Pricing
Whisper pricing
As github.com lists them, read 7 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Whisper (open-source code and model weights) | MIT-licensed code and model weights · install locally with Python and ffmpeg | Free |
| Self-hosted Whisper | MIT-licensed code and model weights; local installation · Python 3.8–3.11 expected · ffmpeg required · approximately 1–10 GB VRAM depending on model | Free |
| Whisper API | $0.006 per minute of transcription · 25 MiB maximum upload for legacy whisper-1 · streaming unsupported · Free tier 3 RPM and 200 RPD | $0.01 a month |
From github.com, developers.openai.com.