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Soniox v5

WER 1.25% — #1 Soniox benchmark, $0.12/hr, 249ms TTFS, 50+ langues

249ms
Latency (best case)
350ms
Latency (typical)
3.8%
WER (general audio)
$0.0020/min
Price per minute

Comparative Scores

Accuracy (WER)10/10
Streaming latency8/10
Multilingual7/10
Sovereignty4/10
Price accessibility9/10
Streaming quality9/10

Architecture

ArchitectureProprietary end-to-end ASR (Soniox, San Francisco)
ParametersUndisclosed
Languages50+
Self-hostable No
Streaming Yes
WER clean audio 1.7999999999999998%
GamiWays
Accuracy + cost — production validation needed

Candidat à évaluer pour Storygami/Edugami : WER exceptionnel + prix très bas. Benchmark interne à valider indépendamment. On-premise Enterprise pertinent pour la souveraineté suisse. Recommandé pour : test de précision, déploiements à budget limité.

Analysis

Soniox v5 claims the best WER on the market at 1.25% (internal benchmark). Priced at $0.12/hr — the most affordable STT API in the benchmark. 249ms TTFS, 50+ languages, speaker diarization. On-premise available on Enterprise. Very new — production track record limited. New entry June 2026.

Strengths

  • WER 1.25% — meilleur WER revendiqué du marché
  • $0.12/hr — prix le plus bas du benchmark
  • 249ms TTFS
  • 50+ langues + diarisation
  • On-premise Enterprise disponible

Weaknesses

  • Benchmark interne (pas de validation indépendante Pipecat)
  • Très récent — track record production limité
  • Pas de Voice Agent API intégrée
  • Moins connu que Deepgram/AssemblyAI

STT Capabilities

Streaming Yes

Streaming WebSocket. 249ms TTFS (Soniox benchmark). Speaker diarization intégrée. 50+ langues.

Diarization Yes
Custom Vocabulary Yes
Word Timestamps Yes
Auto Punctuation Yes
Multilingual Yes

50+ languages

Pricing

Price / minute
from $0.0020
depending on plan
Price / hour
from $0.120
depending on plan
Free tier
Free tier available

$0.12/hr ($0.002/min) streaming (Soniox benchmark juin 2026). Très compétitif. Enterprise: custom pricing.

PlanSubscription/moIncludedOverage/minTop-up
Pay As You GoRecommended

Pure PAYG, no subscription required

FreeNone$0.0020Yes
Top-up available: Some plans allow purchasing additional minutes (top-up) without changing plans. Useful for occasional usage spikes.

Sovereignty & Compliance

On-premise Yes

On-premise available on Enterprise.

GDPR Compliant

Data residency: US (default). EU data residency on Enterprise.

On-premise Yes

Cloud only. On-premise available on Enterprise.

This sheet's verification

Verified 19 June 2026

Soniox benchmarks juin 2026 (soniox.com/benchmarks)

Update note: Soniox v5 : WER 1.25%, $0.12/hr, 249ms TTFS (Soniox benchmark juin 2026). Nouvelle entrée juin 2026.

This date covers provider-specific prices, capabilities and notes. Comparative benchmarks follow the synchronization and methodology shown above.

ELO benchmarks / indices: Artificial Analysis