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Gladia Solaria-3 vs Chirp 3

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Gladia Solaria-3 leads on raw accuracy; Chirp 3 is fastest; Chirp 3 covers the most languages; Gladia Solaria-3 is cheapest.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Gladia Solaria-3

9.8% WER

Gladia

Fastest

Chirp 3

0.3× realtime

Google Cloud

Most languages

Chirp 3

68 languages

Google Cloud

Cheapest

Gladia Solaria-3

$0.0101/min

Gladia

Comparing

2 models · same benchmark

1

Batch

Gladia Solaria-3

Gladia

$0.0101/min
#3 · 52.2

Gladia Solaria-3 — EU-hosted batch speech-to-text tuned for the most accurate business audio across five core European languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian), with speaker diarization, custom vocabulary, and word-level timestamps.

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2

Batch

Chirp 3

Google Cloud

$0.0107/min
#4 · 45.0

Google's latest generative ASR foundation model — 85+ languages

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

52.2

45.0

Accuracy rank

of 35

#3

#4

Word error rate

WER

9.8%

10.0%

Character error rate

CER

5.8%

5.8%

Match error rate

MER

9.6%

9.7%

Word info lost

WIL

14.7%

14.1%

Languages

5

68

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Chirp 3

Gladia Solaria-3

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

24.8%
17.1%

conversational

7.0%
4.7%

finance

9.5%
7.1%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
20.0%

australian

13.9%
16.9%

indian

25.4%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.2×

0.3×

Latency p50

7.6s

11.0s

Latency p90

7.7s

11.2s

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%

85.71%

Error rate

0.00%

14.29%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0101

$0.0107

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 15s

1 hour of audio

$0.61

$0.64

100 hours

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

No

Code-switching

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

5

68

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

EU (France)

United States

Audio formats

general

9.0%
8.2%

legal

2.9%
2.9%

medical

8.9%
1.9%

noisy

—

29.2%

technical

—

3.7%
27.0%

uk

7.5%
3.0%

us

13.2%
5.7%

Latency p99

7.7s

11.2s

$60.84

$64.08

1,000 hours

$608.40

$640.80

Yes

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

Yes

Yes

mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
webm
aac
mp3
wav
flac
ogg
webm
amr

Max file size

1000 MB

No limit

Max duration

2 h 15 min

8 h

Compliance

GDPR
HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Gladia Solaria-3 or Chirp 3 more accurate?

Gladia Solaria-3 is more accurate, with a 9.8% word error rate versus 10.0% for Chirp 3, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Gladia Solaria-3 or Chirp 3?

Gladia Solaria-3 is cheaper at $0.0101/min versus $0.0107/min for Chirp 3.

Should you choose Gladia Solaria-3 or Chirp 3?

Choose Gladia Solaria-3 for accuracy and lower cost; choose Chirp 3 for speed and language coverage.