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Gladia vs OpenAI (STT)

Gladia has the lower normalized list price (2.2× cheaper). 30 of 33 European languages are documented by both; 2 only by Gladia, 0 only by OpenAI (STT).

Gladia

$0.0027 /min

0.16 EUR/hr starting (pay-as-you-go) · source · checked 2026-10-16

32/33 languages · language list

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OpenAI (STT)

$0.0060 /min

0.006 USD/min (gpt-4o-transcribe; realtime whisper 0.017/min) · source · checked 2026-10-16

30/33 languages · Whisper language list (shown on OpenAI TTS guide)

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Both · 30

bg hr cs da nl en et fi fr de el hu it lv lt pl pt ro sk sl es sv no uk tr sr ca is bs mk

Only Gladia · 2

mt sq

Only OpenAI (STT) · 0

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List prices, normalized to USD/min; see each provider page for assumptions. Language support from official docs. * = affiliate link; never affects comparisons.

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