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Amazon Transcribe vs Voxtral Mini Transcribe

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.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Voxtral Mini Transcribe

12.7% 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

Mistral (Voxtral)

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

Voxtral Mini Transcribe

Mistral (Voxtral)

$0.0030/min
#7 · 80.7

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.

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

51.5

80.7

Accuracy rank

of 35

#8

#7

Word error rate

WER

13.0%

12.7%

Character error rate

CER

9.2%

8.0%

Match error rate

MER

12.1%

11.5%

Word info lost

WIL

16.7%

15.8%

Languages

77

8

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Amazon Transcribe

Voxtral Mini Transcribe

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

55.8%
21.0%

conversational

6.9%
10.0%

finance

6.3%
6.8%

general

6.6%
6.1%

legal

6.2%
3.1%

medical

3.7%
6.3%

noisy

41.7%
47.4%

technical

3.2%
5.6%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
27.7%

australian

6.2%
6.2%

indian

3.2%
12.7%

uk

0.0%
3.0%

us

1.9%
0.0%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.4×

0.2×

Latency p50

12.4s

2.3s

Latency p90

13.0s

2.3s

Latency p99

13.0s

2.3s

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

93.33%

100.00%

Error rate

6.67%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0060

$0.0030

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.36

$0.18

100 hours

$36.00

$18.00

1,000 hours

$360.00

$180.00

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

No

Code-switching

Yes

No

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

Yes

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

77

8

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

United States

France

Audio formats

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

Max file size

2 GB

No limit

Max duration

8 h

15 min

Compliance

HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Transcribe or Voxtral Mini Transcribe more accurate?

Voxtral Mini Transcribe is more accurate, with a 12.7% word error rate versus 13.0% 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.