AI Rate Card

GPT-Transcribe vs Whisper: API price and specs

Whisper is 68% cheaper than GPT-Transcribe on input price.

FieldGPT-TranscribeWhisper
Lowest input, per 1M$75.00 +212.5%$24.00
Median input, per 1M$75.00 +212.5%$24.00
Lowest output, per 1M—$24.00
Median output, per 1M—$24.00
Lowest unit price$0.0045 / minute +800%$0.0005 / minute
Cost of 1M in + 200k out—$28.80
Context16K—
Max output2K—
Providers3 +40%5
Regions——
Acceptsaudio, textaudio
Returnstexttext
TypeSpeech to textSpeech to text
Free optionnono
Cheapest providerabacuscometapi

Your own workload: how many tokens the model gets (input) and gives back (output) - for example, in a month. The "Cost" row of the table above is recalculated for these numbers, for each model.

Computed from current offers each time the page opens; the best value of a row is bold, the percent is how far behind the best.

Providers selling both

openai, vercel

Frequently asked questions

Which is cheaper, GPT-Transcribe or Whisper?

Whisper is 68% cheaper than GPT-Transcribe on input price.

Where can I use both GPT-Transcribe and Whisper?

openai, vercel