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Chirp 3 vs Speechmatics Enhanced

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

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Chirp 3

10.0% WER

Google Cloud

Fastest

—

—

Most languages

Chirp 3

68 languages

Google Cloud

Cheapest

Speechmatics Enhanced

$0.0083/min

Speechmatics

Comparing

2 models · same benchmark

1

Batch

Chirp 3

Google Cloud

$0.0107/min
#4 · 45.0

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

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2

Batch

Speechmatics Enhanced

Speechmatics

$0.0083/min
#6 · 47.3

Highest accuracy model — 55+ languages, best-in-class

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

45.0

47.3

Accuracy rank

of 35

#4

#6

Word error rate

WER

10.0%

12.3%

Character error rate

CER

5.8%

8.0%

Match error rate

MER

9.7%

11.3%

Word info lost

WIL

14.1%

16.2%

Languages

68

48

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Chirp 3

Speechmatics Enhanced

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

17.1%
39.2%

conversational

4.7%
6.4%

finance

7.1%
6.8%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

20.0%
7.7%

australian

16.9%
7.7%

indian

27.0%
9.5%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.3×

0.3×

Latency p50

11.0s

8.7s

Latency p90

11.2s

12.1s

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

88.89%

100.00%

Error rate

11.11%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0107

$0.0083

Billing granularity

per 15s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.64

$0.50

100 hours

$64.08

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

Yes

Word-level timestamps

No

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

68

48

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

United States

Europe

Audio formats

general

8.2%
7.2%

legal

2.9%
2.2%

medical

1.9%
5.7%

noisy

29.2%
40.8%

technical

3.7%
5.3%

uk

3.0%
3.0%

us

5.7%
1.9%

Latency p99

11.2s

12.1s

$49.68

1,000 hours

$640.80

$496.80

Yes

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

Yes

Yes

mp3
wav
flac
ogg
webm
amr
mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg

Max file size

No limit

1 GB

Max duration

8 h

No limit

Compliance

HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Chirp 3 or Speechmatics Enhanced more accurate?

Chirp 3 is more accurate, with a 10.0% word error rate versus 12.3% for Speechmatics Enhanced, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Chirp 3 or Speechmatics Enhanced?

Speechmatics Enhanced is cheaper at $0.0083/min versus $0.0107/min for Chirp 3.

Should you choose Chirp 3 or Speechmatics Enhanced?

Choose Chirp 3 for accuracy and language coverage; choose Speechmatics Enhanced for lower cost.