Whisper
Whisper is OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model that approaches human-level accuracy.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Open-source speech recognition
Who should look elsewhere
Resource intensive
Pros
- +Excellent speech recognition
- +Open source
- +Many languages
- +Good accuracy
- +Self-hostable
Cons
- −Resource intensive
- −Setup complexity
- −Real-time limited
- −Hardware requirements
- −API alternative exists
Key features
- ✓Speech recognition
- ✓Transcription
- ✓Translation
- ✓Multi-language
- ✓Open source
- ✓Local deployment
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source (Self-Hosted) | $0 | month | MIT licensed; 99 languages; Local processing |
| API | $0.006 | month | $0.006/min ($0.36/hour); Fast processing; No GPU needed |