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Whisper Web vs Whisper-WebUI: catalog facts
Whisper WebWhisper-WebUI
Freemium

Free local transcription is available; the Unlimited plan is paid.

Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

Web Windows, Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Transcribes in 99 languages
  • Free mode processes audio locally
  • Choice of three Whisper implementations
  • Exports SRT, WebVTT and plain text
  • Free mode is limited to files up to 200 MB or 20 minutes
  • Longer files and batch uploads use paid cloud processing
  • Speaker diarization needs a Hugging Face token and accepted model terms
  • DeepL translation needs an external API key
Web application, Hosted service Self-hosted
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: Apache-2.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 8, 2026

Checked September 26, 2026

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