Speech-to-Text (STT) Services and Pricing
Comparison of pricing for real-time streaming transcription services offered by various providers.
| Provider Name | AssemblyAI | Google Cloud | Microsoft Azure | Amazon AWS | IBM Watson | Rev AI | Deepgram |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Name | Streaming Speech-to-text | Speech-to-Text V2 | Azure AI Speech | Amazon Transcribe | Watson Speech to Text | Machine Transcription | Nova-2 |
| Free | - | 60 Minutes | 5 hours | - | 500 minutes | - | - |
| $ per Minute | $0.008/min | $0.016/min for 0-500K minutes $0.010/min for 500K-1M minutes $0.008/min for 1M-2M minutes $0.004/min after 2M minutes |
$0.0167/min | $0.024/minute for the first 250K minutes $0.015/minute for the next 750K minutes $0.0102/minute for the next 4M minutes $0.0078/minute after 5M minutes |
$0.02/min for 0-1M minutes $0.01/min after 1M minutes |
$0.02/min | $0.0059/min |
| $ per Hour | $0.47/hr | $0.96/hour for 0-500K minutes $0.60/hour for 500K-1M minutes $0.48/hour for 1M-2M minutes $0.24/hour after 2M minutes |
$1/hour | $1.44/hour for the first 250K minutes $0.90/hour for the next 750K minutes $0.612/hour for the next 4M minutes $0.468/hour after 5M minutes |
$1.20/hour for 0-1M minutes $0.60/hour after 1M minutes |
$1.20/hour | $0.354/hr |
GCP has different pricing for with/without data-logging. Data logging is opted-in to get cheaper pricing. It costs roughly 50% more for the same usage without data-logging.