2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Voxtral Mini Transcribe leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Voxtral Mini Transcribe is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
13.7% WER
Mistral (Voxtral)
Fastest
Amazon Transcribe
0.4× realtime
Amazon Web Services
Most languages
Amazon Transcribe
77 languages
Amazon Web Services
Cheapest
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
$0.0030/min
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
Mistral (Voxtral)
Mistral Voxtral Mini Transcribe — EU-hosted batch transcription with speaker diarization, segment timestamps, and custom vocabulary (context bias). Strong accuracy at very low cost; handles recordings up to 3 hours.
30-day benchmark average
overall WER vs price
Amazon Transcribe
Voxtral Mini 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
2.3s
$18.00
1,000 hours
$360.00
$180.00
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
Yes
Compliance
Mistral (Voxtral)
Is Amazon Transcribe or Voxtral Mini Transcribe more accurate?
Voxtral Mini Transcribe is more accurate, with a 13.7% word error rate versus 19.4% for Amazon Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Voxtral Mini Transcribe?
Voxtral Mini Transcribe is cheaper at $0.0030/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Voxtral Mini Transcribe?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for speed and language coverage; choose Voxtral Mini Transcribe for accuracy and lower cost.
