The honest take: OpenAI Whisper is the raw transcription engine ($0.006/min). It has no speaker ID, no built-in dashboard, no caption export, no team features. You'd build all that yourself.
| Feature | AppWT Transcribe | OpenAI Whisper API |
|---|
| Raw API Cost | AppWT: $0.10-0.20/min (all-included) | OpenAI Whisper: $0.006/min (API only) |
| Speaker Identification | AppWT: Built-in | OpenAI: You build it |
| Dashboard / UI | AppWT: Yes | OpenAI: You build it |
| Use-Case Tuning | AppWT: Podcast/legal/edu/journalism | OpenAI: Generic |
| Caption Exports (SRT/WebVTT) | AppWT: Yes | OpenAI: You build it |
| Webhook + API | AppWT: Yes | OpenAI: REST only |
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$0.10-$0.20/minute after that. No subscription, no contracts.
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