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

> OpenAI Speech to Text scores 72.4 (BB) to Google Cloud Speech-to-Text's 70.2 (BB) for speech-to-text. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenAI Speech to Text scores 72.4 (BB) on agent readiness against Google Cloud Speech-to-Text's 70.2 (BB), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text leads on reliability, security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do speech-to-text.

- Google Cloud Speech-to-Text: BB 70.2, rank #159 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-speech-to-text.min.md
- OpenAI Speech to Text: BB 72.4, rank #106 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-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 Reliability, 85 against 80; Security & auth, 95 against 86; Transparency & trust, 86 against 61.
- OpenAI Speech to Text, good for Suited to plain transcription of recorded files at a low price a minute and to teams already holding an OpenAI key. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 88 against 80; Agent ergonomics, 78 against 70; Maintenance & community, 75 against 25.

| Category | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | OpenAI Speech to Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 85 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 88 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 70 | 78 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 95 | 86 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 20 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 25 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 86 | 61 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | OpenAI Speech to Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Google Cloud | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://speech.googleapis.com/v2` | `https://api.openai.com/v1` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, websocket |
| Auth | OAuth | API key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | Proprietary hosted service. The service terms were not read (see open questions). The Python SDK is Apache-2.0 and the OpenAPI document is MIT |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-02 | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-10-01 | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | 713k npm/wk, 3.7M PyPI/wk | 32k stars |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |