Alternatives to OpenAI: whisper-1

These tools sit near OpenAI: whisper-1. Compare features and pricing before you switch.

OpenAI frontier flagship GPT-5.6 Sol: 1.05M context, effort up to max plus ultra, $5/$30 per 1M tokens.

15000000DR: 95AS: 95

Open-weight Whisper large-v3 family. Rechecked: MIT 107,437 stars. Not OpenAI's current hosted STT default.

8000DR: 95AS: 92

Previous Deepgram ASR. Rechecked: docs recommend Nova-3 / Flux first. Not the fastest 2026 crown.

2500DR: 85AS: 83