Speechmatics vs Whisper

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	Speechmatics Low-latency speech-to-text APIs powering multilingual, multi-speaker Voice AI Visit	Whisper OpenAI's open-source speech recognition — best-in-class accuracy across 99 languages. Visit
Category	Voice & speech	Voice & speech
Pricing	Freemium	Free
Starting price		Free
Free tier
Audience	All audiences	Technical
API available
Open source
Self-hostable
Model provider		OpenAI
Founded	2006	2022
Headquarters	Cambridge, United Kingdom	San Francisco, US
Key strengths	·Sub-second real-time speech-to-text with high accuracy ·55+ language support covering over half the world's population ·Flexible deployment: cloud, on-premises, and on-device ·Enterprise-grade security: ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II certified	·99 language support ·open-source weights ·accents and noise robustness ·word timestamps