# Azure AI Speech speech-to-text vs Groq Speech-to-Text (slim)

> Azure AI Speech speech-to-text scores 73 (BB) on agent readiness against Groq Speech-to-Text's 71.8 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Groq Speech-to-Text leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do speech stt. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes…

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Azure AI Speech speech-to-text scores 73 (BB) on agent readiness against Groq Speech-to-Text's 71.8 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Groq Speech-to-Text leads on reliability and payments & pricing. Both do speech stt.

- Azure AI Speech speech-to-text: BB 73, rank #90 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/azure-speech-to-text.min.md
- Groq Speech-to-Text: BB 71.8, rank #113 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text.min.md
- Azure AI Speech speech-to-text, good for Teams on Azure who need several modes (real time, synchronous files, cheap batch, custom models) under one resource, or strict default data handling. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 58; Security & auth, 85 against 79; Maintenance & community, 80 against 68.
- Groq Speech-to-Text, good for Suited to cheap, fast transcription of recorded files in many languages, and to agents that already hold a Groq key or use an OpenAI-compatible client. Ahead on Reliability, 90 against 80; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text | Groq Speech-to-Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 80 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 85 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 85 | 85 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Azure AI Speech speech-to-text | Groq Speech-to-Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Microsoft Azure | Groq |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://eastus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com/speechtotext` | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Licence | MIT (samples), SDK under Microsoft's own licence | Proprietary hosted service under the Groq Services Agreement. The SDKs are Apache-2.0 and the Whisper weights are published by OpenAI on Hugging Face |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-06-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2025-11-12 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 3.5k stars, 476k npm/wk, 1M PyPI/wk | 621 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3.3/5 (8) | none |