If somebody wants to run Whisper for dirt cheap, vast.ai is the way to go. I can usually get an (unverified) 1x RTX 3090 instance for about $0.10/hr, and that

If somebody wants to run Whisper for dirt cheap, vast.ai is the way to go. I can usually get an (unverified) 1x RTX 3090 instance for about $0.10/hr, and that processes audio at something like 1.5X speeds. Unverified instances do crash once in a while, but as long as you back up the output every few hours, it's fine, you just set up a new one in case something happens. I wouldn't use this for confidential company meetings, but it's good enough for podcasts, Youtube Videos and other public or semi-public stuff.