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Universal 3 Pro

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$0.004per minute
3.1AA Speech to text
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$0.004 / minPer audio minute
Universal-3 ProPrice covers

Ranking?

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1Multilingual4.12Cohere Transcribe 03 20264.13Scribe v24.44OmniASR LLM 7B v24.65Azure Speech 07 20264.6
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21Whisper Large v3 Turbo6.422Universal 3 Pro6.823Stt Async v56.9

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Speech & Voice#13 of 51

Benchmarks

in Speech & Voice
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER2.8#4
Open ASR · French MCV WER6.3#13
Open ASR · French MLS WER2.3#1
Open ASR · German FLEURS WER2.4#7
Open ASR · German MCV WER2.8#7
Open ASR · Spanish FLEURS WER2.2#6
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER2.8#6
Open ASR · Spanish MLS WER2.5#3
Open ASR · Italian FLEURS WER1.6#6
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER4#16
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER6.8#22
Open ASR · Portuguese FLEURS WER3.2#7
Open ASR · Portuguese MLS WER4.5#9
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER20.2#21
AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate3.1#15

FAQ

How much does Universal 3 Pro cost?›

$0.004 per minute.

Is Universal 3 Pro free to use?›

There is no free API; it costs $0.004 per minute.

How good is Universal 3 Pro, and what is it best at?›

#13 of 51 in Speech to text.

Is Universal 3 Pro better than Whisper Large v3 Turbo?›

On Open ASR · Italian MLS WER, Universal 3 Pro scores 6.8 vs 6.4 — about the same. It is 422% more expensive.

What is Universal 3 Pro?›

Universal 3 Pro is a speech & voice model from AssemblyAI.

What are the best alternatives to Universal 3 Pro?›

Multilingual (cheaper), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).