← Back to the directoryListed price$0.0060 / minPay-as-you-go information Languages98+Approximate coverage StreamingYesReal-time transcription DiarizationYesSpeaker separation
OpenAI (Whisper / gpt-4o-transcribe).
Whisper-family transcription via the OpenAI API, plus newer gpt-4o transcribe models.
Directory noteRising fast; the demand line trending up in our keyword data.
OpenAI (Whisper / gpt-4o-transcribe) speech-to-text API overview
The four signals that usually narrow a speech-to-text shortlist first. Prices are the cheapest documented async tier; native billing units differ, so read the notes below.
OpenAI (Whisper / gpt-4o-transcribe) pricing, languages, and features
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- Company
- OpenAI
- Listed price
- $0.0060 / minwhisper-1 is a genuine $0.006/min. The flagship gpt-4o-transcribe bills per audio token ($2.50/1M input, $10/1M output); ~$0.006/min is OpenAI's own estimate, not a fixed rate.
- Languages
- 9898 is whisper-specific; gpt-4o-transcribe has no documented language total.
- Real-time streaming
- Yes
- Speaker diarization
- YesVia the dedicated gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize model.
- Free tier or trial
- NoNo free STT tier; pay-as-you-go from the first call.
- Models
- gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-transcribe-diarize, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, whisper-1
Pricing, languages, streaming, and diarization verified against OpenAI (Whisper / gpt-4o-transcribe)’s primary sources on 2026-08-27. Word error rate and latency are not yet measured.
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