Otter.ai alternative: open Speech to text models on your own GPU
Otter.ai is a hosted service for Speech to text. If you would rather not pay per generation or per month, you can run open models that do the same job on a GPU you rent by the second.
Open models you can use instead
whisper-base70M · 2 GBwhisper-large-v3-turbo810M · 3 GBwhisper-small240M · 2 GBwhisper-large-v31.5B · 5 GBparakeet-tdt-0.6b-v3630M · 3 GBmms-300m-1130-forced-aligner320M · 2 GBparakeet-unified-en-0.6b-gguf620M · 2 GBQwen3-ASR-1.7B-gguf2B · 3 GB
All Speech to text modelsGPUs that fit these models today
| GPU | Memory | Per hour |
|---|---|---|
| GTX 1660 S | 6 GB | $0.11 |
| GTX 1650 | 4 GB | $0.13 |
| GTX 1070 | 8 GB | $0.14 |
| GTX 1660 | 6 GB | $0.14 |
| RTX 3060 | 12 GB | $0.15 |
Live starting prices from our catalog. You pay per second while the machine runs.
Why switch
- No per-generation credits or monthly plan: you pay only while the GPU runs.
- Choose the model, settings and resolution yourself, with no queue.
- Your prompts and files stay on your own machine.
Questions
- Is there an open alternative to Otter.ai?
- Yes. Open Speech to text models are free to use under their licenses; you only pay for the GPU time while they run, from $0.11 per hour.
- Do I need a subscription?
- No. You pay only for the time your machine runs, from your USD balance. Stop it whenever you are done.
Try it on your own GPU in minutes
Pick a GPU, open Jupyter or SSH and run any open model. You pay per second and can stop anytime; no subscription, no setup fee.
- Per-second billing in USD
- PyTorch and CUDA ready in minutes
- Rent from ChatGPT or Claude too
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