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, NVIDIA8.231Smallest AI Pulse8.231Granite Speech 4.1 2B8.2Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MCheaperMultilingual+18%-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedHBetterHojo ASR v1Open+33%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +17+2rCheaperResonant 1same-28%$0.004Languages: not verified+1ACheaperUniversal 3.5 Prosame-30%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, hi-Deva +9
CheaperScribe v2same-27%$0.004ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual+18%-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedrResonant 1same-28%$0.004Languages: not verified+1AUniversal 3.5 Prosame-30%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, hi-Deva +9Scribe v2same-27%$0.004ZZoom Scribe V2 Prosame-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
HHojo ASR v1Open+33%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +17+2ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
HHojo ASR v1Open+33%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +17+2EARK ASR 3BOpen+18%——Languages: loses pt, ru, hi +10+2
Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpensame——Speaker diarization: not verified+1EARK ASR 0.6BOpensame——Languages: loses pt, ru, hi +10+2BHiggs Audio v3 SttOpensame——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 · GigaSpeech Cleaned WER, Smallest AI Pulse scores 8.2 vs 8.2 — 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 Hojo ASR v1.
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?›
Multilingual (cheaper), Hojo ASR v1 (better).