Mistral AIMicrosoftAudio matchupSpeech to text
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2vs.MAI-Transcribe-2
Which model is better?
MAI-Transcribe-2 is slightly ahead in independent tests, but the lead is not certain.
Independent testsDavid AI Research, DAI-ASR-I18N
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 20 of 1
MAI-Transcribe-20 of 1
Popularityout of 100
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2ahead26
MAI-Transcribe-20
Weights and access
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2proprietary
MAI-Transcribe-2proprietary
Priceverbatim from the provider
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2n/a
MAI-Transcribe-2$0.10 per hour of audio as an introductory price
Pick Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 for
more popular
Pick MAI-Transcribe-2 for
leaning David AI Research, DAI-ASR-I18N
Shared tests
Independent evaluators and leaderboards only, the newest shared snapshot per evaluator. With 95 % ranges a lead counts when they do not overlap; for hit rates, when it holds in a 95 % test. Without any uncertainty figure at most “slightly ahead”.
David AI Research, DAI-ASR-I18N
MAI-Transcribe-2 slightly aheadDAI-ASR-I18N German WER, dual-channel
Voxtral Mini Transcribe 219.6 %
MAI-Transcribe-26.4 %
lower is better, as of October 17, 2026
Source · latest October 17, 2026
All data side by side
Prices are verbatim from the provider, because audio models bill per minute, character or token.
| Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 | MAI-Transcribe-2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Speech to text | Speech to text |
| Developer | Mistral AI | Microsoft |
| Status | Active | Preview |
| Released | n/a | September 3, 2026 |
| Weights | proprietary | proprietary |
| Runs locally | no | no |
| Price | n/a | $0.10 per hour of audio as an introductory price |
| Popularity (out of 100) | 26 | 0 |
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