Google Cloud Speech-to-Text vs. Vertex AI

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Speech-to-Text on Google Cloud is a tool used to convert speech into text using an API powered by Google’s AI technologies. The vendor states users can transcribe content in real time or from stored files; deliver a better user experience in products through voice commands; and, gain insights from customer interactions to improve service.
$0.02
per min
Vertex AI
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Vertex AI on Google Cloud is an MLOps solution, used to build, deploy, and scale machine learning (ML) models with fully managed ML tools for any use case.
$0
Starting at
Pricing
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextVertex AI
Editions & Modules
Speech-to-Text V2 API
$0.016
per min
Speech-to-Text V1 API
$0.024
per min
Imagen model for image generation
$0.0001
Starting at
Text, chat, and code generation
$0.0001
per 1,000 characters
Text data upload, training, deployment, prediction
$0.05
per hour
Video data training and prediction
$0.462
per node hour
Image data training, deployment, and prediction
$1.375
per node hour
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextVertex AI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsSpeech-to-Text V1 API V1 offers data residency for multi region only. Models include short, long, phone call, and video. V1 does not include audit logging. New customers get $300 in free credits and 60 minutes for transcribing and analyzing audio free per month, not charged against your credits. Speech-to-Text V2 API V2 offers data residency for multi and single region. Models include short, long, telephony, video, and Chirp. V2 does include audit logging and support for customer managed encryption keys.Pricing is based on the Vertex AI tools and services, storage, compute, and Google Cloud resources used.
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Community Pulse
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextVertex AI
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Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
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Much better and more accurate than integrated Microsoft dictate or translate.
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I didn't see other options that are even competitive with using Google's Cloud Speech-to-Text in terms of cost and reliability.
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I have not used other software at this time. But this is a great software and completely worth using.
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I like Google Cloud Speech-to-Text the most when it comes to other apps I have used so far. It have reduced my work, saved lot of time and made me less stress in meetings. It has also helped us in taking requirement gathering, knowledge transfer important notes to further …
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While both Speechify and Google Speech-to-text do the job, certain elements that I find missing on Speechify are: it only works on Desktop with Windows OS, the customizations aspect is missing, there is no mobile app support (people these days want everything on their mobile …
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I've also trialed IBM Watson Speech to Text for similar use cases. While both are highly capable, I find the Google Cloud Speech-to-Text software's accuracy and integrations to be a cut above.​ Harnessing Google's speech recognition prowess has elevated our firm's value …
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Google Cloud Speech-to-Text outperformed its competitors significantly in terms of accuracy, surpassing any other product available. Additionally, its support for multiple languages was unrivaled in the market. Moreover, for clients with robust bandwidth, Google Cloud …
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Office 365 word document text to speech engine.
This is popular among office users, but less relevant for mobile devices.
Chose Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
1. It's an efficient tool for improving efficiency by saving a lot of time in typing. 2. It saves at least 40-50% of our time, thus increasing efficiency. The amazing thing I liked about it is the accuracy with multiple accents & multiple languages. 3. It also takes …
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I did not compare to other providers.
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The accuracy of Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is much better than any other tool. It has better API integration with 3rd party tools. The transcription is on at real-time basis with the best efficiency. It has good language support from across the globe. It provides better noise …
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Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is better than these other services. The main driver is the cost for the service and what you get, the value proposition is very good. Also, the scalability of Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is great, so that down the line, as our needs change and …
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I have not used other speech-to-text technologies; something somewhat similar could be Chorus, but Chorus does not do language translation.
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Google Cloud Speech-to-Text shows an impressive ROI with increased efficiency, time savings, accuracy, speed, productivity, customer satisfaction, and cost-effectiveness.
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Dragon is a long stading product in the market but the intuitiveness and that it was part of the Google ecosystem made me switch easily. it also allowed me to easily integrate with other Google product which we are so accustomed to, where Dragon was lacking and did not provide …
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Google is far more ahead when compared to Amazon product with similar capabilities and helps to understand and interpret the speech in a much better and clarified way which helps to solve the business use case in a quicker manner and helps to reduce the over all time taken …
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Is very easy to implement. We simply selected each feature and obtain great data from meetings. Our team was pleased to use it. It converted data accurately. We recommend it!!
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Have not evaluated other vendors at this time
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Google Cloud Speech to Text has a significantly cleaner and easier-to-use User Interface. If the user is already familiar with the Google Cloud product suite, then onboarding with this software will be an extremely smooth process. If a user has previously used other …
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We use Google Speech to Text on the recommendation of a partner who uses it, in fact we do not evaluate other applications such as Amazon Transcript or similar
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They just remind me of each other. Whenever I have a question, whether for personal or for professional reasons, I take out my smartphone, click the Gemini app, and then click the mic to ask my question and have the answer read back to me. I love Googles AI System.
Chose Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
It delivered high accuracy in accented and noisy environments. Regarding its language support, it offers a variety of languages and dialects. Its's Api's are well-documented and easily integrated with our GCP-based stack. Also, its deployment is fast, and it is cost-effective. …
Vertex AI
Chose Vertex AI
Out the gate, Vertex just seemed to be more accurate on command with our prompts. We spent less time versus other platforms getting exactly what we wanted. Google's UI is way more robust, too, with how you can configure the exact settings you want when doing image generation. …
Chose Vertex AI
We tend to adapt and use the platform that suits the customers needs the best. We return to Vertex AI because it is the most in-depth option out there so we can configure it any which way they want. However, it is not quick to market and constantly changing or updating it's …
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I have used OpenAI for their LLM and Vector Embedding service, they are really good at it. But Vertex AI has other better services like training pipeline , depolyment creation etc.
Chose Vertex AI
I have used AWS sagemaker is the past for AI/ML model development in my previous organization for everything. Sagemaker is good with respect to certain services but when we talk about Vertex AI in comparison, AutoML is the differentiator. AutoML is very strong and is able to …
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Let's say that Azure OpenAI Service offers you exactly what you look for in simple-to-understand terms: your own private instance of OpenAI API backend.

Chose Vertex AI
Vertex AI is much more accessible to non-developers than IBM's product. Moreover, Vertex AI integrates well with other Google products, enhancing its capabilities. A big plus is its integration with cloud storage, that allows for better management and access of data. In all …
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User Ratings
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextVertex AI
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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6.8
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Usability
8.4
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Performance
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7.3
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Configurability
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7.0
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User Testimonials
Google Cloud Speech-to-TextVertex AI
Likelihood to Recommend
In our real time meetings or webinars where larger audience are expected we have enabled the captions options with Google Cloud Speech-to-Text tool this start transcribing the complete audio conversation in the neat text format. Also while performing the interview process as well we use this tool to make sure that we adhere to certain rules and are being checked by the superior management team to make sure the transcription has required questions being asked on for quality analysis. Also during the customer call we use this tool to make sure two way communication is transcribed and will be later reviewed when there is an escalation by the superior management
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Since we have used this platforms in multiple scenarios we can confidently say that where this excels is when you want to combine free form Q&A bots with structured responses. Gemini shines through and stands tall with it's natural language model and accurate reading of knowledge base to provide the best answers to whatever prompt you can throw at it.
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Pros
  • An amazing tool which helps a lot in a meetings.
  • It's an efficient tool for improving efficiency by saving a lot of time typing. It saves at least 40-50% of our time, thus increasing efficiency.
  • Incredible accuracy with multiple accents & multiple language.
  • It takes punctuation into consideration.
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  • Vertex AI comes with support for LOTs of LLMs out of the box
  • MLOps tools are available that help to standardize operational aspects
  • Document AI is an out of the box feature that works just perfectly for our use cases of automating lots to tedious data extraction tasks from images as well as papers
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Cons
  • The software does occasionally get confused by confusing terminology.
  • Its web-based interface can also feel a tad hard to use compared to more appealing desktop apps.
  • I've experienced the occasional technical issue, though the provider's support team is quick to troubleshoot.
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  • Customization of AutoML models - A must needed capability to be able to tweak hyperparameters and also working with different models
  • Model Explainability -Providing more comprehensive explanations about how models are utilizing features could be very beneficial
  • Model versioning and experiments tracking - Enhancing the versioning capability could be good for end users
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Usability
The reasoning behind my 10 is that the UI is very intuitive; I didn't require any formal training to use it. Google's speech-to-text is not just a conversion tool; it helps automate mundane tasks, saves time, and has an almost human-like understanding.
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Performance
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Google is always top notch with their security and user interface performance. We use Google's entire suite in our business anyways, so using Vertex became second nature very quickly. I will say, though, that Google does need to come down on the price somewhat with their token allocation. Also, their UI is very robust, so it does require some time for training to really master it.
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Alternatives Considered
It delivered high accuracy in accented and noisy environments. Regarding its language support, it offers a variety of languages and dialects. Its's Api's are well-documented and easily integrated with our GCP-based stack. Also, its deployment is fast, and it is cost-effective. And if we talk about its translation, it gives real-time and generic translation with great punctuation. Finally, its speaker diarization makes it a cool and yet powerful tool that helps people.
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Out the gate, Vertex just seemed to be more accurate on command with our prompts. We spent less time versus other platforms getting exactly what we wanted. Google's UI is way more robust, too, with how you can configure the exact settings you want when doing image generation. The other platforms do a decent job, but we've gravitated more towards using Vertex now.
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Return on Investment
  • Automating the transcription process saved time and resources compared to manual transcription.
  • Speech-to-text enabled us to make audio content accessible to a wider audience, including individuals with disabilities.
  • We gained valuable insights into customer preferences, behaviors, and sentiment by analyzing voice data.
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  • It is pay as you go model so it'll save more cost of your org. In our case previously we used to incurred 1-2L/Month now we are reduced it to 80k-1L.
  • It'll help you save your model training & model selection time as it provides pre-trained models in autoML.
  • It'll help you in terms of Security wherein we can use row level security access to authorized persons.
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ScreenShots

Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Screenshots

Screenshot of audio transcription creation -  Using the Speech-to-Text API from within the Cloud Console by creating an audio transcription is done in just a few steps. It can transcribe short, long, and streaming audio.Screenshot of creating subtitles for videos using AI -  Transcriptions with captions and subtitles can be added to existing content or in real time to streaming content. Google's video transcription model can be used for indexing or subtitling video and/or multispeaker content and uses similar machine learning technology as YouTube does for video captioning.Screenshot of adding Speech-to-Text to apps - The video pictures covers how to add AI to an application without extensive machine learning model experience. The pretrained Speech-to-Text API lets users enable AI for applications.Screenshot of Language, speech, text, and translation with Google Cloud API - The pictures displays a section of Google training course, where learners use the Speech-to-Text API to transcribe an audio file into a text file, translate with the Google Cloud Translation API, and create synthetic speech with Natural Language AI.

Vertex AI Screenshots

Screenshot of an introduction to generative AI on Vertex AI - Vertex AI Studio offers a Google Cloud console tool for rapidly prototyping and testing generative AI models.Screenshot of gen AI for summarization, classification, and extraction - Text prompts can be created to handle any number of tasks with Vertex AI’s generative AI support. Some of the most common tasks are classification, summarization, and extraction. Vertex AI’s PaLM API for text can be used to design prompts with flexibility in terms of their structure and format.Screenshot of Custom ML training overview and documentation - An overview of the custom training workflow in Vertex AI, the benefits of custom training, and the various training options that are available. This page also details every step involved in the ML training workflow from preparing data to predictions.Screenshot of ML model training and creation -  A guide that shows how Vertex AI’s AutoML is used to create and train custom machine learning models with minimal effort and machine learning expertise.Screenshot of deployment for batch or online predictions - When using a model to solve a real-world problem, the Vertex AI prediction service can be used for batch and online predictions.