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WAmazon Transcribe vs Rev
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Amazon Transcribe if…
- you're in its core audience: developers building on aws, contact center teams
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Choose Rev if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: criminal defense attorneys, prosecutors
Side by side
Feature Amazon Transcribe Rev
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$25.49/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Security and compliance—SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, PCI DSS
Speaker labels—
File upload—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, iOS, Android
CategoryTranscriptionLegal
CompanyAmazon Web Services, Inc.Rev.com, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part ofAmazon.com, Inc.—
Key features
A Amazon Transcribe
- Batch and real-time streaming transcription
- Speaker diarization and automatic language identification
- Custom vocabularies and custom language models
- Automatic redaction of sensitive information
- Call Analytics with sentiment and generative summaries
- Toxicity detection and content moderation
- HIPAA-eligible medical transcription
- Features available in 100+ languages
R Rev
- Multi-file evidence Q&A with cited answers
- Image analysis that flags inconsistencies across case photos
- Document editor with Word and PDF export
- AI templates for chronologies and affidavits
- AI transcription in 37+ languages
- Human transcription with 99%+ accuracy guarantee
- Transcript editing and clipping
- Imports from Clio, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and OneDrive
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Amazon Transcribe
Free TierFree
Standard Batch$0.006/min (US East example)
Standard Streaming$0.01/min (US East example)
Call Analytics (post-call)$0.03/min first 250K min; $0.0186 next 750K; $0.0138 next 4M
Generative call summarization$0.0024/min (Tier 1)
Content redaction$0.0024/min (Tier 1)
Rev
FreeFree
Subscription (monthly)$29.99 per seat/month
Subscription (annual)$25.49 per seat/month billed annually
Top tierUp to $59.99/seat/month
CustomCustom
A la carteFrom $0.25/min AI, $1.99/min human
Strengths and limitations
Amazon Transcribe
- Free tier with 60 minutes a month for 12 months
- Billed per second with no minimum charge
- Volume tiers lower the per-minute cost at scale
- Features available in more than 100 languages
- Prices vary by region and the page gives some only as examples
- Redaction and custom language models are not in the free tier
- Requires an AWS account and some developer setup
Rev
- Every AI finding links to the source file and timestamp
- Free plan with no credit card required
- SOC 2 Type II audited, with CJIS and HIPAA environments on Unlimited plans
- Pay-per-minute services available without a subscription
- Human transcription is English only
- CJIS and HIPAA environments are limited to Unlimited plans
- Subscriber discounts do not apply to legal transcription
- Document editor is still in beta
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