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WAmazon Transcribe vs Speechify
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 Speechify if…
- you work on iOS, Android, macOS
- you're in its core audience: students, professionals
Side by side
Feature Amazon Transcribe Speechify
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price—$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Personal Data kept until account deleted; some kept for legal/business needs
Speaker labels—
File upload—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome, API
CategoryTranscriptionText to Speech
CompanyAmazon Web Services, Inc.Speechify, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited 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
S Speechify
- Reads PDFs, docs, web pages and books aloud
- 1,000+ AI voices in 60+ languages
- Listening speed up to 5x on Premium
- Scan & Listen OCR for printed pages
- Voice typing in any app with grammar cleanup
- AI summaries and Q&A about what you read
- AI podcasts generated from documents
- Text to Speech API with SSML and streaming
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)
Speechify
FreeFree
Premium$29/mo billed monthly
Schools & TeamsCustom
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
Speechify
- Free plan available, with voice typing included
- 1,000+ voices in 60+ languages on Premium
- Available on mobile, desktop, web and browser extensions
- Premium connects to Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive
- Free plan is limited to 10 robotic-sounding voices and 1.5x speed
- Premium costs $29/month on monthly billing
- School and team pricing requires contacting sales
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