Speechmatics vs Google
Speechmatics Enhanced vs Google Gemini 3 Flash for transcription. WER: 4% vs 2.9% — edge Google Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.
Head to head
| Axis | Speechmatics Enhanced | Google Gemini 3 Flash | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | —* | $1.92 per 1000 min* | — |
| WER | 4% | 2.9% | |
| Langs | 70 | — | — |
| Latency | 500 ms | — | — |
| diarization | ✓ | — | — |
| timestamps | ✓ | — | — |
| vocab | ✓ | — | — |
* token-/credit-priced — the headline understates real per-unit cost, so no price edge is awarded.
Strengths & caveats
SpeechmaticsLong-standing broad multilingual coverage (~70 languages) with diarization, timestamps and a custom dictionary. Vendor no longer publishes per-model rates (the pricing page defers to a portal), so the June 2026 $6.70/1000 min could not be re-verified and third-party figures conflict up to 2-3x higher; the price is therefore marked not comparable. Mid-pack accuracy (4.0% WER).GoogleStrong accuracy (2.9% WER) and broad multilingual coverage as part of a multimodal model. Speech-to-text is a feature of a general LLM, not a dedicated transcription API: no native diarization, word-timestamps or custom vocabulary. The $1.92/1000 min is input-audio tokens only (output transcript billed separately), so it is not directly comparable to per-minute STT pricing.
Sources
- Artificial Analysis — Speech to Text2026-08-20
- Open ASR Leaderboard2026-06-19