2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Azure Speech is fastest; Scribe v2 covers the most languages; Scribe v2 is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Scribe v2
9.2% WER
ElevenLabs
Fastest
Azure Speech
0.3× realtime
Microsoft Azure
Most languages
Scribe v2
76 languages
ElevenLabs
Cheapest
Scribe v2
$0.0040/min
ElevenLabs
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Azure Speech
Microsoft Azure
Azure default STT model — 140+ languages, diarization, word timestamps
2
Scribe v2
ElevenLabs
State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
2.0s
4.0s
Final drain
0ms
—
Real-time factor
1.01×
—
Flicker
13.2%
—
Cadence
1.7/s
—
$24.12
1,000 hours
$360.00
$241.20
Yes
Auto-detect language
No
Yes
Live / streaming
Yes
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Max file size
1 GB
3 GB
Max duration
4 h
10 h
Compliance
Is Azure Speech or Scribe v2 more accurate?
Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 15.3% for Azure Speech, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Azure Speech or Scribe v2?
Scribe v2 is cheaper at $0.0040/min versus $0.0060/min for Azure Speech.
Should you choose Azure Speech or Scribe v2?
Choose Azure Speech for speed; choose Scribe v2 for accuracy, lower cost, and language coverage.
