Is Nova-2 or Scribe v2 more accurate?

Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 22.7% word error rate versus 31.4% 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.

English

Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

67.8

68.5

Ranker position

of 31

#25

#19

Word error rate

WER

31.4%

22.7%

Character error rate

CER

41.1%

27.1%

Match error rate

MER

22.1%

15.5%

Word info lost

WIL

27.5%

19.4%

Languages

33

76

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Nova-2

Scribe v2

field · 29 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

64.5%

15.8%

conversational

11.9%

7.4%

finance

15.4%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

27.7%

20.0%

australian

17.2%

6.3%

indian

25.4%

9.5%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.1×

0.2×

Latency p50

1.6s

4.0s

Latency p90

1.6s

4.0s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime score

0–100

—

Time to first partial

—

Final drain

—

Real-time factor

—

Flicker

—

Cadence

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

100.00%

Error rate

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0058

$0.0040

Billing granularity

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.35

$0.24

100 hours

$34.92

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

33

76

Mode

Batch & Realtime

Batch

Region

United States

Audio formats

Nova-2 vs Scribe v2