Whisper
1,000 units
$6.00
Speech-to-text budgets
Whisper vs GPT-4o Transcribe Cost
Compare approximate per-minute transcription pricing for Whisper and GPT-4o Transcribe.
OpenAI
Whisper
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Modality
- audio
- Unit price
- $0.006 / minute
OpenAI
GPT-4o Transcribe
- Provider
- OpenAI
- Modality
- audio
- Unit price
- $0.006 / minute
Sample workload
Estimated spend on a shared scenario
Catalog rates updated 2026-07-31. Same inputs on both models for an apples-to-apples read.
GPT-4o Transcribe
1,000 units
$6.00
Both options cost about the same at 1,000 units.
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Approximate static list prices for planning only. Always verify against each provider’s official pricing page before production budgeting.