LIVE
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
USMultimodalINK-WHISPER Live · updated daily

ink-whisper

Cartesia
Efficiency score
88/100
14.8%
Input price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Context window
1K
Throughput
133tok/s
Availability
96.4%
Cost / task
$0.000

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Audio
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

14.8%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Blended price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$0.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$0.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$0.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 43% of tracked models
  • Faster than 23% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #925 of 1105

Best suited for

Mixed text, image, audio and document workloads that benefit from one model across modalities.

About ink-whisper

Ink-Whisper is Cartesia's speech-to-text model for transcription workloads.

ink-whisper is a Multimodal model from Cartesia (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1K-token context window, ~133 tokens/sec throughput and 96.4% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 88/100 at an estimated $0.000 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does ink-whisper cost per 1M tokens?+

ink-whisper is tracked at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.00 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is ink-whisper best for?+

Mixed text, image, audio and document workloads that benefit from one model across modalities.

How fast is ink-whisper?+

ink-whisper delivers about 133 tokens/sec with 96.4% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is ink-whisper cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, ink-whisper is cheaper than 43% of models on input price and ranks #925 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.