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 →···
20Granite Speech 5.0 470M Turboctc Nc2.721Smallest AI Pulse2.722Granite Speech 5.0 470M Turboctc2.7Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MCheaperMultilingualsame-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedCOpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026same——Languages: loses ru, hi, hi-Deva +9+2rCheaperResonant 1same-28%$0.004Languages: not verified+1ACheaperUniversal 3.5 Prosame-30%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, hi-Deva +9ZCheaperZoom Scribe V2 Prosame-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingualsame-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedrResonant 1same-28%$0.004Languages: not verified+1AUniversal 3.5 Prosame-30%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, hi-Deva +9ZZoom Scribe V2 Prosame-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18
Scribe v2same-27%$0.004ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Opensame——Languages: loses ru, hi, hi-Deva +9+2
Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpensame——Languages: loses zh, it, ko +13+2EARK ASR 3BOpensame——Languages: loses pt, ru, hi +10+2Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpensame——Languages: loses zh, ja, it +14+2Granite 4.0 1B SpeechOpensame——Languages: loses zh, it, ko +13+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 Granite Speech 5.0 470M Turboctc Nc?›
On Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER, Smallest AI Pulse scores 2.7 vs 2.7 — 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 Cohere Transcribe 03 2026.
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), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).