Speechmatics
Standard
Vendor-direct benchmark
Measured 2026-09-22
Build voice agents on Speko →Standard is measured here for comparison — it is not one of the models Speko routes.
WER · batch
5.0%
95% CI 3.43–6.65 · n=50 · vendor-direct batch · FLEURS
Measured 2026-09-22
WER · streaming
Read speech
5.88%
Conversation
18.08%
Details
Read speech
n=1541 · FLEURS test+dev+train · vendor-direct
Conversation
15.9–20.4% · EdAcc n=283 · 60 speakers, 2 passes, 2026-10-01
Finalize
4.57s
p50–p90 · US East · n=200 · vendor-direct · re-measured 2026-09-23 · ±3%
Time to first token
1.46s
p50–p90 · US East · n=200 · vendor-direct · re-measured 2026-09-23 · ±0%
Cost / min
$0.0040
Speechmatics public Pro list rate, streaming, checked 2026-09-22. https://www.speechmatics.com/pricing
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