Smallest AI Pulse measured on 16 of 80 Speech to text benchmarks16
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$0.005per minute
3.3AA Speech to text
Feb 2026released
en, es, fr +19Languages
YesSpeaker diarization
$0.005 / minPer audio minute
Exact native tariff; see source for billing scope.Price covers
Ranking?
Full ranking →···
30Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2, NVIDIA9.131Smallest AI Pulse9.132Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct9.1Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ZCheaperZoom Scribe V2 Pro+50%-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18MBetterMultilingual+44%-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verified
OpenGranite Speech 4.1 2B Nar+31%——Languages: loses zh, ja, it +14+2
CheaperCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen+15%-85%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+1
CheaperScribe v2same-27%$0.004ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ZZoom Scribe V2 Pro+50%-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18MMultilingual+44%-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen+15%-85%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+1Scribe v2same-27%$0.004rResonant 1same-28%$0.004Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual+44%-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedZZoom Scribe V2 Pro+50%-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18sASR K1+45%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+2OSpeech v3.1+42%——Languages: loses pt, it, ko +13+2ZZoom Scribe v1+31%——Languages: not verified+2ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen+31%——Languages: loses zh, ja, it +14+2CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open+30%——Languages: loses ru, hi, hi-Deva +9+2Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpen+29%——Languages: loses zh, it, ko +13+2BHiggs Audio v3 SttOpen+27%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+2Granite Speech 5.0 470M Turboctc NcOpen+25%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+2ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
SSmallest AI Pulse Pron/a—$0.004Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+1All Smallest.ai models →Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · URGENT 2024 WER10.4#12
Open ASR · AMI WER10.4#16
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER10.9#28
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER5.7#11
FAQ
How much does Smallest AI Pulse cost?›
$0.005 per minute.
Is Smallest AI Pulse free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.005 per minute.
How good is Smallest AI Pulse, and what is it best at?›
#15 of 51 in Speech to text.
Is Smallest AI Pulse better than Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2, NVIDIA?›
On Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER, Smallest AI Pulse scores 9.1 vs 9.1 — about the same.
When was Smallest AI Pulse released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2026-02-18. It is the current version in its line.
Is Smallest AI Pulse open source?›
No, Smallest AI Pulse is a closed model available through an API. The closest open-weights option here is Granite Speech 4.1 2B Nar.
What is Smallest AI Pulse?›
Smallest AI Pulse is a closed speech & voice model from Smallest.ai, released Feb 2026.
What are the best alternatives to Smallest AI Pulse?›
Zoom Scribe V2 Pro (cheaper), Multilingual (better), Granite Speech 4.1 2B Nar (open weights).