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Scribe v2 vs Whisper Large V3

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Whisper Large V3 is fastest; Whisper Large V3 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

Whisper Large V3

0.3× realtime

OpenAI

Most languages

Whisper Large V3

98 languages

OpenAI

Cheapest

Scribe v2

$0.0040/min

ElevenLabs

Comparing

2 models · same benchmark

1

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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2

Batch

Whisper Large V3

OpenAI

$0.0060/min
#24 · 69.3

OpenAI's Whisper large-v3 model

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

78.2

69.3

Accuracy rank

of 35

#2

#24

Word error rate

WER

9.2%

17.7%

Character error rate

CER

7.2%

13.1%

Match error rate

MER

8.5%

16.6%

Word info lost

WIL

12.3%

21.6%

Languages

76

98

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Scribe v2

Whisper Large V3

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

14.6%
62.7%

conversational

7.6%
11.2%

finance

7.6%
6.0%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

21.5%
24.6%

australian

3.1%
15.4%

indian

9.5%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.2×

0.3×

Latency p50

3.4s

3.5s

Latency p90

4.0s

4.3s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime rank

—

—

Realtime score

0–100

—

—

Time to first word

—

—

Final drain

—

—

Real-time factor

—

—

Flicker

—

—

Cadence

—

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

100.00%

100.00%

Error rate

0.00%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0040

$0.0060

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.24

$0.36

100 hours

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

No

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

76

98

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

United States

United States

Audio formats

general

5.4%
14.9%

legal

2.8%
2.4%

medical

5.8%
6.6%

noisy

33.8%
36.3%

technical

3.1%
6.5%
19.1%

uk

0.0%
3.0%

us

0.0%
3.8%

Latency p99

4.0s

4.3s

$24.12

$36.00

1,000 hours

$241.20

$360.00

No

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

No

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wav
flac
m4a
ogg
aac
mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
webm

Max file size

3 GB

25 MB

Max duration

10 h

No limit

Compliance

SOC2
GDPR
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3 more accurate?

Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 17.7% for Whisper Large V3, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3?

Scribe v2 is cheaper at $0.0040/min versus $0.0060/min for Whisper Large V3.

Should you choose Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3?

Choose Scribe v2 for accuracy and lower cost; choose Whisper Large V3 for speed and language coverage.