Speechmatics vs AssemblyAI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Speechmatics
Speech-to-text API pitched at accents, noise and mixed-language audio
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AssemblyAI
Speech-to-text, speech understanding and voice-agent APIs for develope...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Usage_based | Usage_based |
| Free tier | No lasting free plan: a one-off $100 starter credit (trial), no card needed, with 2 real-time sessions | Trial allowance, not a lasting plan: up to 185 hours of pre-recorded or 333 hours of streaming transcription, no card |
| Paid from | $0.12/hour (Melia 1 pre-recorded transcription, pay as you go) | $0.15/hour (Universal-2 pre-recorded or Universal-Streaming, pay as you go) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2006 | 2017 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | Speechmatics is serious speech infrastructure for teams that will call an API: published per-hour prices by model, real-time and batch transcription, code-switching across languages and a voice-agent model built for fast... |
AssemblyAI is one of the more complete speech APIs: accurate recorded and live transcription, a long list of per-hour add-ons, clear published prices from $0.15 an hour, good documentation and a free starting allowance t... |
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