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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-speech-to-text.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-speech-to-text.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API for schema \u0026 documentation (+15), agent ergonomics (+5), payments \u0026 pricing (+20), maintenance \u0026 community (+50).\n\nPick Google Cloud Speech-to-Text for reliability (+15), security \u0026 auth (+40), transparency \u0026 trust (+17).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 85 | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 80 | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 70 | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 95 | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text +40 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 25 | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API +50 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 88 | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text +17 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **69 · B** | **70.4 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | ElevenLabs | Google Cloud |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1` | `https://speech.googleapis.com/v2` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) |\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 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09-28 |\n| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 2.2M PyPI/wk | 713k npm/wk, 3.7M PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API.** $0.22 an hour for batch with 90+ languages and diarisation to 32 speakers. Audio may be used for training unless the account opts out, and the opt-out isn't retroactive.\n\n**Google Cloud Speech-to-Text.** Audio isn't stored or used for training unless the project opts in to data logging. No release note since 2025-11-13.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API\n\n1. Create a key restricted to speech-to-text with a credit quota and an expiry\n2. Use `source_url` for hosted files instead of downloading and re-uploading\n3. Set `webhook=true` for long files so the call doesn't block\n4. Back off exponentially on any of the three 429 codes\n5. Opt out under Data use before sending customer audio. It only covers later uploads\n\n### Google Cloud Speech-to-Text\n\n1. Call Chirp 3 on the `us` or `eu` endpoint. It isn't listed for the `global` location\n2. Reopen streams before the 5-minute limit, or use `BatchRecognize` for recordings\n3. Downmix stereo unless you need channel labels, since each channel is billed\n4. Set dynamic batch on offline jobs to cut the price from $0.016 to $0.003 a minute\n5. Back off on `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED`. The Speech docs don't give a retry interval\n\n## Other comparisons with ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API or Google Cloud Speech-to-Text\n\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- [AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) vs ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-stt-vs-elevenlabs-scribe.md)\n- [AssemblyAI Speech-to-Text (Universal) vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/assemblyai-stt-vs-google-speech-to-text.md)\n- [Azure AI Speech speech-to-text vs ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-speech-to-text-vs-elevenlabs-scribe.md)\n- [Azure AI Speech speech-to-text vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/azure-speech-to-text-vs-google-speech-to-text.md)\n- [Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux) vs ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-stt-vs-elevenlabs-scribe.md)\n- [Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux) vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepgram-stt-vs-google-speech-to-text.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- [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API vs Rev AI Speech-to-Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-scribe-vs-rev-ai-stt.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API vs Soniox Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-scribe-vs-soniox-stt.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API vs Speechmatics Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-scribe-vs-speechmatics-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- [Google Cloud Speech-to-Text vs Rev AI Speech-to-Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-speech-to-text-vs-rev-ai-stt.md)\n- [Google Cloud Speech-to-Text vs Soniox Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt.md)\n- [Google Cloud Speech-to-Text vs Speechmatics Speech-to-Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-speech-to-text-vs-speechmatics-stt.md)\n",
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