# Google Cloud Speech-to-Text vs Groq Speech-to-Text (slim)

> Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Google Cloud Speech-to-Text's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text leads on schema & documentation and security & auth. Both do speech stt. Category scores, facts, verdicts…

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Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Google Cloud Speech-to-Text's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text leads on schema & documentation and security & auth. Both do speech stt.

- Google Cloud Speech-to-Text: BB 70.2, rank #152 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-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
- Google Cloud Speech-to-Text, good for Google Cloud teams with audio already in Cloud Storage who want no training and no retention by default. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 80 against 58; Security & auth, 95 against 79.
- 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 85; Agent ergonomics, 75 against 70; Payments & pricing, 40 against 20; Maintenance & community, 68 against 25. Also Free to start without a card.

| Category | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | Groq Speech-to-Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 90 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 58 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 95 | 79 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 25 | 68 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 85 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | Groq Speech-to-Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google Cloud | Groq |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://speech.googleapis.com/v2` | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (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 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-02 | 2026-06-22 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | 2025-11-12 |
| Customer content may train models | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 713k npm/wk, 3.7M PyPI/wk | 621 stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |