Speech-to-text

Google Cloud STT vs Azure Speech (STT)

Google Cloud STT has the lower normalized list price (1.0× cheaper). 33 of 33 European languages are documented by both; 0 only by Google Cloud STT, 0 only by Azure Speech (STT).

Google Cloud STT

$0.016 /min

0.016 USD/min first 500k min (Standard) · source · checked 2026-10-16

33/33 languages · locale/model table

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Azure Speech (STT)

$0.017 /min

1 USD/hr real-time standard (us-east) · source · checked 2026-10-16

33/33 languages · locale table (page covers STT+TTS tabs; not split by scraper)

Try Azure Speech (STT) →

Both · 33

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

Only Google Cloud STT · 0

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Only Azure Speech (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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