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 →···
11Voxtral Small 24B 25071.812Smallest AI Pulse1.913Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2, NVIDIA1.9Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ZCheaperZoom Scribe V2 Prosame-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18TOpenThewhisper Large v3 Turbosame——Speaker diarization: not verified+1
CheaperCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpensame-85%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+1ACheaperUniversal 3.5 Prosame-30%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, hi-Deva +9
CheaperVoxtral Small 24B 2507Opensame-40%$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +11+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ZZoom Scribe V2 Prosame-33%$0.003Languages: loses es, fr, de +18Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpensame-85%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+1AUniversal 3.5 Prosame-30%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, hi-Deva +9Voxtral Small 24B 2507Opensame-40%$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +11+1MMultilingualsame-90%$0.001Speaker diarization: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nothing here yet.
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
TThewhisper Large v3 TurboOpensame——Speaker diarization: not verified+1sZipformer-cr-ctc-transducer-XL-290M (fast-gpu-asr, transducer_modified_beam_search)Opensame——Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+2Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpensame-85%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +18+1OMOSS Transcribe DiarizeOpensame——Languages: loses es, fr, de +17+1HHojo ASR v1Opensame——Languages: loses es, fr, de +17+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 Voxtral Small 24B 2507?›
On Open ASR · SPGISpeech WER, Smallest AI Pulse scores 1.9 vs 1.8 — about the same. It is 67% more expensive.
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 Thewhisper Large v3 Turbo.
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), Thewhisper Large v3 Turbo (open weights).