Speech-to-text API with add-ons for speakers and insights
Speech-to-text API with add-ons for speakers and insights. Product teams that transcribe calls or meetings and want speaker labels.
Price: Universal-3.5 Pro (pay as you go): $0.21 per hour of audio (vendor’s page, 7 Nov 2026).
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How the vendor describes it: assemblyai.com, checked 7 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price, unit and limits |
|---|---|
| Free tier | Free free: the page says it includes up to 185 hours of pre-recorded transcription and up to 333 hours of streaming transcription, with no credit card required |
| Universal-3.5 Pro (pay as you go) | $0.21 (≈ ₹20) per hour of audio; supports 18 languages |
| Universal-2 (pay as you go) | $0.15 (≈ ₹14) per hour of audio; supports 99 languages |
| Speaker diarization add-on | $0.02 (≈ ₹2) per hour of audio |
Checked from assemblyai.com/pricing on 7 Nov 2026. Prices are the vendor’s list prices, before tax, in the currency the vendor showed us (USD). The figure in brackets is our conversion at ₹95.3 per $, not the vendor’s price.
Check which languages you need: the page lists 18 for Universal-3.5 Pro and 99 for Universal-2.
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