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The hosted MCP server doesn't expose transcription. Only the deprecated local `elevenlabs-mcp` server has a `speech_to_text` tool.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Scribe v2 and Scribe v2 Medical cost $0.22 an hour of audio, Scribe v2 Realtime $0.39 an hour. Entity detection adds $0.07 an hour and keyterm prompting $0.05 an hour. Silence counts. Free includes about 4.5 hours of batch audio a month, Starter $6 27 hours, Creator $22 100 hours, Pro $99 450 hours, Scale $299 1,359 hours and Business $990 4,500 hours (https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3122, "npmWeekly": 1063065, "pypiWeekly": 2223099, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/speech-to-text", "llmsTxt": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "speech.stt", "speech.streaming", "speech.batch", "speech.diarisation", "speech.languages" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "llms-txt", "streaming", "batch", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 68.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 189, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 95, "security": 55, "transparency": 70 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "$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.", "bestFor": "Batch transcription where diarisation, entity detection and keyterms matter, and for teams already on ElevenLabs for speech.", "strengths": [ "$0.22 an hour for batch with 90+ languages and diarisation to 32 speakers", "Keys restricted by endpoint, capped by credits and set to expire", "429 codes named in the error reference with exponential backoff guidance", "Files up to 3 GB and 10 hours, or a `source_url`", "OpenAPI file and an llms.txt with Markdown pages" ], "weaknesses": [ "Audio may be used for training unless the account opts out, and the opt-out isn't retroactive", "Speech-to-text data is retained by default, and zero retention needs Enterprise", "STT request failures for 94 minutes on 29 September 2026, plus latency incidents on 26 August, 4 September and 28 September", "Realtime costs $0.39 an hour, nearly double batch", "No self-serve SLA found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create a key restricted to speech-to-text with a credit quota and an expiry", "Use `source_url` for hosted files instead of downloading and re-uploading", "Set `webhook=true` for long files so the call doesn't block", "Back off exponentially on any of the three 429 codes", "Opt out under Data use before sending customer audio. It only covers later uploads" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 68.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 75, "payments": 40, "reliability": 70, "schema": 95, "security": 55, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 89 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/speech-to-text -H \"xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY\" \\\n -F model_id=scribe_v2 -F diarize=true -F file=@call.mp3", "config": { "mcpServers": { "elevenlabs": { "args": [ "elevenlabs-mcp" ], "command": "uvx", "env": { "ELEVENLABS_API_KEY": "${ELEVENLABS_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.stt", "tool": "https://letme.dev/elevenlabs-scribe" }, "sameCompany": [ "elevenlabs-music", "elevenlabs-tts", "elevenlabs-agents", "elevenlabs-voice-cloning" ], "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Scribe v2 batch", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.0037, "note": "published as $0.22 an hour, also Scribe v2 Medical" }, { "item": "Scribe v2 Realtime", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.0065, "note": "published as $0.39 an hour" }, { "item": "Entity detection add-on", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.0012, "note": "published as $0.07 an hour" }, { "item": "Keyterm prompting add-on", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.0008, "note": "published as $0.05 an hour" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Eleven Labs Inc.", "domain": "elevenlabs.io", "domainRegistered": "2021-12-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://elevenlabs.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.elevenlabs.io", "changelog": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 89 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.json", "live": { "slug": "elevenlabs-scribe", "probe": { "target": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:27.620556337Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 120, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 119, "p95ms24h": 172, "samples24h": 259, "samples30d": 2311, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 125, "ok": 125 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.elevenlabs.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:39:14.596791327Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "elevenlabs/elevenlabs-python", "version": "v2.71.0", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:20.638970351Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js", "version": "2.71.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:15.573607296Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs", "version": "2.71.0", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:18.555005663Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs-mcp", "version": "0.12.2", "released": "2026-08-04", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:18.67153333Z" } ], "githubStars": 3134, "npmWeekly": 1147747, "pypiWeekly": 2206805, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-10-06T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:10.327718715Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:25.287728488Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "elevenlabs.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:28.958673807Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:27.620556337Z" } }, "answer": "Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API's 68.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "groq-speech-to-text", "name": "Groq Speech-to-Text", "vendor": "Groq", "vendorUrl": "https://groq.com", "kind": "model", "category": "speech-to-text", "summary": "Groq's hosted speech-to-text API. It runs OpenAI's Whisper Large v3 and Whisper Large v3 Turbo on OpenAI-compatible transcription and translation endpoints, for uploaded files or audio URLs, with a half-price batch mode.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/groq-speech-to-text.json", "repo": "https://github.com/groq/groq-python", "license": "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", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "groq" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "groq-sdk" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve bearer key from the GroqCloud console, created inside a project. Projects carry their own rate limits per model, usage data and request logs (https://console.groq.com/docs/projects).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "$0.04 per audio hour for Whisper Large v3 Turbo and $0.111 for Whisper Large v3, with a 10-second minimum a request and 50% off through the Batch API (https://console.groq.com/docs/models). The free plan needs no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. 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There is no streaming endpoint, no diarisation and no subtitle output, and uploads stop at 25 MB on the free plan and 100 MB on the Developer plan.", "bestFor": "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.", "strengths": [ "Published prices of $0.04 an audio hour for Whisper Large v3 Turbo and $0.111 for Whisper Large v3, with 50% off through the Batch API", "Free plan with no card at 20 requests a minute, 2,000 a day and 7,200 audio seconds an hour on both models", "Inputs and outputs are not retained by default, and zero data retention is a console setting that covers both audio endpoints", "The status page lists each Whisper model as its own component, both at 100% uptime for July to October 2026", "OpenAI-compatible request shape, with `model` and a `file` or `url` as the only required fields" ], "weaknesses": [ "No streaming or realtime endpoint and no diarisation in the reviewed documentation", "Uploads are capped at 25 MB on the free plan and 100 MB on the Developer plan, so long recordings need client-side chunking", "`srt` and `vtt` response formats are not supported, and Whisper Large v3 Turbo cannot translate", "No OpenAPI document was found, and the docs changelog's newest entry is dated 18 April", "The 99.9% availability SLA of the enterprise Performance Tier names three language models and neither Whisper model" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `whisper-large-v3-turbo` for transcription and `whisper-large-v3` for translation to English. 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ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API or Groq Speech-to-Text?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API and Groq Speech-to-Text need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 and Groq Speech-to-Text at https://api.groq.com/openai/v1.", "question": "Can an agent call ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API and Groq Speech-to-Text without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 58", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 68" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "Batch transcription where diarisation, entity detection and keyterms matter, and for teams already on ElevenLabs for speech.", "slug": "elevenlabs-scribe", "watchFor": "Audio may be used for training unless the account opts out, and the opt-out isn't retroactive" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 90 against 70", "Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 55", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 70" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better", "Free to start without a card" ], "goodFor": "Suited to cheap, fast transcription of recorded files 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Both do speech stt.\n\n- ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API: grade B, 68.9/100, rank #189 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.json\n- Groq Speech-to-Text: grade BB, 71.8/100, rank #113 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/groq-speech-to-text.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B)\n\nGood for: Batch transcription where diarisation, entity detection and keyterms matter, and for teams already on ElevenLabs for speech.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 58\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 75 against 68\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: Audio may be used for training unless the account opts out, and the opt-out isn't retroactive\n\n### Groq Speech-to-Text (BB)\n\nGood 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.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 90 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 55\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 70\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No streaming or realtime endpoint and no diarisation in the reviewed documentation\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API | Groq Speech-to-Text | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 70 | 90 | Groq 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 | 58 | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API +37 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 75 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 79 | Groq Speech-to-Text +24 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 40 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 68 | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 70 | 85 | Groq Speech-to-Text +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.9 · B** | **71.8 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API | Groq Speech-to-Text |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | ElevenLabs | Groq |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1` | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | 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 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-08-26 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-31 | 2026-06-22 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-20 | 2025-11-12 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 2.2M PyPI/wk | 621 stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\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**Groq Speech-to-Text.** Whisper Large v3 Turbo costs $0.04 an audio hour and Whisper Large v3 $0.111, with a no-card free plan and zero data retention as a self-serve setting. There is no streaming endpoint, no diarisation and no subtitle output, and uploads stop at 25 MB on the free plan and 100 MB on the Developer plan.\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### Groq Speech-to-Text\n\n1. Send `whisper-large-v3-turbo` for transcription and `whisper-large-v3` for translation to English. The translations endpoint does not accept Turbo.\n2. Pass `url` instead of `file` for audio over 25 MB, and split anything over the plan's size limit into overlapping chunks before sending.\n3. Set `response_format` to `verbose_json` before asking for `timestamp_granularities[]`. Word timestamps add latency, segment timestamps do not.\n4. Every request is billed as at least 10 seconds of audio, so join very short clips where the task allows.\n5. Read `retry-after` on a 429 and back off. Audio limits count seconds an hour and a day as well as requests.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API or Groq Speech-to-Text?\n\nGroq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API's 68.9 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API leads on schema \u0026 documentation and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API and Groq Speech-to-Text need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API and Groq Speech-to-Text without installing anything?\n\nYes. ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 and Groq Speech-to-Text at https://api.groq.com/openai/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-scribe-vs-groq-speech-to-text.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-scribe-vs-groq-speech-to-text.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"elevenlabs-scribe\", \"b\": \"groq-speech-to-text\"}`. 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