Streaming speech-to-text, compared.
For live calls, transcription price is only half the story - turn-taking latency is what callers feel. Here's price next to the providers, plus the realtime piece most leaderboards miss.
Price per 1,000 minutes (USD)
Lower is better. PyAI in teal.
PyAI from our rate card. Competitor list prices: Artificial Analysis, as of June 2026; realtime/streaming tiers can differ from prerecorded - verify before relying.
Turn-taking beats raw price.
On a phone call, the win is replying the instant the caller stops - not shaving a fraction of a cent. Use Hear as the transcription wedge, then go end-to-end with Omni (~431 ms turn-taking).
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