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Whisper Large v2 pricing
API list price by OpenAI · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.006per minute
Price sheet
| Price | $0.006 | per minute |
/ large-v2
Cheaper for the same workvs Whisper Large v2
| MAI Transcribe 2 | -72% | score ×2.1 | $0.002 |
| Voxtral Small Transcribe 3 | -33% | score +95% | $0.004 |
| Voxtral Mini Transcribe 3 | -42% | score +86% | $0.004 |
| Scribe v2 | -39% | score +86% | $0.004 |
| Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0 | -72% | score +78% | $0.002 |
Pricing questions
How much does Whisper Large v2 cost?›
$0.006 per minute. / large-v2
Is Whisper Large v2 free to use?›
There is no free API tier, but the weights are open: you can run it on your own hardware for the cost of compute.
What is a cheaper alternative to Whisper Large v2?›
MAI Transcribe 2 costs -72% per task with a score ×2.1 on AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate.