Philips SpeechLive vs Wispr Flow (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Wispr Flow: it is first in our ranking of voice dictation apps, and it grades higher too, 2.8 against 2.2.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Wispr Flow grades higher on features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Philips SpeechLive
Cloud dictation and speech recognition for legal and health teams
Wispr Flow
Voice dictation that cleans up your speech in any app
Which one is for you
Pick Philips SpeechLive if
- Fits if you dictate legal or medical documents and use Philips hardware
- Works for teams that pass dictation to typists in a workflow
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you buy for yourself: every plan is per user, billed yearly, excluding tax
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there isn't one after the two-week trial
- Watch out: the AI Assistant plans are $54 for 2026, then $76.80 from 2027
- Watch out: typed transcription is billed per minute from a prepaid balance, from $1.39 a minute
- Not for you if you have an Intel Mac, which uses a legacy version
Pick Wispr Flow if
- Fits if you write a lot of emails and messages and talk faster than you type
- Works for people who write prompts for ChatGPT, Claude or a code editor all day, or find typing hard on their hands
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want your voice kept on your own device, because transcription is always in the cloud and needs a connection
- Tight if you're never paying, as free dictation has a weekly word cap and Wispr doesn't say what it is
- Not for you if you're on Linux or want meeting notes on your phone, as there's no Linux app and the Notetaker is desktop only
- Pricey if you pay month to month at $15, or need Growth with unlimited Notetaker meetings, which is $26 a person
- Watch out: iPhone reviewers report lost long dictations, and SSO and HIPAA rules need Growth at $18 a person
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAPhilips SpeechLiveFair | 2.8GPAWispr FlowGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DWorkflow is $21.90 a user a month on yearly billing, excluding tax, past the category's dearest-tenth line of $19.99. Legal and Health plans run from $47.80 to $103. | DPro is $12 a month on yearly billing, or $15 month to month, which puts it in the dearest tenth of this category when plenty of dictation apps start nearer $8. Pro now includes Notetaker meetings without a set cap, but on Growth they cost more again: $26 a person instead of $18. |
| Free plan and trial | CA two-week free trial with all Enterprise features and no credit card, for up to 10 users and 200 minutes each. No free plan. | CNo card and no countdown, but there's a weekly word cap, and the pricing page no longer says how big it is, so you find out when you hit it. The dictionary and snippets are included, and Notetaker has a weekly limit of its own. |
| Features | BDictation workflow, speech recognition at the cursor, AI drafts, clinical notes and hardware support. Nothing in the listing is missing from the core job. | AFiller and self-corrections dropped, punctuation and formatting added, 100+ languages, a dictionary that learns your names, snippets, and a Notetaker that writes up meetings with no bot joining and feeds them to Claude or ChatGPT over MCP. The Notetaker is desktop only. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It has accounts, hardware and a workflow to set up. | A4.84 from 16,704 App Store ratings, the highest in this category. Press your shortcut, talk, and the text lands wherever your cursor is. No voice commands to learn, because it punctuates for you. iPhone reviewers grumble about switching keyboards to fix a word. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Windows, Mac, iOS, Android and a browser extension, with Philips SpeechMike and its device connector. No API or wider integration list. | BMac, Windows, iPhone and Android, typing into any app with no plugins, plus Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Slack, Claude and ChatGPT. What keeps it off top marks: no web app, no Linux, and the Notetaker is desktop only for now. |
| Best for | professional dictation for legal and health work | talking instead of typing, in any app |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Philips SpeechLive and Wispr Flow. How we grade
Price against what you get
Philips SpeechLive starts at $21.90 a month for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Wispr Flow starts at $12 a month for each person and scores 3.7.
Wispr Flow scores higher and starts $9.90 a month lower. Of the other voice dictation apps on the chart, 5 score higher than Philips SpeechLive for less, and 1 scores higher than Wispr Flow for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Philips SpeechLive also covers clinical notes.
- Wispr Flow also covers meeting notes and text expansion.
At a glance
| Philips SpeechLive | Wispr Flow | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $21.90 per user / month, billed annually, excl. tax | $12 per user / month, billed annually |
| Free plan | None | Dictation with a weekly word limit whose size the pricing page no longer states, plus dictionary, snippets and limited Notetaker access. No credit card required. |
| Free trial | Two-week free trial with all Enterprise features, no credit card, up to 10 users and 200 speech recognition minutes per user | 14-day Flow Pro trial, no credit card, when you create or join a team |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Speech Processing Solutions | Wispr AI, Inc. |
| Price read from | speechlive.com | wisprflow.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 9, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Philips SpeechLive
- No free plan; all prices are per user, billed annually, and exclude tax.
- The AI Assistant plans are shown at an introductory $54.00 for 2026, rising to $76.80 from 2027.
- The desktop app is listed for Windows and Apple Silicon Macs; Intel Macs use a legacy version.
- Typed transcription is billed per minute from a prepaid balance, from $1.39 per minute for English.
Wispr Flow
- Free dictation has a weekly word limit; the pricing page does not give the figure.
- The Notetaker runs on Mac and Windows only; the vendor says mobile is on the roadmap.
- SAML SSO and org-wide HIPAA enforcement need Growth, and SCIM and audit logs need Enterprise.
- Unlimited Notetaker meetings are a paid extra on Growth: $26 per user / month instead of $18, billed annually. Pro includes them, subject to abuse limits.
Key features
Philips SpeechLive
- Dictation workflow
- Authors record on a phone app, in a browser or by uploading a file, and the dictation can be assigned to a typist or team with task tracking.
- Speech recognition at the cursor
- The Direct plans use a desktop app that types into supported Windows and macOS applications and supports voice commands for navigation, editing and formatting.
- AI document drafts
- The AI Assistant plans turn dictation into structured documents from system or custom templates, and the draft can be edited with plain-language instructions.
- Clinical notes
- The Health AI Assistant plan generates clinical notes from consultations, with specialty templates.
- Human transcription service
- Typed transcripts can be bought from a prepaid balance, at $1.39 per minute for English with a 24-hour turnaround.
- Hardware support
- A Chrome or Edge extension and a native host app connect Philips SpeechMike microphones and foot controls to the web app.
Wispr Flow
- Dictation in any app
- Speech-to-text works wherever you can type, including Gmail, Slack, Notion, a terminal or a code editor, in 100+ languages with automatic language detection.
- Automatic cleanup
- Removes filler words, repetitions and mid-sentence corrections, then adds punctuation and formatting so the output reads like written text.
- Personal dictionary
- Learns unusual words and names automatically, and you can add your own. Paid plans add a dictionary shared across the team.
- Snippets
- Store text you type all the time, such as email replies, links, addresses and bios, and reuse it instead of dictating or typing it again.
- Notetaker for meetings
- On Mac and Windows, the Notetaker captures meetings and voice memos, identifies speakers and answers questions across meetings. Notes can be used in Claude and ChatGPT through MCP.
- Security and admin controls
- Wispr states SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and ISO 27001 certification. Growth adds SAML SSO and usage reporting; SCIM and audit logs are on Enterprise.
Plans
Philips SpeechLive
Workflow$21.90
per user / month, billed annually, excl. tax
Records and routes dictations: mobile app and file upload, browser recorder, task assignment and tracking, and links to third-party software.
Legal Direct / Professional Direct$47.80
per user / month, billed annually, excl. tax
Workflow plus speech recognition at the cursor in supported desktop apps, with voice commands and custom vocabulary. Unlimited under fair use.
Legal / Professional AI Assistant$76.80
per user / month, billed annually, excl. tax, from 2027
Direct plan plus unlimited AI-drafted documents from templates, natural-language editing, and PDFs or images as extra sources. The page shows an introductory $54.00 for 2026.
Health AI Assistant$103.00
per user / month, billed annually, excl. tax
Workflow plus unlimited AI-generated clinical notes from consultations, with specialty templates.
Wispr Flow
Free$0
Dictation in 100+ languages with weekly word limits, dictionary and snippets, and a weekly limit on Notetaker meetings.
Pro$12
per user / month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
Unlimited dictation, Notetaker meetings without a set cap (subject to abuse limits) and unlimited history, shared team dictionary and snippets, and priority support.
Growth$18
per user / month, billed annually ($23 billed monthly)
$26 with unlimited Notetaker access ($33 billed monthly). Adds SAML SSO, org-wide HIPAA enforcement with a signed BAA, admin controls and usage reporting.
EnterpriseCustom
Annual contracts only. Adds SCIM provisioning, audit logs, MDM deployment and dedicated support with SLAs.
Ways to pay less
Philips SpeechLive
- Other savings
Introductory 2026 price on the AI Assistant plans
The Legal and Professional AI Assistant bundles are listed at $54.00 per user per month, billed annually, for 2026, then $76.80 from 2027.
Wispr Flow
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
The pricing page shows a 20% discount for annual billing: Pro is $12 per user per month instead of $15, and Growth is $18 instead of $23.
- Education
50% off Flow Pro for students and educators
Students and educators with an education email get 50% off Flow Pro. The student page lists $6 a month billed annually, with 3 months free for new subscribers.
- Nonprofit
Discounted Flow Pro for nonprofits
Wispr says it offers discounted Flow Pro to nonprofit organizations. The amount is not published; applicants use a verification form linked from the student page.
- Other savings
Full Notetaker access free through November 30
Teams picking a plan can turn on full Notetaker access at no extra cost through November 30. The page says the price does not rise automatically afterwards; members move to a limited plan.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Philips SpeechLive or Wispr Flow?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Wispr Flow is cheaper to start with: $12 a month for each person, against $21.90 a month for each person for Philips SpeechLive. Philips SpeechLive starts at $21.90 per user / month, billed annually, excl. tax, and Wispr Flow starts at $12 per user / month, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, Philips SpeechLive or Wispr Flow?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Wispr Flow has a free plan. Philips SpeechLive does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Philips SpeechLive and Wispr Flow run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Philips SpeechLive lists a web app and a browser extension. Both list macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.