Replicate (Whisper hosts)

by Replicate

Don’t want to wire up the Replicate API? Drop the file here.

The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

Replicate's catalog of community-hosted Whisper variants behind one API.

API  ·  per-second GPU compute

TL;DR

Best for prototyping with specific Whisper or WhisperX builds without operating your own GPU. Pricing: per-second GPU compute.

Category
Transcription APIs
Pricing
per-second GPU compute
Platforms
API

What it is

Replicate hosts hundreds of community Whisper and WhisperX variants behind a single API. The official openai/whisper model and popular forks (incl. WhisperX with diarization) are runnable via a single REST call. Pricing is per-second GPU compute with model-specific hardware classes. Good for prototyping; for steady production volume an integrated vendor (Deepgram/AssemblyAI/Gladia) usually wins on cost and latency. Best fit: prototyping with specific whisper or whisperx builds without operating your own gpu. Caveats: cold-start latency; community models change ownership; slas are per-replicate, not per-model author. Feature flags from vendor docs: word-level timestamps. Directory tags: commercial-api, model-host. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12.

Best for: Prototyping with specific Whisper or WhisperX builds without operating your own GPU.
Watch out for: Cold-start latency; community models change ownership; SLAs are per-Replicate, not per-model author.

Install / use

replicate.run('openai/whisper:...', input={...})

What people actually do with Replicate (Whisper hosts)-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

Replicate (Whisper hosts) vs Whipscribe

FeatureReplicate (Whisper hosts)Whipscribe
CategoryTranscription APIsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages9999
PlatformsAPIWeb, API, MCP

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Frequently asked about Replicate (Whisper hosts)

How much does Replicate (Whisper hosts) cost?

Replicate (Whisper hosts) is a paid product — published pricing: per-second GPU compute. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What platforms does Replicate (Whisper hosts) support?

Replicate (Whisper hosts) is an API — you call it from whatever you build, on any platform with an HTTP client.

How do I get started with Replicate (Whisper hosts)?

Replicate (Whisper hosts) is used through its API: get a key from the vendor, then call it from your own code. There is no desktop app to install.

How many languages does Replicate (Whisper hosts) support?

Replicate (Whisper hosts) lists 99 languages. That is the Whisper-family multilingual set, so quality varies by language — English and the large European languages are strongest.

What are the limitations of Replicate (Whisper hosts)?

Cold-start latency; community models change ownership; SLAs are per-Replicate, not per-model author.

Who is Replicate (Whisper hosts) best for?

Prototyping with specific Whisper or WhisperX builds without operating your own GPU.

Is Replicate (Whisper hosts) open source?

No. Replicate (Whisper hosts) is a proprietary API. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

What kind of tool is Replicate (Whisper hosts)?

In this directory Replicate (Whisper hosts) is filed under commercial api, model host as a API.

What are the alternatives to Replicate (Whisper hosts)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/replicate-whisper-alternatives comparing Replicate (Whisper hosts) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate Replicate (Whisper hosts)-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from Replicate (Whisper hosts)?

Replicate (Whisper hosts) is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of Replicate (Whisper hosts)?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the Replicate (Whisper hosts) category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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