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Starts at
$25/mo
- Contract
- Paid subscription can be cancelled at any time
- Free plan
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Other options (8)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | At 1,200 minutes | Against OpenAI Whisper API | States that OpenAI Whisper API doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SonixCore, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$25/moCore plan, starting price | Same pricestarting price | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, AI summaries and action items, Zoom, Teams, Meet integrations and 2 more | Not found | Trial: 30 minutes of free transcription, no credit card required |
 DeepgramNova-3 Monolingual (Growth), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$7.80$0.0065 per minute, 1,200 minutes | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items and 1 more | Growth is annual prepaid credits | One-off allowance: Free $200 credit on Pay as you go, roughly 43,000 minutes of Nova-3... |
 TurboScribeTurboScribe Unlimited, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$20$20 flat, unlimited minutes | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Export and subtitle formats | Cancel any time; access continues to end of billing period | 3 free transcripts per day, files up to 30 minutes, lower priority... |
 GoTranscriptAI Transcription Subscription 2100 min, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$35$35, includes 2,100 minutes | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Human proofreading option, Export and subtitle formats | Not found | Not found |
 TrintTeam, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$90$90 flat, unlimited hours of live transcription per seat per month | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items and 2 more | Monthly or annual subscriptions | Trial: Free trial offered, length not stated |
 DescriptHobbyist, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$24/userHobbyist plan, starting price | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Export and subtitle formats, Custom vocabulary and 1 more | Not found | Free plan with 60 minutes (1 hr) of media per month and 100 one-time AI... |
 AssemblyAIread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.15/hourUsage price | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items and 1 more | no contract on pay-as-you-go | Free tier with no credit card: up to 185 hours of pre-recorded and 333 hours... |
 Speechmaticsread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.24/hourUsage price | Not comparable | Speaker identification, Multiple languages supported, Live meeting transcription, AI summaries and action items and 1 more | Self-serve: standard terms of service; Enterprise: Master Services... | One-off allowance: $100 in credit with no card required; if on the free tier, API access pauses... |
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Questions
Is there a free alternative to OpenAI Whisper API?
Yes. 3 AI transcription software have a free plan, including TurboScribe, Descript, AssemblyAI.
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Alternatives come from OpenAI Whisper API's own category, AI transcription software. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are compared at the same volume where both can be computed, and by starting price where neither can. "States that OpenAI Whisper API doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on OpenAI Whisper API's, which doesn't prove OpenAI Whisper API lacks it. How prices are read.