge language coverage

Where it ranks today

Best for / Not great for

Best for
  • Transcribing meetings
  • Closed captioning
  • Data mining audio archives
Not great for
  • Generative synthesis
  • Ultra-low latency real-time streaming

Why it ranks here

Whisper is the ubiquitous engine behind almost all modern transcription services; the Turbo version offers the ideal balance between speed and precision for developers.

30-day trend

Score breakdown

Search trends94
Benchmarks95
Developer buzz95
News mentions88

Pricing

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

Pricing plans

Popular
Open Source
Free for everyone
Free
  • MIT Licensed
  • Self-hostable
  • No per-minute fee
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