
AWS Transcribe in US East costs $0.006/min for standard batch and $0.01/min for streaming. See included speaker labels, add-ons, and storage costs.

Azure Speech-to-Text in East US lists $1/hr real-time, $0.18/hr batch, and $0.36/hr fast transcription. Compare API versions, free-tier limits, and costs.

Deepgram Nova-3 runs $0.0043/min batch and $0.0077/min streaming. The real decision is which you need — and whether you need a developer API at all.

Google Speech-to-Text V2 costs $0.016/min standard or $0.003/min dynamic batch. Compare volume tiers, V1's free minutes, and integration costs.

OpenAI's Whisper API costs $0.36/hour; self-hosting starts around $861/month all-in. Where the break-even really sits and who should choose what.