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
Amazon Web Services
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Nova-3
Deepgram
Deepgram's flagship model — 53% lower WER vs competitors, code-switching support
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
13.0s
1.8s
Final drain
—
181ms
Real-time factor
—
1.01×
Flicker
—
9.6%
Cadence
—
0.8/s
$36.00
$46.08
1,000 hours
$360.00
$460.80
Yes
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
Yes
Custom vocabulary
No
Yes
Max file size
2 GB
2 GB
Max duration
8 h
No limit
Compliance
Is Amazon Transcribe or Nova-3 more accurate?
Amazon Transcribe is more accurate, with a 13.0% word error rate versus 21.0% for Nova-3, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Nova-3?
Amazon Transcribe is cheaper at $0.0060/min versus $0.0077/min for Nova-3.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Nova-3?
Amazon Transcribe is the stronger choice overall, leading on accuracy, speed, lower cost, and language coverage.
