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Amazon Transcribe vs Scribe v2

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.

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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

Batch

Amazon Transcribe

Amazon Web Services

$0.0060/min
#8 · 51.5

AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages

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2

Batch

Scribe v2

ElevenLabs

$0.0040/min
#2 · 78.2

State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

51.5

78.2

Accuracy rank

of 35

#8

#2

Word error rate

WER

13.0%

9.2%

Character error rate

CER

9.2%

7.2%

Match error rate

MER

12.1%

8.5%

Word info lost

WIL

16.7%

12.3%

Languages

77

76

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Scribe v2

Amazon Transcribe

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

55.8%
14.6%

conversational

6.9%
7.6%

finance

6.3%
7.6%

general

6.6%
5.4%

legal

6.2%
2.8%

medical

3.7%
5.8%

noisy

41.7%
33.8%

technical

3.2%
3.1%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
21.5%

australian

6.2%
3.1%

indian

3.2%
9.5%

uk

0.0%
0.0%

us

1.9%
0.0%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.4×

0.2×

Latency p50

12.4s

3.4s

Latency p90

13.0s

4.0s

Latency p99

13.0s

4.0s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime rank

—

—

Realtime score

0–100

—

—

Time to first word

—

—

Final drain

—

—

Real-time factor

—

—

Flicker

—

—

Cadence

—

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

100.00%

100.00%

Error rate

0.00%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0060

$0.0040

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.36

$0.24

100 hours

$36.00

$24.12

1,000 hours

$360.00

$241.20

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Yes

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

77

76

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

United States

United States

Audio formats

mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
webm
amr
mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
aac

Max file size

2 GB

3 GB

Max duration

8 h

10 h

Compliance

HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

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.