Speech-to-text

Soniox vs Azure Speech (STT)

Soniox has the lower normalized list price (8.3× cheaper). 30 of 33 European languages are documented by both; 0 only by Soniox, 3 only by Azure Speech (STT).

Soniox

$0.0020 /min

0.12 USD/hr real-time (0.10/hr async) · source · checked 2026-10-16

30/33 languages · language list

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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)

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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 sq bs mk

Only Soniox · 0

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Only Azure Speech (STT) · 3

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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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