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Amazon Transcribe vs Soniox STT (Async)

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Soniox STT (Async) leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Soniox STT (Async) is cheapest.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Soniox STT (Async)

8.7% WER

Soniox

Fastest

Amazon Transcribe

0.4× realtime

Amazon Web Services

Most languages

Amazon Transcribe

77 languages

Amazon Web Services

Cheapest

Soniox STT (Async)

$0.0017/min

Soniox

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

Soniox STT (Async)

Soniox

$0.0017/min
#1 · 73.7

Soniox async batch transcription — one multilingual model across 60+ languages with speaker diarization, per-word timestamps, and automatic language identification, at a low flat token-based rate.

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

51.5

73.7

Accuracy rank

of 34

#8

#1

Word error rate

WER

13.0%

8.7%

Character error rate

CER

9.2%

6.2%

Match error rate

MER

12.1%

8.4%

Word info lost

WIL

16.7%

13.3%

Languages

77

25

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Soniox STT (Async)

Amazon Transcribe

field · 32 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

55.8%
16.0%

conversational

6.9%
12.6%

finance

6.3%
6.3%

general

6.6%
6.6%

legal

6.2%
3.5%

medical

3.7%
1.6%

noisy

41.7%
21.9%

technical

3.2%
4.9%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
12.3%

australian

6.2%
12.3%

indian

3.2%
19.1%

uk

0.0%
7.5%

us

1.9%
11.3%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.4×

0.1×

Latency p50

12.4s

6.2s

Latency p90

13.0s

6.2s

Latency p99

13.0s

6.2s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime rank

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Realtime score

0–100

—

—

Time to first word

—

—

Final drain

—

—

Real-time factor

—

—

Flicker

—

—

Cadence

—

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

80.00%

100.00%

Error rate

20.00%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0060

$0.0017

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.36

$0.10

100 hours

$36.00

$10.08

1,000 hours

$360.00

$100.80

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

No

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

77

25

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

United States

United States

Audio formats

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

Max file size

2 GB

No limit

Max duration

8 h

5 h

Compliance

HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR

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Frequently asked questions

Is Amazon Transcribe or Soniox STT (Async) more accurate?

Soniox STT (Async) is more accurate, with a 8.7% word error rate versus 13.0% for Amazon Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Soniox STT (Async)?

Soniox STT (Async) is cheaper at $0.0017/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.

Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Soniox STT (Async)?

Choose Amazon Transcribe for speed and language coverage; choose Soniox STT (Async) for accuracy and lower cost.