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WReduct vs Speechify
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Reduct if…
- you want the lower entry price ($12/mo vs $29/mo)
- you're in its core audience: public defenders and legal teams, ux and qualitative researchers
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Choose Speechify if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you work on iOS, Android, macOS
- you're in its core audience: students, professionals
Side by side
Feature Reduct Speechify
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$12/mo$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retention—Personal Data kept until account deleted; some kept for legal/business needs
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA—
File upload—
HIPAA compliant—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome, API
CategoryTranscriptionText to Speech
CompanyReductSpeechify, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded2017—
Part of——
Key features
R Reduct
- Interactive transcript linked to video playback
- Transcription in over 90 languages
- Video and audio PII redaction
- Text-based editing with strikethrough cuts
- Live Capture for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls
- Exact and fuzzy search across all recordings
- Multicam sync and timeline view
- Premiere Pro plugin for rough cuts
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.
Reduct
Personal$12/editor per month
Professional$40/editor per month
EnterpriseCustom (seat plans from $75/editor per month)
Speechify
FreeFree
Premium$29/mo billed monthly
Schools & TeamsCustom
Strengths and limitations
Reduct
- Free commenters on every plan
- Long silences are excluded from transcription billing
- Discounts for non-profits and academics
- Premiere Pro integration uses original source files
- Redaction and multicam sync require Professional or above
- Personal plan limited to 720p exports and 4GB files
- Document support only on Enterprise
- Transcription beyond the quota is charged per minute
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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