The short answer
Cheapest at 1200 minutes a month
$7.80/mo
Deepgram, Nova-3 Monolingual (Growth) plan
- Lowest starting price
- $10 · TurboScribe
- Free plans
- 6 of 11
- Prices published
- 10 of 11
- Sales-led only
- 1
AI transcription software at a glance
Median starting price$25/moHalf start between $24 and $90
Free plan55%18% offer a time-limited trial
Buy online82%Sign up and pay without a sales call
Sales only9%Demo or contact sales to buy
How they charge
What you'd pay at 1200 minutes a month
- Deepgram Nova-3 Monolingual (Growth)$7.80
- TurboScribe TurboScribe Unlimited$20
- OpenAI Whisper API Business Standard seat$25
- GoTranscript AI Transcription Subscription 2100 min$35
- Trint Team$90
- AssemblyAI Pre-recorded: Universal-2$180
- Speechmatics Pre-recorded Melia 1$288
- Sonix Pay As You Go$12,000
Computed from each tool's published plans, allowances and overage rates.
Every AI transcription software, side by side
| Tool | Starts at | Usage price | Free plan | How you buy | Checks | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Deepgram |
$333/mo yearly | $0.01/minute | Yes | Both | 7/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 TurboScribe |
$10/mo yearly | – | Yes | Self-serve | 3/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 OpenAI Whisper API |
$20/mo yearly | – | Yes | Both | 2/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 GoTranscript |
$35/mo | – | – | Both | 6/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Trint |
$69/mo yearly | – | – | Both | 6/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 AssemblyAI |
– | $0.21/minute | Yes | Both | 6/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Speechmatics |
– | $0.24/minute | Yes | Both | 7/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Sonix |
$22.92/mo yearly | $10/minute | – | Both | 8/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Descript |
$16/mo yearly | – | Yes | Both | 6/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Temi |
– | – | – | – | 0/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
 Verbit |
– | – | – | Sales-led | 10/10 | Oct 29, 2026 |
The tools
DeepgramDeepgram sells voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice agents and audio intelligence, billed by usage.$333 /moTurboScribeAI transcription service that converts uploaded audio and video files to text in 98+ languages, with a free daily allowance and one flat-price unlimited plan.$10 /moOpenAI Whisper APIGeneral-purpose AI assistant (ChatGPT) and API from OpenAI; the pages do not describe a dedicated transcription product.$20 /moGoTranscriptHuman transcription, captioning, translation and AI transcription service with an API, priced per minute.$35 /moTrintTrint is an AI transcription platform for news and media teams, with live transcription, translation, summaries and captioning.$69 /moAssemblyAIAssemblyAI sells speech-to-text, speech understanding, text-to-speech and LLM APIs for developers building voice products.$0.21 /minuteSpeechmaticsSpeech-to-text API provider offering real-time and batch transcription in 55+ languages, with cloud, on-prem and on-device deployment.$0.24 /minuteSonixSonix is an AI transcription and translation platform for audio and video in 54+ languages, with summaries, subtitles and a browser editor.$22.92 /moDescriptDescript is an AI video and audio editor that transcribes recordings and lets you edit them by editing the text.$16 /moTemiTemi is an AI transcription service powered by Rev, and its page pushes visitors to try Rev.QuoteVerbitTranscription, captioning, translation and audio description for legal, media, corporate and education teams, sold through demos.QuoteHow this list is made
Every price is read from the vendor's own pricing page on the date shown and tied to the line it came from. Tools are ordered by what they cost at a typical volume, then by starting price. No one pays to be listed or ranked.