2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Speechmatics Enhanced leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Amazon Transcribe is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Speechmatics Enhanced
15.6% WER
Speechmatics
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
Speechmatics Enhanced
Speechmatics
Highest accuracy model — 55+ languages, best-in-class
30-day benchmark average
overall WER vs price
Speechmatics Enhanced
Amazon 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
8.7s
$36.00
$49.68
1,000 hours
$360.00
$496.80
Yes
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
Yes
Compliance
Is Amazon Transcribe or Speechmatics Enhanced more accurate?
Speechmatics Enhanced is more accurate, with a 15.6% word error rate versus 19.4% for Amazon Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Speechmatics Enhanced?
Amazon Transcribe is cheaper at $0.0060/min versus $0.0083/min for Speechmatics Enhanced.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Speechmatics Enhanced?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for speed, lower cost, and language coverage; choose Speechmatics Enhanced for accuracy.
