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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-speech-to-text.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/azure-speech-to-text.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) for schema \u0026 documentation (+15), agent ergonomics (+5), payments \u0026 pricing (+20).\n\nPick Azure AI Speech speech-to-text for reliability (+20), security \u0026 auth (+45), transparency \u0026 trust (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 90 | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text +20 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 80 | AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 75 | AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 50 | 95 | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text +45 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 80 | even |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 88 | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text +10 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67 · B** | **77 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | AssemblyAI | Microsoft Azure |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.assemblyai.com/v2` | `https://eastus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/speechtotext` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | MIT (samples), SDK under Microsoft's own licence |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\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 | no |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Popularity | 213 stars, 600k npm/wk, 738k PyPI/wk | 3.5k stars, 476k npm/wk, 1M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3.3/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal).** OpenAPI 3.1 file with typed inputs and error responses on every operation. Two outages of an hour or more in the last 90 days, on 31 July and 16 September 2026.\n\n**Azure AI Speech speech-to-text.** Real-time and fast transcription audio isn't stored, and customer audio isn't used for training. MAI-Transcribe-2 is preview with no SLA, and its $0.10 promotional price ends on 2026-12-31.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal)\n\n1. Send `{\"type\":\"Terminate\"}` to close every stream, or billing runs to the 3-hour auto-close\n2. Use `speech_models` (plural). The singular `speech_model` now returns 400 for current model names\n3. Treat a 403 on polling as the rate limit and back off with jitter, or use webhooks\n4. Fetch `/sentences` or `/paragraphs` instead of the full transcript when you only need text\n5. Opt out in Data Controls on a paid account before sending customer audio\n\n### Azure AI Speech speech-to-text\n\n1. 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