Is Scribe v2 or Speechmatics Standard more accurate?

Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 14.7% for Speechmatics Standard, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Scribe v2 or Speechmatics Standard?

Scribe v2 is cheaper at $0.0040/min versus $0.0050/min for Speechmatics Standard.

Should you choose Scribe v2 or Speechmatics Standard?

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

Scribe v2 vs Speechmatics Standard

Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

78.2

60.9

Accuracy rank

of 35

#2

#13

Word error rate

WER

9.2%

14.7%

Character error rate

CER

7.2%

9.8%

Match error rate

MER

8.5%

13.8%

Word info lost

WIL

12.3%

19.3%

Languages

76

48

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Scribe v2

Speechmatics Standard

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

14.6%

54.2%

conversational

7.6%

7.3%

finance

7.6%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

21.5%

13.9%

australian

3.1%

13.9%

indian

9.5%

6.3%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.2×

0.1×

Latency p50

3.4s

7.1s

Latency p90

4.0s

7.3s

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%

Error rate

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0040

$0.0050

Billing granularity

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.24

$0.30

100 hours

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

76

48

Mode

Batch

Region

United States

Europe

Audio formats