Choosing a service

Call transcription service: what to pay, what to get

Call transcription service: what a transcription of a call costs, what it gives and who else does the job — the prices of the market, read on a date and linked.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps
In short

A call transcription service takes the recording of a call and gives back the text with the voices named and the time of every line. Free is $0 with 3 files a day; Pro is $10 a month paid yearly.

How it works

How to choose a call transcription service

  1. 1

    Decide what the text is for

    A file that goes into a ticket needs the words and the timecodes. A call that a whole team reads needs the voices named and a format that a sheet can open.

  2. 2

    Look at the limits, not only the price

    Check the size and the length of one file, the allowance of a month and what the export gives. We publish 30 minutes per file on the free plan, no minute limit and no minute limit a month on Pro.

  3. 3

    Read who does the transcription

    Some services transcribe by themselves, some send a person to do it, some do both. The price of a minute of a human is not the price of a minute of a machine, and the two are sold in different plans.

  4. 4

    Try it on one real call

    The free plan is $0 with 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file. One real call shows more than any page of prices: read it, check the names, and see whether the export fits the work.

Formats

What you get

  • TXT

    Plain text for an email, a note or a chat

  • SRT

    Subtitles for video editors and platforms

  • VTT

    Subtitles for a browser and a website

  • CSV

    A table: time, speaker, text

  • DOCX

    A Word document with speakers and times

  • Markdown

    Text with headings for notes

The market

The services of the market, and ours, side by side

Transcribsi
What it is

a transcription service with a REST API, an MCP server and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT

Price we read

$10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month paid monthly; Free $0 with 3 files a day

Transkriptor
What it is

a transcription and meeting assistant: files, YouTube links, live meetings, summaries and subtitles

Price we read

$0: 90 minutes of transcription; Lite $9.99 a month for 300 minutes, Pro $19.99, Team $30 a seat

Temi (Rev)
What it is

a legal and investigative platform with AI and human transcription

Price we read

$0: 45 minutes of AI transcription and captions a month; human transcription $1.99 a minute, a single AI transcription $0.25 a minute

Maestra
What it is

a platform for transcription, subtitles, translation and dubbing

Price we read

no free transcription plan is published; the pay-as-you-go price is $12 for 60 credits, which is 60 minutes

Tactiq
What it is

a meeting companion: a Chrome extension for Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams, a summary and integrations

Price we read

€0: 10 transcripts a month, 5 AI credits; Pro €6.67 a user a month, billed annually

The case

Why the price of a minute is not the whole price

The market sells two different things under one name. One is audio turned into text, priced by the minute or by a plan with an allowance. The other is a service that sits on the calls of a team, writes the summary and pushes it into the CRM. The second is not a cheaper version of the first.

Tips

  • Compare the limits before the price.

  • Ask what the export gives, not only the text.

  • Try one real call on the free plan.

  • Check the date on every price you read.

Questions about choosing a transcription service

What is the difference between verbatim and diarized?

A verbatim transcript repeats the words. A diarized transcript says who said each line. For a call with two voices the second one is the difference between a text and a document.

Is a human transcription worth the price?

A human transcription of a minute costs $1.99 and is guaranteed in 12 hours, while a single AI transcription costs $0.25 a minute. A machine is faster and cheaper; a person is careful with the names and the numbers.

What does the paid plan change?

Pro is $10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year) or $20 a month paid monthly. It gives no minute limit of audio a month, the DOCX export, API keys and the MCP server.

Can the service be used from a program?

Yes. There is a REST API, an MCP server with 4 tools, and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT. The API is metered by volume and billed on the audio you send.

Related pages

Transcribe a phone call to text

What the text of a call looks like.

What the free plans of the market really give

The free allowances, one by one.

Transcribsi vs Fireflies

A transcription service against a meeting assistant.

Transcribsi vs Transkriptor

A file service against a meeting assistant.

Transcribsi vs Rev

Automated transcription against a human one.

Sources

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    Transkriptor — pricingtranskriptor.com · checked 22 October 2026
  2. R
    Rev — pricingrev.com · checked 22 October 2026
  3. M
    Maestra — pricingmaestra.ai · checked 22 October 2026
  4. T
    Tactiq — pricingtactiq.io · checked 22 October 2026
  5. T
    Transcribsi — the pricing pagetranscrib.si · checked 24 October 2026

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Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.

3 files a day up to 30 minutes, free99+ languagesSpeaker separation and timestamps