vioscale
Comparison

Amazon Transcribe vs Vosk

No leader: the top candidate Amazon Transcribe has only 0.34 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Amazon Transcribe full profile →Vosk full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Transcribe65
Vosk38
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Transcribe65 / 100low · 34%updating
Vosk38 / 100low · 28%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Transcribe✓
Vosk–
Model
Amazon Transcribefreemium
Vosk–
Price level
Amazon Transcribelow
Vosk–
Starting price
Amazon Transcribe$0.01
Vosk–
Transparent
Amazon Transcribe✓
Vosk–
Integrations
Count
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk18
Security
Gdpr
Amazon Transcribe✓
Vosk–
Hipaa
Amazon Transcribe✓
Vosk–
Scorecard
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk3.3
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk183
Github stars
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk15,076
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk1
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk51
History
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk20 items
License
Spdx
Amazon Transcribe–
VoskApache-2.0
Language
Primary
Amazon Transcribe–
VoskJupyter Notebook
Market
Availability
Amazon TranscribeAvailable worldwide
Vosk–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for speech to text. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Real time streaming
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Speaker diarization
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Custom vocabulary
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Fine tuning
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Word timestamps
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Punctuation formatting
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Pii redaction
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Vertical model
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Offline on device
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-
Open source
Amazon Transcribe-
Vosk-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Transcribe

A fully managed API service that converts speech to text using advanced AI, supporting over 100 languages with features like speaker identification, custom vocabularies, and content filtering.

Independently observed

Vosk

Vosk enables voice-to-text conversion that runs locally without internet connectivity, supporting over 20 language variants with portable models suitable for mobile and embedded systems. It provides real-time streaming capabilities and allows dynamic vocabulary adjustment.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Transcribe

from $0.01/minuteUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.006/minute for batch transcription. Free tier: 60 minutes/month for 12 months.

  • Streaming Transcription$0.01/minute
    • Real-time transcription
    • 100+ language support
    • Custom vocabulary
    • Speaker diarization
    • Automatic punctuation
    • +1 more
  • Batch Transcription$0.006/minute
    • Batch audio processing
    • Recorded file support
    • 100+ language support
    • Custom vocabulary
    • Automatic language detection
    • +1 more
  • Call Analytics$0.03/minute (Tier 1, up to 250k minutes)
    • Sentiment analysis
    • Call categorization
    • Call characteristics tracking
    • Speaker identification
    • Compliance monitoring
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Vosk

Pricing not documented yet.

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
iOS
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk✓
Android
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk✓
Linux
Amazon Transcribe–
Vosk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Transcribe✓
Vosk✗
Self-hosted
Amazon Transcribe✗
Vosk✓
On-premise
Amazon Transcribe✗
Vosk✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Transcribe

Not documented yet.

Vosk

18 total
  • Asterisk
  • Freeswitch
  • Jigasi
  • ROS
  • openFrameworks
  • Opencast
  • IBus
  • GStreamer
  • nerd-dictation
  • dicio-android
  • openaudiosearch
  • LVTerminal
  • Dexter
  • numenvoice
  • JustSayIt
  • OpenVoiceOS
  • CaptionIt
  • voice_perception
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.