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Groq speech API pricing and models

Groq: 2 speech-to-text models and 2 text-to-speech models, read from the provider's own pages on October 18, 2026. Its lowest speech-to-text rate converts to $0.04 an hour (Whisper Large v3 Turbo (Groq)). No model here has a scheduled shutdown date.

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Speech-to-text
2
Text-to-speech
2
Realtime voice
0
Retiring
0

Speech-to-text

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Whisper Large v3 (Groq)

Speech-to-text - whisper-large-v3

Price (provider's unit)

$0.111 per hour

“| whisper-large-v3 | $0.111 | Multilingual | Yes | Yes | 189 | 10.3% |”
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Converted $/hour (our arithmetic)
  • $0.111stated per hour, no conversion
Languages

Multilingual

“| whisper-large-v3 | $0.111 | Multilingual |”
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Streaming

No

“Either a URL or a direct file upload for flac, mp3, mp4, mpeg, mpga, m4a, ogg, wav, webm”
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Max audio

25 MB (free tier), 100MB (dev tier)

“25 MB (free tier), 100MB (dev tier)”
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Status
Not stated

Features

  • translation

    “| whisper-large-v3 | $0.111 | Multilingual | Yes | Yes | 189 | 10.3% |”
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Minimum billed length: '10 seconds. If you submit a request less than this, you will still be billed for 10 seconds.'

Whisper Large v3 Turbo (Groq)

Speech-to-text - whisper-large-v3-turbo

Price (provider's unit)

$0.04 per hour

“PRICING Per Hour $0.04”
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Converted $/hour (our arithmetic)
  • $0.04stated per hour, no conversion
Languages

99+ languages

“Multilingual support: 99+ languages”
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Streaming

No

“Either a URL or a direct file upload”
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Max audio

100 MB

“MAX FILE SIZE 100 MB”
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Status
Not stated

Features

  • no translation

    “| whisper-large-v3-turbo | $0.04 | Multilingual | Yes | No | 216 | 12% |”
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Text-to-speech

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Orpheus V1 English (Groq)

Text-to-speech - canopylabs/orpheus-v1-english

Preview
Price (provider's unit)

$22.00 per million characters

“Per Million Characters $22.00”
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Languages

English

“| canopylabs/orpheus-v1-english | English | Expressive TTS with vocal direction controls |”
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Streaming
Not stated
Limit per request

200 characters per request

“Keep input text under 200 characters maximum per request.”
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Status

preview

“Canopy Labs Orpheus V1 English Preview”
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Features

  • 6 voices, vocal direction tags

    “It features six professionally-trained voice personas with different strengths for expressive direction performance.”
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Orpheus Arabic Saudi (Groq)

Text-to-speech - canopylabs/orpheus-arabic-saudi

Preview
Price (provider's unit)

$40.00 per million characters

“Per Million Characters $40.00”
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Languages

Arabic (Saudi)

“| canopylabs/orpheus-arabic-saudi | Arabic (Saudi) | Authentic Saudi dialect synthesis |”
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Streaming
Not stated
Limit per request

200 characters per request

“Keep input text under 200 characters maximum per request.”
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Status

preview

“Preview canopylabs/orpheus-arabic-saudi”
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Features

  • voices: Abdullah, Fahad, Sultan, Lulwa, Noura, Aisha

    “Experiment with different voices (Abdullah, Fahad, Sultan, Lulwa, Noura, Aisha)”
    console.groq.com

    Note: The same page's overview says the model 'offers four distinct Saudi dialect voices' while the best-practices list names six.

FAQ

How much does Groq speech-to-text cost?

Whisper Large v3 (Groq): $0.111 per hour. Whisper Large v3 Turbo (Groq): $0.04 per hour. Prices are in Groq's own units as of October 18, 2026.

How much does Groq text-to-speech cost?

Orpheus V1 English (Groq): $22.00 per million characters. Orpheus Arabic Saudi (Groq): $40.00 per million characters. Prices are in Groq's own units as of October 18, 2026.

Sources

Verified from each provider's own pricing pages and model docs; every quote was string-matched against the page that day. Prices are shown in the provider's own unit. Values marked derived were counted by us or taken from Azure's Retail Prices API, not from a pricing page. Prices change without notice; check the linked source before you commit a budget to one.

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