2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Scribe v2 is fastest; GPT-4o Mini Transcribe covers the most languages; GPT-4o Mini Transcribe is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Scribe v2
9.2% WER
ElevenLabs
Fastest
Scribe v2
0.2× realtime
ElevenLabs
Most languages
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
98 languages
OpenAI
Cheapest
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
$0.0030/min
OpenAI
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Scribe v2
ElevenLabs
State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging
2
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
OpenAI
GPT-4o Mini optimized for fast transcription
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe
Scribe v2
field · 33 models
lower-left is better
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
4.0s
2.4s
$18.00
1,000 hours
$241.20
$180.00
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Max file size
3 GB
25 MB
Max duration
10 h
No limit
Compliance
Is Scribe v2 or GPT-4o Mini Transcribe more accurate?
Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 13.6% for GPT-4o Mini Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Scribe v2 or GPT-4o Mini Transcribe?
GPT-4o Mini Transcribe is cheaper at $0.0030/min versus $0.0040/min for Scribe v2.
Should you choose Scribe v2 or GPT-4o Mini Transcribe?
Choose Scribe v2 for accuracy and speed; choose GPT-4o Mini Transcribe for lower cost and language coverage.
