2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Gladia Solaria-3 leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Amazon Transcribe is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Gladia Solaria-3
9.8% WER
Gladia
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
Gladia Solaria-3
Gladia
Gladia Solaria-3 — EU-hosted batch speech-to-text tuned for the most accurate business audio across five core European languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian), with speaker diarization, custom vocabulary, and word-level timestamps.
Gladia Solaria-3
Amazon Transcribe
field · 33 models
lower-left is better
general
legal
medical
noisy
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technical
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uk
us
Latency p99
13.0s
7.7s
$36.00
$60.84
1,000 hours
$360.00
$608.40
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
Yes
Max file size
2 GB
1000 MB
Max duration
8 h
2 h 15 min
Compliance
Is Amazon Transcribe or Gladia Solaria-3 more accurate?
Gladia Solaria-3 is more accurate, with a 9.8% word error rate versus 13.0% for Amazon Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Gladia Solaria-3?
Amazon Transcribe is cheaper at $0.0060/min versus $0.0101/min for Gladia Solaria-3.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Gladia Solaria-3?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for speed, lower cost, and language coverage; choose Gladia Solaria-3 for accuracy.
