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The Developer plan is postpaid by card, US bank account or SEPA debit.", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the speech-to-text guide, the API reference or the billing pages (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 621, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://console.groq.com/docs/speech-to-text", "llmsTxt": "https://console.groq.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "speech.stt", "speech.batch", "speech.languages" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "model", "fast", "free-tier", "no-card", "llms-txt", "python", "typescript", "batch", "openai-compatible" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-26", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 71.8, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 113, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 68, "payments": 40, "reliability": 90, "schema": 58, "security": 79, "transparency": 85 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "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. The translations endpoint does not accept Turbo.", "Pass `url` instead of `file` for audio over 25 MB, and split anything over the plan's size limit into overlapping chunks before sending.", "Set `response_format` to `verbose_json` before asking for `timestamp_granularities[]`. Word timestamps add latency, segment timestamps do not.", "Every request is billed as at least 10 seconds of audio, so join very short clips where the task allows.", "Read `retry-after` on a 429 and back off. 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Customers in the EEA and Switzerland contract with Groq UK Limited.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://console.groq.com/docs/legal/services-agreement", "privacy": "https://groq.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://groqstatus.com", "changelog": "https://console.groq.com/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-08", "score": 98 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text.json", "live": { "slug": "groq-speech-to-text", "probe": { "target": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:00:25.259741268Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 209, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 201, "p95ms24h": 227, "samples24h": 36, "samples30d": 36, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 36, "ok": 36 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://groqstatus.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:03:43.800822386Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:03:43.800822386Z" } }, "answer": "Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Soniox Speech-to-Text's 58.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "soniox-stt", "name": "Soniox Speech-to-Text", "vendor": "Soniox", "vendorUrl": "https://soniox.com", "kind": "model", "category": "speech-to-text", "summary": "One multilingual model family for 60+ languages, as a real-time WebSocket API (`stt-rt-v5`) and an async file API (`stt-async-v5`).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soniox-stt", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soniox-stt.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soniox-stt.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soniox-stt.json", "repo": "https://github.com/soniox/soniox-python", "license": "Apache-2.0 (Python SDK)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.soniox.com/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@soniox/node" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "soniox" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API key per project. Temporary API keys can be minted for browsers and mobile clients that stream straight to `wss://stt-rt.soniox.com`. Regional projects get their own keys and domains (EU, Japan, India).", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Token-based pay-as-you-go. Async audio input $1.50 per 1M tokens and text in or out $3.50 per 1M, real-time $2.00 and $4.00. Soniox puts this at about $0.10 an hour async and $0.12 an hour real-time, with diarisation, language ID and translation included. New sign-ups have had no free credits since 2025-10-27 (https://soniox.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing. Billed to a funded account (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 12, "npmWeekly": 22200, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/get-started", "llmsTxt": "https://soniox.com/docs/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "speech.stt", "speech.streaming", "speech.batch", "speech.diarisation", "speech.languages", "speech.translation" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "llms-txt", "webhooks", "async-jobs", "streaming", "batch", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-11", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 58.2, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 529, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 11, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 60, "security": 70, "transparency": 76 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "About $0.10 an hour async and $0.12 real time, with diarisation, language ID and translation included. No free credits for new accounts since October 2025.", "bestFor": "Price-led multilingual transcription and translation, live or async, and for operators who want no training and no retention.", "strengths": [ "About $0.10 an hour async and $0.12 real time, with diarisation, language ID and translation included", "Customer audio and transcripts are never used for training, and nothing is retained by default", "SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022", "Regional deployments in the US, EU, Japan and India", "Per-request usage logs with cost and request IDs" ], "weaknesses": [ "No free credits for new accounts since October 2025", "No OpenAPI or AsyncAPI file", "No documented status code, Retry-After or backoff for rate limits", "10 concurrent streams and a fixed 300-minute cap per stream or file", "No STT changelog entry since June 2026" ], "agentNotes": [ "Pass `audio_url` for public files and skip the upload step. Delete uploaded files or they count against the 10 GB quota for 30 days", "Use the `context` field for names and domain terms", "Buffer audio while the WebSocket connects, then flush it after the config message", "Split anything over 300 minutes. The cap is fixed", "Set `client_reference_id` so failed or duplicate requests can be traced in the usage log" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 58.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 70, "maintenance": 30, "payments": 20, "reliability": 65, "schema": 60, "security": 70, "transparency": 70 }, "provenanceScore": 81 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.soniox.com/v1/transcriptions -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SONIOX_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"model\":\"stt-async-v5\",\"audio_url\":\"https://soniox.com/media/examples/coffee_shop.mp3\",\"enable_speaker_diarization\":true}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/speech.stt", "tool": "https://letme.dev/soniox-stt" }, "sameCompany": [ "soniox-tts", "soniox-voice-cloning" ], "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "stt-async-v5", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.0017, "note": "Soniox's estimate of $0.10 an hour, token-billed" }, { "item": "stt-rt-v5 streaming", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.002, "note": "Soniox's estimate of $0.12 an hour, token-billed" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Soniox Inc.", "domain": "soniox.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-03-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://soniox.com/policies/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://soniox.com/policies/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.soniox.com", "changelog": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/models", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Terms and privacy policy last updated 2026-06-29. The company address is Foster City, California" ], "score": 81 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soniox-stt.json", "live": { "slug": "soniox-stt", "probe": { "target": "https://api.soniox.com/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:00:37.529212182Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 280, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 255, "p95ms24h": 289, "samples24h": 260, "samples30d": 2303, "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": 117, "ok": 117 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.soniox.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T07:58:32.968280938Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@soniox/node", "version": "2.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:50.412742768Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "soniox", "version": "2.10.0", "released": "2026-10-02", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:29:51.372607135Z" } ], "githubStars": 12, "npmWeekly": 26231, "pypiWeekly": 124290, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://soniox.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:50.110847376Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:52.768403714Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "soniox.com", "registered": "2020-03-23", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/soniox.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:05:00.531232044Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://soniox.com/blog/2025-10-27-free-credits-update-for-soniox-api", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:29.452410806Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "84edd3460b10" }, { "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/models", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:31.648986358Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "bc23abf2e34e" }, { "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:39.904877842Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:24:18.034370139Z", "fingerprint": "3c5bced7754b" }, { "url": "https://soniox.com/policies/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:35.536298045Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "f8449bf14df5" }, { "url": "https://soniox.com/policies/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:24:37.831433566Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "1ab8c9d50b68" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:00:37.529212182Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Groq", "b": "Soniox", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1", "b": "https://api.soniox.com/v1", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$0.0017 per minute of audio", "name": "Price for speech stt" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary hosted service under the Groq Services Agreement. 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"https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soniox-stt-vs-speechmatics-stt.json", "title": "Soniox Speech-to-Text vs Speechmatics Speech-to-Text", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soniox-stt-vs-speechmatics-stt" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 25, "edge": "groq-speech-to-text", "groq-speech-to-text": 90, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "soniox-stt": 65, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 2, "edge": "soniox-stt", "groq-speech-to-text": 58, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "soniox-stt": 60, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "groq-speech-to-text", "groq-speech-to-text": 75, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "soniox-stt": 70, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "groq-speech-to-text", "groq-speech-to-text": 79, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "soniox-stt": 70, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "groq-speech-to-text", "groq-speech-to-text": 40, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "soniox-stt": 20, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 38, "edge": "groq-speech-to-text", "groq-speech-to-text": 68, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "soniox-stt": 30, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 9, "edge": "groq-speech-to-text", "groq-speech-to-text": 85, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "soniox-stt": 76, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Soniox Speech-to-Text's 58.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do speech stt.", "verdicts": { "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.", "soniox-stt": "About $0.10 an hour async and $0.12 real time, with diarisation, language ID and translation included. No free credits for new accounts since October 2025." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt.min.md" }, "markdown": "Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Soniox Speech-to-Text's 58.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do speech stt.\n\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- Soniox Speech-to-Text: grade C, 58.2/100, rank #529 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soniox-stt.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soniox-stt.json\n\n## Which one, for what\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 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 70\n- Security \u0026 auth, 79 against 70\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 68 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 85 against 76\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### Soniox Speech-to-Text (C)\n\nGood for: Price-led multilingual transcription and translation, live or async, and for operators who want no training and no retention.\n\nWatch for: No free credits for new accounts since October 2025\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Groq Speech-to-Text | Soniox Speech-to-Text | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 65 | Groq Speech-to-Text +25 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 58 | 60 | Soniox Speech-to-Text +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 70 | Groq Speech-to-Text +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 79 | 70 | Groq Speech-to-Text +9 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 40 | 20 | Groq Speech-to-Text +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 30 | Groq Speech-to-Text +38 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 76 | Groq Speech-to-Text +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **71.8 · BB** | **58.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Groq Speech-to-Text | Soniox Speech-to-Text |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Groq | Soniox |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` | `https://api.soniox.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| Price for speech stt | not published | $0.0017 per minute of audio |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| 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 | Apache-2.0 (Python SDK) |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-11 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-06-22 | 2026-06-29 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-11-12 | 2026-06-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 621 stars | 12 stars, 22k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\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**Soniox Speech-to-Text.** About $0.10 an hour async and $0.12 real time, with diarisation, language ID and translation included. No free credits for new accounts since October 2025.\n\n## Before you call either\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### Soniox Speech-to-Text\n\n1. Pass `audio_url` for public files and skip the upload step. Delete uploaded files or they count against the 10 GB quota for 30 days\n2. Use the `context` field for names and domain terms\n3. Buffer audio while the WebSocket connects, then flush it after the config message\n4. Split anything over 300 minutes. The cap is fixed\n5. Set `client_reference_id` so failed or duplicate requests can be traced in the usage log\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Groq Speech-to-Text or Soniox Speech-to-Text?\n\nGroq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Soniox Speech-to-Text's 58.2 (C), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Do Groq Speech-to-Text and Soniox Speech-to-Text need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Groq Speech-to-Text and Soniox Speech-to-Text without installing anything?\n\nYes. Groq Speech-to-Text has a hosted endpoint at https://api.groq.com/openai/v1 and Soniox Speech-to-Text at https://api.soniox.com/v1.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/groq-speech-to-text-vs-soniox-stt.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"groq-speech-to-text\", \"b\": \"soniox-stt\"}`. 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