Sonix today
Starts at
$25/mo
- Contract
- Not found
- Free plan
- Trial: 30 minutes of free transcription, no credit card required
Free plan, which Sonix doesn't show (4)
A free plan you can keep, in the vendor's own words.
| Alternative | At 1,200 minutes | Against Sonix | States that Sonix doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 OpenAI Whisper APIBusiness Standard seat, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$25/moBusiness Standard seat plan, starting price | Same pricestarting price | Nothing extra found | Paid subscription can be cancelled at any time | A free version of ChatGPT is available to everyone; its limits are not... |
 TurboScribeTurboScribe Unlimited, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$20$20 flat, unlimited minutes | Not comparable | Nothing extra found | Cancel any time; access continues to end of billing period | 3 free transcripts per day, files up to 30 minutes, lower priority... |
 DescriptHobbyist, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$24/userHobbyist plan, starting price | Not comparable | MCP server | 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 | Live meeting transcription | no contract on pay-as-you-go | Free tier with no credit card: up to 185 hours of pre-recorded and 333 hours... |
Other options (4)
No computed reason to switch, listed for completeness.
| Alternative | At 1,200 minutes | Against Sonix | States that Sonix doesn't | Contract | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DeepgramNova-3 Monolingual (Growth), read Oct 29, 2026 |
$7.80$0.0065 per minute, 1,200 minutes | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription | Growth is annual prepaid credits | One-off allowance: Free $200 credit on Pay as you go, roughly 43,000 minutes of Nova-3... |
 GoTranscriptAI Transcription Subscription 2100 min, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$35$35, includes 2,100 minutes | Not comparable | Human proofreading option | Not found | Not found |
 TrintTeam, read Oct 29, 2026 |
$90$90 flat, unlimited hours of live transcription per seat per month | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription, MCP server | Monthly or annual subscriptions | Trial: Free trial offered, length not stated |
 Speechmaticsread Oct 29, 2026 |
$0.24/hourUsage price | Not comparable | Live meeting transcription | 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... |
No price found, or contact sales (3)
Questions
Is there a free alternative to Sonix?
Yes. 4 AI transcription software have a free plan, including OpenAI Whisper API, TurboScribe, Descript, AssemblyAI.
How this page is made
Alternatives come from Sonix'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 Sonix doesn't" lists what we found on the other vendor's site and didn't find on Sonix's, which doesn't prove Sonix lacks it. How prices are read.