Compare models
Put up to 4 models beside each other — token prices, context windows, capabilities and provider, from the same catalogue the model pages read.
- MAI-Transcribe 2MicrosoftRemove
- Aura-2DeepgramRemove
- Grok STT 1.0xAIRemove
- Gemini 3.5 TranscribeGoogleRemove
4 is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
| Attribute | MAI-Transcribe 2mai-transcribe-2 | Aura-2aura-2 | Grok STT 1.0grok-stt-1.0 | Gemini 3.5 Transcribegemini-3.5-transcribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||||
| Input | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Output | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Cache Write (5m) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Cache Write (1h) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Cache Read | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Web Search | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M | $0 / 1M |
| Context | ||||
| Max context | N/A | N/A | N/A | 98.3K |
| Max output | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Capabilities | ||||
| Vision | No | No | No | Yes |
| Function Calling | No | No | No | Yes |
| JSON Mode | No | No | No | No |
| Streaming | No | No | No | No |
| Catalogue | ||||
| Provider | Microsoft | Deepgram | xAI | |
| Category | voice | voice | voice | voice |
| Charge type | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go | Pay As You Go |
| Released | 2026-09-03 | 2026-07-16 | 2026-07-23 | 2026-09-25 |
| Description | ||||
| Summary | Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-2 speech-to-text. Billed per second of audio. | Deepgram Aura-2 text-to-speech for real-time voice applications. Billed per input character. | xAI Grok STT 1.0 speech-to-text. Billed per second of audio. | Google Gemini 3.5 Transcribe speech-to-text. Billed per input and output token. |