# Amberscript vs Whisper

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amberscript

| Attribute | Amberscript | Whisper |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 62 (56% (medium)) | 48.9 (47% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 1 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2,067 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 110,504 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A platform providing accurate transcription and subtitle services for audio and video content, offering both automated machine transcription (90% accurate) and human-reviewed professional transcription (99%+ accurate), with emphasis on data security and European data residency. It is indexed under Transcription.","source":"https://www.amberscript.com","question":"What is Amberscript?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amberscript is a paid product; published pricing starts at €1.85. It is sold across 11 plans (Starter, Pro, Power and Annual Plan - 60 Hours). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.amberscript.com/en/pricing/","question":"How much does Amberscript cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Amberscript. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.amberscript.com","question":"What platforms does Amberscript support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amberscript, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.amberscript.com","question":"Can Amberscript be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Amberscript. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amberscript not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.amberscript.com","question":"What security certifications does Amberscript have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amberscript is available in the Netherlands. The vendor is headquartered in the Netherlands.","source":"https://www.amberscript.com/en/pricing/","question":"Where is Amberscript available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"An automatic speech recognition model trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual audio data that transcribes and translates speech with high accuracy. It is designed to handle diverse accents, background noise, and technical language across multiple languages with transcription in original languages or translation to English. It is indexed under Transcription.","source":"https://openai.com/research/whisper","question":"What is Whisper?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Whisper is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the MIT licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://openai.com/research/whisper","question":"Is Whisper free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Whisper is published under the MIT licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/openai/whisper","question":"Is Whisper open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | - |
| description.long | A platform providing accurate transcription and subtitle services for audio and video content, offering both automated machine transcription (90% accurate) and human-reviewed professional transcription (99%+ accurate), with emphasis on data security and European data residency. | An automatic speech recognition model trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual audio data that transcribes and translates speech with high accuracy. It is designed to handle diverse accents, background noise, and technical language across multiple languages with transcription in original languages or translation to English. |
| features.capabilities | `{"iso_27001":true,"soc2_type_ii":false,"srt_vtt_subtitle_export_formatting":true,"adobe_premiere_final_cut_xml_export":true,"ai_automated_speech_recognition_asr":true,"human_in_loop_expert_review_available":true,"zoom_google_meet_teams_live_captioning":false,"speaker_diarization_and_voice_separation":true,"custom_vocabulary_and_industry_dictionary":true,"interactive_text_to_audio_playback_editor":false,"automated_language_translation_from_transcript":true}` | `{"ai_automated_speech_recognition_asr":true,"automated_language_translation_from_transcript":true}` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"NL","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"regional","availableCountries":["NL"],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"€19/month for 5 hours","features":["5 hours/month","90+ languages","Ready within minutes","Add your own dictionary","Edit with online editor","Automatic speaker identification","Export transcripts in Word, JSON, TXT, CSV","Export subtitles in SRT, VTT, EBU-STL","ISO27001 & ISO9001 certified","GDPR-compliant file storage on EU-servers"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"€29/month for 10 hours","features":["10 hours/month"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":29,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Power","summary":"€49/month for 25 hours","features":["25 hours/month"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":49,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"}],"contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Professional Transcription Service","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.85,"currency":"EUR"}]},{"name":"Professional Subtitles Service","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":4.4,"currency":"EUR"}]},{"name":"Per-Hour Purchase","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","amount":10,"period":"hour","currency":"EUR"}]}],"summary":"From €19/month for 5 hours monthly subscriptions, or €1.85/min for professional transcription services","currency":"EUR","sourceUrl":"https://www.amberscript.com/en/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-12T21:40:34.123Z","startingPrice":{"amount":19,"period":"month","currency":"EUR"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://openai.com/research/whisper","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T16:30:05.320Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | - |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | mid | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":19,"currency":"EUR"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 8 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20250625","date":"2025-06-26T01:06:09Z","type":"stable","version":"v20250625"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20240930","date":"2024-09-30T18:21:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v20240930"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20240927","date":"2024-09-27T23:44:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v20240927"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20231117","date":"2023-11-17T19:59:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v20231117"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20231106","date":"2023-11-06T18:16:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v20231106"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20231105","date":"2023-11-06T11:09:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v20231105"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230918","date":"2023-09-19T00:13:44Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230918"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230314","date":"2023-03-15T07:40:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230314"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230308","date":"2023-03-08T23:49:55Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230308"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230307","date":"2023-03-08T04:37:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230307"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230306","date":"2023-03-07T02:53:46Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230306"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230124","date":"2023-01-24T19:12:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230124"},{"url":"https://github.com/openai/whisper/releases/tag/v20230117","date":"2023-01-18T00:13:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v20230117"}]` |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 9001","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.3 |
| security.trust_center | https://www.amberscript.com/en/data-security-and-privacy/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=openai-whisper&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Transcription)

| Capability | Amberscript | Whisper |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| AI automated speech recognition asr | ✓ | ✓ |
| Human in loop expert review available | ✓ | - |
| Speaker diarization and voice separation | ✓ | - |
| Interactive text to audio playback editor | ✗ | - |
| Custom vocabulary and industry dictionary | ✓ | - |
| Automated language translation from transcript | ✓ | ✓ |
| Srt vtt subtitle export formatting | ✓ | - |
| Zoom google meet teams live captioning | ✗ | - |
| Adobe premiere final cut xml export | ✓ | - |
| SOC2 type ii | ✗ | - |
| ISO 27001 | ✓ | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T18:31:05.882Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*