AssemblyAI Pricing, Plans and Cost Breakdown for 2024

Transcribe and understand speech using AI.

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AssemblyAI Pricing

AssemblyAI offers a variety of AI tools with different pricing plans. All their API services operate on a pay-as-you-go model, which means you'll only pay for what you use. Let's dive into the nitty-gritty of the AssemblyAI pricing details.

The Core Transcription service, which converts audio and video files into text, costs $0.650016 per hour or $0.000181 per second. This service boasts over 90% transcription accuracy and supports more than 17 languages.

The Real-time Transcription service, offering high accuracy and low latency, is priced at $0.75024 per hour or $0.000208 per second.

The Audio Intelligence service has a range of models with prices varying from $0.06 to $0.30 per hour, depending on the specific model. These models include Auto Chapters, Content Moderation, Entity Detection, Key Phrases, PII Redaction, PII Audio Redaction, Sentiment Analysis, Summarization, and Topic Detection.

The LeMUR service, designed for building LLM apps on voice data, has two models: LeMUR Default and LeMUR Basic. The Default model costs $0.017 for input and $0.049 for output per 1K tokens, while the Basic model is priced at $0.004 for input and $0.008 for output per 1K tokens.

For businesses with large volume, additional support needs, and/or bespoke use cases, AssemblyAI offers an Enterprise plan with custom pricing.

AssemblyAI also offers a free limited trial for their API. Users can upgrade from the trial at any time by adding a credit card to their account.

In summary, AssemblyAI offers transparent usage-based pricing for its various APIs. The availability of a free trial makes it risk-free to get started.

Starting price

0.65

  • Free plan
  • Paid
  • Free trial