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          "A reused `TranscriptionJobName` fails with `ConflictException`, so a retried submission can't create a second job",
          "IAM policies can limit a credential to single actions and resources",
          "Covered by the Amazon Machine Learning Language SLA",
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          "No Transcribe document history entry since 2026-07-01",
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          "New accounts need a card, and the free minutes only apply to accounts opened before 2025-07-15"
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          "Give every job a unique `TranscriptionJobName`. A retry with the same name fails with `ConflictException` rather than starting a second job",
          "Batch is a job. Poll `GetTranscriptionJob` or listen on EventBridge, then fetch the transcript URI",
          "Set `OutputBucketName`, because job records are deleted after 90 days",
          "Back off on `LimitExceededException`. It arrives as a 400, not a 429",
          "Set the organisation's AI services opt-out policy before sending customer audio"
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          "item": "PII redaction add-on",
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          "item": "Custom language model add-on",
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      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "`x-gladia-key` header. Live sessions start with `POST /v2/live`, which returns a WebSocket URL. The MCP server reads `GLADIA_API_KEY` from the environment.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid wallet. Starter is pay-as-you-go at $0.61 an hour async and $0.75 an hour real-time, with every add-on and language included. Growth, on an upfront commitment, goes as low as $0.20 async and $0.25 real-time. New accounts get a one-time €50 credit (https://www.gladia.io/pricing).",
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          "Translation, summaries, NER and PII redaction included in the hourly price",
          "OpenAPI file, llms.txt, JavaScript and Python SDKs at 2.0.0 and an official MCP server",
          "SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2 and a bug bounty programme",
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          "Free-plan audio may be used for training",
          "The security page and the retention page give different retention defaults",
          "ISO 27001 is still in progress",
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          "Pick `solaria-3` only for async EN, FR, DE, ES or IT audio. Anything live or multilingual needs `solaria-1`",
          "A 429 means the concurrency limit, 3 async and 1 live on the free plan. Wait for a running job to finish",
          "Upgrade off the free plan before sending sensitive audio",
          "Split files over 135 minutes or 1,000 MB"
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        "http": "curl https://api.gladia.io/v2/pre-recorded -H \"x-gladia-key: $GLADIA_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"audio_url\":\"https://example.com/audio.mp3\",\"diarization\":true}'",
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                "GLADIA_API_KEY": "${GLADIA_API_KEY}"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gladia-stt.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gladia-stt.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Amazon Transcribe for reliability (+35), agent ergonomics (+5), security \u0026 auth (+10), transparency \u0026 trust (+19).\n\nPick Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+5), payments \u0026 pricing (+20), maintenance \u0026 community (+45).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Amazon Transcribe | Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 95 | 60 | Amazon Transcribe +35 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 90 | 95 | Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP +5 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 75 | Amazon Transcribe +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 80 | 70 | Amazon Transcribe +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 40 | Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 35 | 80 | Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP +45 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 66 | Amazon Transcribe +19 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.6 · BB** | **69.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Amazon Transcribe | Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | Gladia |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://transcribe.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.gladia.io/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | MIT (SDKs and MCP server) |\n| Tools exposed | none | 8 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-09-24 |\n| Popularity | 185 stars, 506k npm/wk, 201k PyPI/wk | 4 stars, 4.8k npm/wk, 126k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Amazon Transcribe.** $0.006 a minute batch and $0.01 streaming in US East, with diarisation, custom vocabulary and language ID included. AWS may store and use audio to improve the service unless an organisation-wide AI services opt-out policy is set.\n\n**Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP.** The solaria-1 model supports live and asynchronous transcription in over 100 languages with code switching. Starter pricing is $0.61 an hour for asynchronous transcription and $0.75 for real-time audio.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Amazon Transcribe\n\n1. Give every job a unique `TranscriptionJobName`. A retry with the same name fails with `ConflictException` rather than starting a second job\n2. Batch is a job. Poll `GetTranscriptionJob` or listen on EventBridge, then fetch the transcript URI\n3. Set `OutputBucketName`, because job records are deleted after 90 days\n4. Back off on `LimitExceededException`. It arrives as a 400, not a 429\n5. Set the organisation's AI services opt-out policy before sending customer audio\n\n### Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP\n\n1. Don't resubmit a pre-recorded job after a 200 or a `transcription.created` webhook. It's already queued\n2. Pick `solaria-3` only for async EN, FR, DE, ES or IT audio. Anything live or multilingual needs `solaria-1`\n3. A 429 means the concurrency limit, 3 async and 1 live on the free plan. Wait for a running job to finish\n4. Upgrade off the free plan before sending sensitive audio\n5. Split files over 135 minutes or 1,000 MB\n\n## Other comparisons with Amazon Transcribe or Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP\n\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-assemblyai-stt.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs Azure AI Speech speech-to-text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-azure-speech-to-text.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-deepgram-stt.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-elevenlabs-scribe.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-google-speech-to-text.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs Rev AI Speech-to-Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-rev-ai-stt.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs Soniox Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-soniox-stt.md)\n- [Amazon Transcribe vs Speechmatics Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/amazon-transcribe-vs-speechmatics-stt.md)\n- [AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) vs Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-stt-vs-gladia-stt.md)\n- [Azure AI Speech speech-to-text vs Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-speech-to-text-vs-gladia-stt.md)\n- [Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux) vs Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-stt-vs-gladia-stt.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API vs Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-scribe-vs-gladia-stt.md)\n- [Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gladia-stt-vs-google-speech-to-text.md)\n- [Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP vs Rev AI Speech-to-Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gladia-stt-vs-rev-ai-stt.md)\n- [Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP vs Soniox Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gladia-stt-vs-soniox-stt.md)\n- [Gladia Speech-to-Text API + MCP vs Speechmatics Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gladia-stt-vs-speechmatics-stt.md)\n",
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