Soniox vs Whisper

Soniox plans

• FreeFree
• Pro$19.99 a month
• Business$30 a month

Whisper plans

• Self-hosted WhisperFree
• Whisper (open-source code and model weights)Free
• Whisper API$0.01 a month

Pick Soniox if…

Soniox may suit developers or organizations seeking transcription and translation through an API, especially when language coverage, speaker labels, and timestamps matter. A free plan is available to start.

Pick Whisper if…

Whisper may suit developers and researchers building speech-processing applications or exploring multilingual transcription and translation. It is also an option for people comfortable installing and running command-line or Python software locally.