Comparison

Vosk vs whisper.cpp

No leader: the top candidate whisper.cpp has only 0.24 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.

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Vosk38
whisper.cpp69
Score
Vioscale score
Vosk38 / 100low · 28%updating
whisper.cpp69 / 100low · 24%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Vosk
whisper.cpp
Model
Vosk
whisper.cppcommercial
Price level
Vosk
whisper.cppfree
Transparent
Vosk
whisper.cpp
Integrations
Count
Vosk18
whisper.cpp
Adoption
Dependent repos
Vosk183
whisper.cpp18
Github stars
Vosk15,076
whisper.cpp53,196
Activity
Commits last 30d
Vosk1
whisper.cpp100
Release
Cadence days
Vosk51
whisper.cpp15
History
whisper.cpp20 items
License
Spdx
whisper.cppMIT
Language
Primary
whisper.cppC++
Market
Availability
Vosk

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

whisper.cpp

An open-source library that provides speech-to-text transcription capabilities, ported from OpenAI's Whisper model. It supports various hardware accelerators and runs on multiple platforms with a command-line interface.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Vosk

Pricing not documented yet.

whisper.cpp

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
iOS
Vosk
whisper.cpp
Android
Vosk
whisper.cpp
macOS
Vosk
whisper.cpp
Linux
Vosk
whisper.cpp
CLI
Vosk
whisper.cpp
Deployment
Self-hosted
Vosk
whisper.cpp
On-premise
Vosk
whisper.cpp

Integrations

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

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

whisper.cpp

Not documented yet.

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