Whisper: API pricing, providers and specs
Whisper is a audio model by OpenAI. 4 providers serve it, from $0.006 to $60 /1M; the lowest price is at CrazyRouter.
How Whisper compares
Against the 43 audio models on the site priced the same way.
- Cheap for its class: at $0.006 /1M, its lowest price undercuts 100% of comparable models (median $6.15).
- 4 providers serve it; 73% of comparable models have fewer.
- Its weights are open under the Apache 2.0 license: commercial use allowed.
Whisper prices by provider
Every provider's list price, read from its own price page or API. A price marked “from” changes with context length, resolution or mode.
| Provider | Input | Output | Prompt caching | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AIHubMix | — | $0.0001/sec | — | — |
 CrazyRouter | $0.006/1M | $0.006/1M | — | — |
 CometAPI | $24/1M | $24/1M | — | — |
 LaoZhang API | $60/1M | $60/1M | — | — |
- CrazyRouter$0.006
- CometAPI$24
- LaoZhang API$60
Specs
- Type
- Audio
- Maker
- OpenAI
- Inputs
- Audio
- Outputs
- Text
- Context
- —
- Max output
- —
- Capabilities
- —
- Released
- Sep 26, 2022
- License
- Apache 2.0commercial use allowed
- Open weights
- Yes, downloadable
- Parameters
- 764M
Alternatives to Whisper
Same kind of model from other makers, at a similar price.
| Model | Lowest price | Context | Arena | Providers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whisperthis model | $0.006/1M | — | — | 4 |
| Eleven Multilingual STS v2 | $0.016/1M | — | — | 1 |
| ElevenLabs Voice Isolation | $0.016/1M | — | — | 1 |
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Whisper FAQ
The lowest price for Whisper is $0.006 /1M, at CrazyRouter.
CrazyRouter, at $0.006 /1M. 4 providers serve Whisper; the table above lists every one with its price.
Yes. Whisper's weights can be downloaded from its maker's Hugging Face page, under the Apache 2.0 license.
About 764M, as the safetensors metadata of its official Hugging Face repo states.
4 API providers serve Whisper. Compare their prices above, or open a provider to see everything it offers.
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