Speech-to-Text
Google Cloud’s Speech-to-Text leverages Gemini to handle voice typing and transcription across more than 125 languages. It focuses on converting spoken audio into written text with high accuracy, serving as a core AI/ML component for applications that need reliable speech recognition without managing complex model training.
This service suits teams needing broad language support and high-quality output, but it lacks a free tier entirely. You pay strictly on a pay-as-you-go basis, meaning every request incurs a cost from the first minute. There is no trial period or zero-cost entry point, so budgeting for usage is mandatory from day one.
- Free tier No
- Pricing Pay as you go
- Regions 10 · 5 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health B
Decision score
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- C5
- CSA STAR
- FedRAMP
- GDPR
- HIPAA
- ISO 27001
- ISO 27017
- ISO 27018
- ISO 9001
- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
- SOC 2 Type II
- compute99.99%
- database99.95%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.95%
10 regions across 5 continents
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- AWS Amazon Transcribe $13.00 per 1M seconds Compare
- Microsoft Azure Azure Speech in Foundry Tools no price Compare