Whisper
A widely deployed multilingual transcription and translation model.
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Whisper vs ElevenLabs
Whisper (OpenAI) and ElevenLabs (ElevenLabs) both sit in Audio. Whisper is the cheaper entry point at Pricing not specified in the document. ElevenLabs shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (3 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Whisper OpenAI | ElevenLabs ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | gpt-transcribe | Eleven v3 |
| Entry cost | Pricing not specified in the document | Free tier · from $6/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Open Source Model free | Free free · Starter $6 · Creator $22 · Pro $99 · Scale $299 · Business $990 |
| Model stack | gpt-transcribe · Whisper · Whisper large-v3 · whisper-1 | Dubbing v2 · Eleven Flash · Eleven Flash v2.5 · Eleven Multilingual v2 · Eleven Music · Eleven Music v2 · Eleven Scribe v2 · Eleven Turbo v2 · Eleven v3 · Flash v2.5 · Kling · Music v2 · Scribe · Scribe v2 · Veo · Wan |
| Context window | 30 second windows | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 3 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 99 languages, Translation to English, Word timestamps, Open weights, Robust to noise, File transcription, Language detection, Support for mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpga, m4a, wav, and webm formats | Voice cloning, 70+ languages, Dubbing studio, Conversational agents, Sound effects, Music, Text to Speech, Speech to Text |
ElevenLabs
Voice synthesis, cloning, dubbing and conversational agents across many languages.
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