AI transcription pricing (12 tools)
Of the 12 AI transcription services listed, 11 have a free tier. The cheapest paid plan billed monthly is Transkriptor Lite at $9.99/month. Prices as of .
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| Transkriptor | $9.99Lite | Yes | 300 min/month |
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| Otter.ai | $16.99Pro | 300 min/month, 30 min per conversation, 3 file imports total | 1,200 min/month, 90 min per conversation |
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| Happy Scribe | $17Basic | 10-minute free trial, 45 min per recording | 120 min/month (AI transcription, subtitles, translation) |
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| PLAUD | $17.99Pro | Starter: 300 min/month, included with every Plaud device. No rollover. | 1,200 min/month |
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| Fireflies.ai | $18Pro | Unlimited transcription, 400 min storage per team, 20 AI credits | Unlimited transcription, 8,000 min storage per seat |
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| Descript | $24Hobbyist | 1 hour (60 min)/month, 720p export with watermark | 10 hours/month |
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| tl;dv | €29Pro | Unlimited recording and transcription, AI notes for 10 meetings | Unlimited transcription per seat |
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| Notta | $8.17Pro, billed annually | 120 min/month, 3 min per recording, 50 file imports/month, 10 AI summaries/month. No carryover. | 1,800 min/month, 5 hours per recording |
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| Amazon Transcribe | — | 60 min/month for the first 12 months | — |
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| Azure Speech to Text | — | F0: 5 hours/month real-time transcription (batch not included) | — |
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| Google Cloud Speech-to-Text | — | V1: first 60 min/month free | — |
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| Whisper API(OpenAI) | — | — | — |
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Columns in the AI transcription table
- Free tier: what you get with a free account. Credit-based limits are written as the vendor states them.
- Cheapest plan: the lowest price billed month to month. Annual prices (per month) are on each service's page.
- API per 1 hour of audio: Pay-as-you-go developer pricing, billed separately from the app plans.
AI transcription pricing by service
- Notta pricing
- Otter.ai pricing
- Happy Scribe pricing
- PLAUD pricing
- Transkriptor pricing
- Descript pricing
- tl;dv pricing
- Fireflies.ai pricing
- Whisper API(OpenAI) pricing
- Google Cloud Speech-to-Text pricing
- Amazon Transcribe pricing
- Azure Speech to Text pricing
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