2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Amazon Transcribe leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Amazon Transcribe is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Amazon Transcribe
13.0% WER
Amazon Web Services
Fastest
Amazon Transcribe
0.4× realtime
Amazon Web Services
Most languages
Amazon Transcribe
77 languages
Amazon Web Services
Cheapest
Amazon Transcribe
$0.0060/min
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Flux
Deepgram
First conversational ASR model built for voice agents — model-integrated endpointing
30-day benchmark average
overall WER vs price
Amazon Transcribe
field · 27 models
lower-left is better
WER · lower is better
WER · English
p50 → p99
Streaming benchmark averages
Rolling 30 days
billed per second
Feature support
Languages · formats · regions
general
—
legal
—
medical
—
noisy
—
technical
—
uk
—
us
—
13.0s
—
Final drain
—
0ms
Real-time factor
—
1.02×
Flicker
—
216.4%
Cadence
—
4.2/s
$36.00
$46.08
1,000 hours
$360.00
$460.80
Yes
Auto-detect language
Yes
No
Live / streaming
No
Yes
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
Amazon Web Services
Is Amazon Transcribe or Flux more accurate?
Amazon Transcribe has a published benchmark at 13.0% word error rate. Flux has not been benchmarked yet.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Flux?
Amazon Transcribe is cheaper at $0.0060/min versus $0.0077/min for Flux.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Flux?
Amazon Transcribe is the stronger choice overall, leading on accuracy, speed, lower cost, and language coverage.
