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Nova-2 vs Scribe v2

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Scribe v2 is fastest; Scribe v2 covers the most languages; Scribe v2 is cheapest.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Scribe v2

9.2% WER

ElevenLabs

Fastest

Scribe v2

0.2× realtime

ElevenLabs

Most languages

Scribe v2

76 languages

ElevenLabs

Cheapest

Scribe v2

$0.0040/min

ElevenLabs

Comparing

2 models · same benchmark

1

Batch & Realtime

Nova-2

Deepgram

$0.0058/min
#18 · 76.2

Deepgram's Nova-2 speech recognition

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2

Batch

Scribe v2

ElevenLabs

$0.0040/min
#2 · 78.2

State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

76.2

78.2

Accuracy rank

of 35

#18

#2

Word error rate

WER

16.5%

9.2%

Character error rate

CER

11.9%

7.2%

Match error rate

MER

15.4%

8.5%

Word info lost

WIL

21.0%

12.3%

Languages

33

76

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Nova-2

Scribe v2

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

63.7%
14.6%

conversational

10.2%
7.6%

finance

11.3%
7.6%

general

13.1%
5.4%

legal

3.8%
2.8%

medical

7.3%
5.8%

noisy

31.3%
33.8%

technical

4.9%
3.1%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

26.2%
21.5%

australian

15.4%
3.1%

indian

25.4%
9.5%

uk

11.9%
0.0%

us

9.4%
0.0%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.1×

0.2×

Latency p50

1.6s

3.4s

Latency p90

3.7s

4.0s

Latency p99

3.7s

4.0s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime rank

of 17

#4

—

Realtime score

0–100

78.0

—

Time to first word

986ms

—

Final drain

192ms

—

Real-time factor

1.02×

—

Flicker

10.5%

—

Cadence

0.8/s

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

83.33%

100.00%

Error rate

16.67%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0058

$0.0040

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.35

$0.24

100 hours

$34.92

$24.12

1,000 hours

$349.20

$241.20

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Yes

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

Yes

No

Custom vocabulary

Yes

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

33

76

Mode

Batch & Realtime

Batch

Region

United States

United States

Audio formats

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

Max file size

2 GB

3 GB

Max duration

No limit

10 h

Compliance

HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Nova-2 or Scribe v2 more accurate?

Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 16.5% for Nova-2, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Nova-2 or Scribe v2?

Scribe v2 is cheaper at $0.0040/min versus $0.0058/min for Nova-2.

Should you choose Nova-2 or Scribe v2?

Scribe v2 is the stronger choice overall, leading on accuracy, speed, lower cost, and language coverage.