# Amazon Transcribe vs OpenAI Speech to Text (slim)

> Amazon Transcribe scores 73.4 (BB) to OpenAI Speech to Text's 72.4 (BB) for speech-to-text. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Amazon Transcribe scores 73.4 (BB) on agent readiness against OpenAI Speech to Text's 72.4 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. OpenAI Speech to Text leads on security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do speech-to-text.

- Amazon Transcribe: BB 73.4, rank #89 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/amazon-transcribe.min.md
- OpenAI Speech to Text: BB 72.4, rank #106 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-speech-to-text.min.md
- Amazon Transcribe, good for Teams already on AWS with audio in S3 and IAM in place, especially batch jobs at volume. Ahead on Reliability, 95 against 80; Transparency & trust, 82 against 61.
- OpenAI Speech to Text, good for Suited to plain transcription of recorded files at a low price a minute and to teams already holding an OpenAI key. Ahead on Security & auth, 86 against 80; Maintenance & community, 75 against 35.

| Category | Amazon Transcribe | OpenAI Speech to Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 95 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 90 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 80 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 80 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 82 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Amazon Transcribe | OpenAI Speech to Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Amazon Web Services | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://transcribe.us-east-1.amazonaws.com` | `https://api.openai.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, websocket |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | Proprietary hosted service. The service terms were not read (see open questions). The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 and the OpenAPI document is MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-29 | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-18 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 185 stars, 506k npm/wk, 201k PyPI/wk | 32k stars |
| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |