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Speechmatics vs OpenAI (STT)

Speechmatics has the lower normalized list price (3.0× cheaper). 26 of 33 European languages are documented by both; 2 only by Speechmatics, 4 only by OpenAI (STT).

Speechmatics
$0.0020 /min

0.12 USD/hr (Melia 1; Enhanced 0.38/hr) · source · checked 2026-10-16

28/33 languages · language table

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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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Only Speechmatics · 2

gamt

Only OpenAI (STT) · 4

srisbsmk

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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