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Gladia Solaria-3 vs GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Gladia Solaria-3 leads on raw accuracy; GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize covers the most languages; GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize is cheapest.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Gladia Solaria-3

9.8% WER

Gladia

Fastest

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Most languages

GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize

12 languages

OpenAI

Cheapest

GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize

$0.0060/min

OpenAI

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

GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize

OpenAI

$0.0060/min
#12 · 50.7

GPT-4o transcription with built-in speaker diarization

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

52.2

50.7

Accuracy rank

of 35

#3

#12

Word error rate

WER

9.8%

14.6%

Character error rate

CER

5.8%

10.0%

Match error rate

MER

9.6%

13.5%

Word info lost

WIL

14.7%

19.9%

Languages

5

12

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize

Gladia Solaria-3

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

24.8%
25.5%

conversational

7.0%
12.2%

finance

9.5%
6.3%

general

9.0%
14.5%

legal

2.9%
2.3%

medical

8.9%
1.9%

noisy

—

32.5%

technical

—

4.6%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
27.7%

australian

13.9%
29.2%

indian

25.4%
36.5%

uk

7.5%
13.4%

us

13.2%
18.9%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.2×

0.2×

Latency p50

7.6s

17.2s

Latency p90

7.7s

18.1s

Latency p99

7.7s

18.1s

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

$0.0101

$0.0060

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.61

$0.36

100 hours

$60.84

$36.00

1,000 hours

$608.40

$360.00

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

No

Code-switching

No

No

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

Yes

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

5

12

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

EU (France)

United States

Audio formats

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

Max file size

1000 MB

25 MB

Max duration

2 h 15 min

No limit

Compliance

GDPR
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Gladia Solaria-3 or GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize more accurate?

Gladia Solaria-3 is more accurate, with a 9.8% word error rate versus 14.6% for GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Gladia Solaria-3 or GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize?

GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize is cheaper at $0.0060/min versus $0.0101/min for Gladia Solaria-3.

Should you choose Gladia Solaria-3 or GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize?

Choose Gladia Solaria-3 for accuracy; choose GPT-4o Transcribe Diarize for lower cost and language coverage.