Pay-as-you-go speech-to-text pricing, with no subscription

Speechall is pay-as-you-go. You buy prepaid credits, and transcription usage is charged against your credit balance. There is no subscription and no recurring monthly charge: checkout is a one-time payment for the credits you choose to buy.

There is a minimum top-up amount. It is set in the active billing configuration, so this page does not repeat it; the billing page shows the current minimum, the service fee and the exact total before you pay.

How it works

1. Buy credits. In billing, enter the amount of credit you want to add. The quote shows that base amount plus a service fee, and the number of credits you will receive. You pay the total through Stripe Checkout, where applicable tax is added.
2. Use the API. Each transcription request uses the model you specify. Usage is charged against your balance at that model’s rate.
3. Watch your balance. The billing page shows your remaining credits and recent purchases. The usage page shows requests and audio duration by API key and by model.

When your balance runs low, you top up again. Nothing renews automatically.

Currency and credits

Top-ups are priced in EUR: you enter a base amount in EUR, and checkout is charged in EUR. The base amount is converted to USD at the exchange rate shown in the quote, and credits are denominated in USD. One credit is $0.01 USD equivalent. The service fee is charged on top of the base amount and is not converted into credits.

Do not compare a EUR checkout total directly with a USD per-hour model rate. Work out how many credits you receive, then estimate usage from the model’s rate.

Fees

The service fee and the minimum top-up can change, so they are not listed here. Open billing, enter an amount, and the quote shows the fee breakdown before you go to checkout. For a longer walkthrough of the quote, see the speech-to-text API cost guide.

One balance for every provider and model

Credits are not tied to a single provider. The same balance pays for any model in the catalog, whichever provider runs it. Trying several providers does not require several accounts, API keys or invoices, and you can compare their transcripts in the playground using one balance. Switching between them means changing the model ID in your request. See Getting Started for a first request.

Find the rate for each model

Every model has its own rate, and rates differ between models and between file (batch) and streaming use. The table shows the current rate per audio hour for each model, read from the live catalog. Each model page repeats it with the model’s features. Rates can change, so check here or in the catalog rather than copying a figure.

Credits are deducted at these rates. The service fee is paid once, when you buy credits, and is not added to each request.

Estimate cost from a per-hour rate

The catalog’s hourly figure is the per-second rate multiplied by 3,600. To estimate a month of transcription, multiply audio hours by the hourly rate.

This example uses a placeholder rate, not a real Speechall or provider price. Look up the real rate for your model on /models.

To cover that month, you would buy roughly $18.00 of credits. The service fee is charged on top of the base amount at checkout, so check the quote on billing for the amount you actually pay. Allow extra for test runs and reprocessed files, since each request is usage. If a model’s rate differs for streaming, use the streaming rate for live audio.

When going direct to a provider can be better

A gateway is not always the cheapest or best choice. Going direct to a single provider may suit you if:

• You process large, steady volumes with one provider and can get a volume discount or a negotiated contract.
• You need an account-level feature, agreement or support arrangement that only the provider offers.
• You have settled on one provider and do not expect to switch, so a single integration is simple enough.

Speechall fits better when you want to try or combine several providers with one balance and one API, or when your volume is too small for a negotiated rate to matter. Because credits include a service fee on top of the base amount, compare the all-in cost of both routes for your own workload. The gateway vs direct integration post covers the trade-offs in more detail.

Related pages

• Billing: buy credits and see the current fee and minimum.
• Usage: requests and audio duration by API key and model.
• Model catalog: current rates for every model.
• Getting Started: make your first request.
• Speech-to-text API cost guide: a longer cost-estimation worksheet.