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AssemblyAI

by AssemblyAI, Inc.

Production-ready speech AI API with best-in-class accuracy, audio intelligence, and a Voice Agent platform.

Pros

  • Very low base per-hour pricing
  • Generous free tier (185 hrs pre-recorded)
  • Strong audio intelligence add-ons
  • Clean developer docs

Cons

  • Add-ons stack up quickly to ~$0.45/hr
  • Higher-tier model costs more for streaming
  • Volume pricing requires sales contact

✓ Where it shines / best for

  • Developers building transcription features with intelligence layer needs
  • Healthcare apps needing Medical Mode compliance
  • Teams building full Voice Agent pipelines
  • Enterprises needing PII redaction and compliance

✕ Not the best fit for

  • End users needing a consumer dictation interface
  • Projects requiring sub-$0.10/hr commodity transcription pricing
  • Users needing extensive language support beyond English-primary

Features

  • ✓ Universal-2 and Universal-3 Pro models for pre-recorded and streaming transcription
  • ✓ Streaming WebSocket API with billing by session duration
  • ✓ Audio Intelligence add-ons: speaker ID, sentiment, entities, topic detection, summarization
  • ✓ Medical Mode for healthcare transcription (+$0.15/hr)
  • ✓ PII text and audio redaction
  • ✓ Voice Agent API (STT + LLM + TTS in one endpoint)
  • ✓ LLM Gateway supporting GPT-5, Claude 4.x, Gemini 3
  • ✓ $50 free credit on signup; EU region at same price

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Free Credit$50one-timeOn signup; no credit card required; covers ~185 hours of Universal-2 transcription
Universal-2 (async)$0.15per hourPre-recorded transcription; pay-as-you-go; ~$0.0025/min
Universal-3 Pro (async)$0.21per hourHigher accuracy model; $0.45/hr for streaming version
Voice Agent API$4.50per hourAll-inclusive: STT, LLM reasoning, TTS, turn detection, interruption handling
EnterpriseCustomannualHigher concurrency, custom SLAs, dedicated support

Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.

Specifications

modelsUniversal, Universal-3 Pro, Slam
free_tier185 hrs pre-recorded
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