Whisper vs OpenRouter

FeatureWhisperOpenRouter
CategoryAI DevelopmentAI Development
PricingFree (open-source)Pay-per-use (varies by model)
GitHub Stars72,000—
PlatformsLinux, macOS, WindowsWeb
Features
  • ✓ Speech-to-text
  • ✓ Multi-language
  • ✓ Translation
  • ✓ Local running
  • ✓ High accuracy
  • ✓ 200+ models
  • ✓ Unified API
  • ✓ Auto-fallback
  • ✓ Rate limiting
  • ✓ Usage tracking
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible
Tags
speechtranscriptionopen-sourcemultilingual
apimulti-modelgatewayroutingpay-per-use