Whisper
A widely deployed multilingual transcription and translation model.
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Whisper vs MiniMax Speech
Whisper (OpenAI) and MiniMax Speech (MiniMax) both sit in Audio. Whisper is the cheaper entry point at Pricing not specified on page. MiniMax Speech shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Whisper OpenAI | MiniMax Speech MiniMax |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | whisper-1 | 2.8 |
| Entry cost | Pricing not specified on page | from $30/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Open Source Model free | Free free · API per 1M chars $30 |
| Model stack | gpt-transcribe · Whisper · Whisper large-v3 · whisper-1 | MiniMax Music 3.0 · MiniMax Speech 2.8 · Speech 2.8 |
| Context window | 30 second windows | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| 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, 30+ languages, Emotion control, Streaming, Speech Generation, Audio Generation, API, speech generation |
MiniMax Speech
MiniMax's speech stack covers 30+ languages with fast cloning from short samples.
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