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; Nova-2 is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Amazon Transcribe
19.4% WER
Amazon Web Services
Fastest
Amazon Transcribe
0.4× realtime
Amazon Web Services
Most languages
Amazon Transcribe
77 languages
Amazon Web Services
Cheapest
Nova-2
$0.0058/min
Deepgram
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Nova-2
Deepgram
Deepgram's Nova-2 speech recognition
30-day benchmark average
overall WER vs price
Nova-2
Amazon Transcribe
field · 26 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
Latency p99
13.0s
2.8s
1.03×
Flicker
—
17.8%
Cadence
—
0.8/s
$34.92
1,000 hours
$360.00
$349.20
Yes
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
Yes
Custom vocabulary
No
Yes
Compliance
Is Amazon Transcribe or Nova-2 more accurate?
Amazon Transcribe is more accurate, with a 19.4% word error rate versus 26.2% for Nova-2, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Nova-2?
Nova-2 is cheaper at $0.0058/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Nova-2?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for accuracy, speed, and language coverage; choose Nova-2 for lower cost.
