2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Scribe v2 is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Scribe v2
9.2% WER
ElevenLabs
Fastest
Amazon Transcribe
0.4× realtime
Amazon Web Services
Most languages
Amazon Transcribe
77 languages
Amazon Web Services
Cheapest
Scribe v2
$0.0040/min
ElevenLabs
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Scribe v2
ElevenLabs
State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging
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
Latency p99
13.0s
4.0s
$24.12
1,000 hours
$360.00
$241.20
Yes
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
Is Amazon Transcribe or Scribe v2 more accurate?
Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 13.0% for Amazon Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Scribe v2?
Scribe v2 is cheaper at $0.0040/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Scribe v2?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for speed and language coverage; choose Scribe v2 for accuracy and lower cost.
