Whisper
Open-source speech recognition
OpenAI's free, open-source ASR model supporting 90+ languages — the backbone of most captioning tools.
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AssemblyAI is an AI tool for turning spoken media into searchable text, captions, and subtitles.
Universal-2 speech-to-text with sentiment, chapters, and PII redaction for building media features. AssemblyAI is built for turning spoken media into searchable text, captions, and subtitles. Its highlighted capabilities include API, Chapters, Sentiment, Universal-2. It is especially useful when accessibility, discoverability, editing from a transcript, or multilingual subtitles are priorities.
Best for: turning spoken media into searchable text, captions, and subtitles
Standout metric: Auto Chapters
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AssemblyAI is a freemium product. Entry pricing starts at $0.12/hr. We confirmed this on the vendor pricing page on 2026-08-06.
AssemblyAI has a free tier with usage limits, plus paid plans that unlock more capacity and features. For monetised channels, check what the free tier permits commercially before relying on it.
Not yet. So far a human has verified AssemblyAI's pricing on the vendor's page (2026-08-06), but we have not run the tool ourselves. No score is published until a test with public evidence exists.
In our catalog, the closest transcription & captions alternatives include Whisper, Amberscript, Checksub. Each has its own page with pricing and verification status so you can compare on facts, not hype.
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