Is Avencera cheaper than Rev?

Yes. Avencera transcribes from $0.06 an hour, or $0.07 with speaker labels. At 100 hours a month with speaker labels, Rev Reverb costs $20.00 against $7.00 at Avencera, 2.8× as much.

Is Avencera more accurate than Rev?

Rev transcribes words more accurately on 1 of 2 published tests, by up to 1.49 points; Avencera wins one. Rev AI scores 11.88% on the Open ASR Leaderboard, long-form, against 13.37% for Parakeet v3. Rev AI scores 5.9% on the Artificial Analysis, against 4.5% for Parakeet v3.

Does Rev transcribe languages other than English?

Yes, but Reverb itself is English-only, and other languages bill at a higher foreign-language rate. Avencera’s Parakeet v3 covers 25 European languages at one price.

How do I switch from Rev to Avencera?

Avencera uses OpenAI’s transcription API format, so any OpenAI SDK works. Send the same audio files you send Rev, and map its response fields to the OpenAI-style transcript.

Rev alternative: Avencera vs Rev

At 100 hours a month with speaker labels, Rev Reverb costs 2.8× as much as Avencera. Rev transcribes words more accurately on 1 of 2 published tests, by up to 1.49 points; Avencera wins one.

By Praveen Perera. Prices and features checked October 23, 2026.

At a glance

Rev AI sells Reverb, its English speech model, through an API, and charges more for other languages. Rev also publishes Reverb’s weights and offers self-hosting.

Feature	Avencera	Rev
Transcript, at 100 hours a month	$0.06 an hour	Reverb: $0.20 an hour (3.3×)
With speaker labels, at 100 hours a month	$0.07 an hour	Reverb: $0.20 an hour (2.8×)
Speaker labels	Included in the speaker transcript price	Reverb: included
Billing	Prepaid credit, no subscription	Reverb: pay as you go
Real-time streaming	No, recorded audio only	Yes
Languages	English with Parakeet v2, 25 European languages with v3	English with Reverb, plus 57 other languages at a higher rate
Longest file	2 hours or 100 MB per request, 24 hours as a job	17 hours per file
Self-hosting	Open models you can run yourself	Cloud or on-premises deployment
API	OpenAI-compatible	Rev’s own

Price with speaker labels

Audio a month	Avencera	Rev Reverb
10 hours	$0.70	$2.00 2.8×
100 hours	$7.00	$20.00 2.8×
1,000 hours	$70.00	$200.00 2.8×
10,000 hours	$700.00	$2,000.00 2.8×

See every provider at any volume on the pricing page.

Accuracy

Words

Rev transcribes words more accurately on 1 of 2 published tests, by up to 1.49 points; Avencera wins one.

Word error rate by benchmark, lower is better

Open ASR Leaderboard, long-form Average word error rate on long English recordings

Rev AI by 1.49 points

Avencera Parakeet v3: 13.37%. Rev Rev AI: 11.88%.
Artificial Analysis Word error rate, measured on each provider’s own API

Avencera by 1.4 points

Avencera Parakeet v3: 4.5%. Rev Rev AI: 5.9%.

Choose Rev if

Word accuracy matters most. Rev AI scores 11.88% on the Open ASR Leaderboard, long-form, against 13.37% for Parakeet v3.
You need real-time streaming. Rev offers it; Avencera transcribes recorded audio only.
You need more languages. Rev lists English with Reverb, plus 57 other languages at a higher rate.
You want to start free. Rev gives free credit for 5 hours of Reverb.
You need an API today. Avencera opens soon.

Choose Avencera if

You want the lower bill. Rev Reverb costs 2.8× as much at 100 hours a month with speaker labels.
You want word accuracy for less. Rev AI scores 5.9% on the Artificial Analysis, against 4.5% for Parakeet v3.
You want prepaid credit with no subscription, no minimum and no expiry.
Your audio stays yours. Avencera deletes it once the transcript is ready and never trains on it.

Switching to Avencera

Avencera serves OpenAI’s transcription API, so the official OpenAI SDKs work with a new base URL and model name. Set speaker_labels to true for a speaker on every segment.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(base_url="https://api.avencera.com/v1", api_key="YOUR_AVENCERA_KEY")

with open("meeting.mp3", "rb") as audio:
    transcript = client.audio.transcriptions.create(
        model="avencera/parakeet-tdt-0.6b-v2",
        file=audio,
        extra_body={"speaker_labels": True},
    )

Questions

Is Avencera cheaper than Rev?: Yes. Avencera transcribes from $0.06 an hour, or $0.07 with speaker labels. At 100 hours a month with speaker labels, Rev Reverb costs $20.00 against $7.00 at Avencera, 2.8× as much.
Is Avencera more accurate than Rev?: Rev transcribes words more accurately on 1 of 2 published tests, by up to 1.49 points; Avencera wins one. Rev AI scores 11.88% on the Open ASR Leaderboard, long-form, against 13.37% for Parakeet v3. Rev AI scores 5.9% on the Artificial Analysis, against 4.5% for Parakeet v3.
Does Rev transcribe languages other than English?: Yes, but Reverb itself is English-only, and other languages bill at a higher foreign-language rate. Avencera’s Parakeet v3 covers 25 European languages at one price.
How do I switch from Rev to Avencera?: Avencera uses OpenAI’s transcription API format, so any OpenAI SDK works. Send the same audio files you send Rev, and map its response fields to the OpenAI-style transcript.