Comparison

Kaldi vs Vosk

No leader: the top candidate Vosk has only 0.28 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.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Kaldi18
Vosk38
Score
Vioscale score
Kaldi18 / 100low · 15%
Vosk38 / 100low · 28%
Pricing
Free tier
Kaldi
Vosk
Model
Vosk
Price level
Kaldifree
Vosk
Integrations
Count
Kaldi
Vosk18
Adoption
Dependent repos
Kaldi1
Vosk183
Github stars
Kaldi15,469
Vosk15,076
Activity
Commits last 30d
Kaldi0
Vosk1
Release
Cadence days
Kaldi
Vosk51
History
Kaldi
License
Spdx
Kaldi
Language
Primary

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Kaldi

A free, open-source framework for building and deploying speech recognition systems, supporting multiple platforms from desktop to mobile and in-browser execution.

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.

Kaldi

Open sourceFree tier
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
Web
Kaldi
Vosk
iOS
Kaldi
Vosk
Android
Kaldi
Vosk
macOS
Kaldi
Vosk
Windows
Kaldi
Vosk
Linux
Kaldi
Vosk
CLI
Kaldi
Vosk
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Kaldi
Vosk
Self-hosted
Kaldi
Vosk
On-premise
Kaldi
Vosk

Integrations

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

Kaldi

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.