# Scribie vs Whisper

| Attribute | Scribie | Whisper |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 65.8 (34% (low)) | 50.9 (21% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 2 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 2,067 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 107,969 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | - |
| description.long | Audio and video transcription service that combines automated processing with human expert review to deliver high-accuracy transcripts. Offers flexible, pay-per-minute pricing with optional enhancements for formatting, speed, and accent handling. | 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. |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$0.80/min","features":["Human-verified transcription","99.9% accuracy guarantee"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.8,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Court Reporter Premium","summary":"$1.30/min","features":["Transcription","Custom formatting"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.3,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Transcription with custom formatting","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Audio Time Coding","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"2x Faster Delivery","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":1.25,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Noisy Audio & Accent Handling","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.5,"currency":"USD"}]}],"summary":"From $0.80/min. Usage-based pricing with optional add-ons.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://scribie.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:22:42.331Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"minute","amount":0.8,"currency":"USD"}}` | `{"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 | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.8,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| 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.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 4.2 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| 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 | Scribie | 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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:45:58.401Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*