2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Rev AI Reverb leads on raw accuracy; Rev AI Reverb is fastest; Nova-2 covers the most languages; Rev AI Reverb is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Rev AI Reverb
21.5% WER
Rev AI
Fastest
Rev AI Reverb
0.2× realtime
Rev AI
Most languages
Nova-2
33 languages
Deepgram
Cheapest
Rev AI Reverb
$0.0030/min
Rev AI
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Nova-2
Deepgram
Deepgram's Nova-2 speech recognition
2
Rev AI Reverb
Rev AI
Rev AI Reverb — async speech-to-text built on Rev's Reverb ASR model (trained on 3M+ hours of human-transcribed audio), with speaker diarization for up to 8 speakers and word-level timestamps. English-core with broad language support via the async API.
30-day benchmark average
overall WER vs price
Nova-2
Rev AI Reverb
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
2.8s
13.9s
1.03×
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Flicker
17.8%
—
Cadence
0.8/s
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$18.00
1,000 hours
$349.20
$180.00
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
No
Live / streaming
Yes
No
Custom vocabulary
Yes
No
Compliance
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Is Nova-2 or Rev AI Reverb more accurate?
Rev AI Reverb is more accurate, with a 21.5% word error rate versus 26.2% for Nova-2, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Nova-2 or Rev AI Reverb?
Rev AI Reverb is cheaper at $0.0030/min versus $0.0058/min for Nova-2.
Should you choose Nova-2 or Rev AI Reverb?
Choose Nova-2 for language coverage; choose Rev AI Reverb for accuracy, speed, and lower cost.
