Chirp
ChirpCompare inonAA Speech to Text
$0.016per minute
31.2AA Speech to text
—released
$0.016 / minPer audio minute
Exact native tariff; see source for billing scope.Price covers
Ranking?
Full ranking →···
54Qwen3.5 Omni Flash13.555Chirp31.2Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperMAI Transcribe 2×15.6-90%$0.002MBetterModulate STT Batch English VFast×7.4-97%$0
OpenWhisper Large v2×7.6-63%$0.006
CheaperVoxtral Small Transcribe 3×14.9-75%$0.004CheaperVoxtral Mini Transcribe 3×14.2-78%$0.004ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MAI Transcribe 2×15.6-90%$0.002Voxtral Small Transcribe 3×14.9-75%$0.004Voxtral Mini Transcribe 3×14.2-78%$0.004
Scribe v2×14.2-77%$0.004
Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0×13.6-90%$0.002ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MModulate STT Batch English VFast×7.4-97%$0Wizper Large v3Open×6.6-97%$0.001Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen×6.8-96%$0.001
Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×7.3-95%$0.001 Large v3Open×5.5-91%$0.001ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Whisper Large v2Open×7.6-63%$0.006Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen×7.3-95%$0.001Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen×6.9-91%$0.002Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen×6.8-96%$0.001Wizper Large v3Open×6.6-97%$0.001ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Chirp 3, Google×7.3same$0.016Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Preview (Minimal)×9.2-64%$0.006Gemini 3.5 Transcribe×12-69%$0.005Gemma 4 12B ItOpenn/a——Per audio minute: not verifiedGemma 4 E2B ItOpenn/a——Per audio minute: not verifiedGemma 4 E4B ItOpenn/a—$0.02Per audio minute: not verifiedGemini 3.5 Transcribe Liven/a——Per audio minute: not verifiedAll Google models →Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceFAQ
How much does Chirp cost?›
$0.016 per minute.
Is Chirp free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.016 per minute.
How good is Chirp, and what is it best at?›
#51 of 51 in Speech to text.
Is Chirp better than Qwen3.5 Omni Flash?›
On AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate, Chirp scores 31.2 vs 13.5 — lower. It is 100% cheaper.
What is Chirp?›
Chirp is a speech & voice model from Google.
What are the best alternatives to Chirp?›
MAI Transcribe 2 (cheaper), Modulate STT Batch English VFast (better), Whisper Large v2 (open weights).