Deepgram Flux Multilingual vs ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live

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Accuracy and speed

Left gets fewer words wrong. Lower has the final text ready sooner.

Accurate and fast0ms200ms400ms600ms800ms0%2%4%6%8%Words wrong on clean audio (Pipecat WER)
  • Flux Multilingual4.96% · 114ms
  • Scribe v3 Live1.81% · 57ms

ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is ahead of Deepgram Flux Multilingual on all five metrics.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

Who is better at what

Flux MultilingualScribe v3 Live
  • Overall WER4.81%1.89%
  • Pipecat Dataset WER4.96%1.81%
  • Ocular Dataset WER4.53%2.05%
  • Time to first text793ms685ms
  • Final-text delay114ms57ms

Lower is better on every measure. Too close to call means the likely ranges overlap. For costs, see our breakdown of Deepgram pricing.

Flux Multilingual vs Scribe v3 Live FAQ

  • ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is more accurate on both datasets. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, Deepgram Flux Multilingual scores 4.81% and ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live 1.89%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 2.92 points. On the 300 licensed Ocular turns, Deepgram Flux Multilingual scores 4.96% and ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live 1.81%, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live makes fewer errors by 3.15 points. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.

  • No. ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live finishes the transcript 108ms sooner. Deepgram Flux Multilingual has the final transcript 793ms after the speaker stops and ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live 685ms, at the median. Both are measured on the same 206 streamed turns.

  • ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is the stronger pick for voice agents: it makes fewer errors on real conversations and finishes the transcript 108ms sooner. A voice agent cannot reply until the final transcript arrives, and the Ocular recordings are real conversations.

  • Yes, both return partial text before the speaker stops. Deepgram Flux Multilingual shows first text after 4.53% and ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live after 2.05%, at the median, so ElevenLabs Scribe v3 Live is 2.48 points lower.

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