# Groq Speech-to-Text vs Speechmatics Speech-to-Text (slim)

> Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Speechmatics Speech-to-Text's 67.1 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Speechmatics Speech-to-Text leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do speech stt. Category…

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Groq Speech-to-Text scores 71.8 (BB) on agent readiness against Speechmatics Speech-to-Text's 67.1 (B), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Speechmatics Speech-to-Text leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do speech stt.

- Groq Speech-to-Text: BB 71.8, rank #113 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/groq-speech-to-text.min.md
- Speechmatics Speech-to-Text: B 67.1, rank #243 of 842 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/speechmatics-stt.min.md
- 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 70; Security & auth, 79 against 65; Transparency & trust, 85 against 75. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- Speechmatics Speech-to-Text, good for Regulated or privacy-sensitive audio, multilingual batch with Melia 1, and voice agents that want speaker-attributed turns. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 65 against 58; Agent ergonomics, 80 against 75; Maintenance & community, 75 against 68.

| Category | Groq Speech-to-Text | Speechmatics Speech-to-Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 90 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 58 | 65 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 75 | 80 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 79 | 65 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 40 | 40 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 68 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 85 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Groq Speech-to-Text | Speechmatics Speech-to-Text |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Groq | Speechmatics |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.groq.com/openai/v1` | `https://eu1.asr.api.speechmatics.com/v2` |
| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |
| Price for speech stt | not published | $0.0027 per minute of audio |
| 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 | MIT (SDKs) |
| Last release | 2026-08-26 | 2026-09-22 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-06-22 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-11-12 | 2026-05-27 |
| Popularity | 621 stars | 20 stars, 58k npm/wk, 48k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |