A HappyScribe alternative for transcription
HappyScribe or Transcribsi: 1,440 minutes a year against no minute limit a month, $0.20 an extra minute against no extra minute, 150+ languages against 2.
HappyScribe counts minutes per year: 1,440 in the Basic plan, 7,200 in Pro, and every minute over the limit costs $0.20. Transcribsi counts the other way — $10 a month with no minute limit, no extra minute to buy, files up to 30 minutes on the free plan.
Transcribsi and HappyScribe side by side
a transcription service with a REST API, an MCP server and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT
AI transcription and subtitles, a meeting notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams, and human proofreading on top
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
Free $0: unlimited meeting notes, 45 minutes a recording, a 10-minute trial of the AI, TXT and SRT export, MP4 with a watermark
$10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month paid monthly
Basic $8.50 a month paid yearly ($17 a month paid monthly); Pro $19 a month paid yearly ($29 a month paid monthly); Business $59 a month paid yearly ($89 a month paid monthly)
30 minutes
1,440 minutes a year in Basic, 7,200 a year in Pro, 72,000 a year in Business
no extra minute is billed: the plan carries the allowance
$0.20 a minute for every minute over the yearly limit
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
45 minutes a recording on the free plan, 90 on Basic, no limit on Pro and Business
99+ languages
150+ languages and dialects for the AI and 80+ for the translation; the human proofreading service covers 65+ of them
the pages of this site are in English
not measured
TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV, DOCX on Pro
Free gives TXT, SRT and MP4 with a watermark, Basic adds PDF and DOCX, Pro and Business give 15+ formats including VTT, STL, XML, FCPXML, EDL and HTML
none: a machine transcript, with timecodes and speaker labels on request
human proofreading from $2.00 a minute ($1.90 on Business), with '99% accuracy' and 'delivery from 4 hours' as their own claims, in 65+ languages
The year against the month
Two ways to sell the same audio. HappyScribe gives a yearly allowance and sells the rest by the minute: 1,440 minutes in Basic, 7,200 in Pro, and $0.20 for each minute beyond. We give a monthly allowance and sell nothing beyond it. The difference shows up in the second month, when the year is not over yet and the minutes are already gone.
How to move a file to this service
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Do the arithmetic for the year
HappyScribe sells 1,440 minutes a year in Basic and 7,200 in Pro, with the extra minutes at $0.20. Our plan is no minute limit a month, so the year is not the unit that decides the price.
- 2
Put the recording on the widget
The upload block above takes audio and video. One file is up to 30 minutes, and the free plan sends 3 such files a day without a card.
- 3
Ask for the speakers
Switch on the split by speaker and each line names the person who spoke, with the time it started and ended. That is what makes a transcript usable in an argument.
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Take the file the job needs
TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT and CSV come out of any plan, DOCX with Pro. HappyScribe adds more formats on Pro; we keep six, and a timecode in every one of them.
Tips
Compare the year, not the month, before you pay.
A minute over the limit is a separate bill there.
Check how long one recording may be.
Keep the recording beside the transcript.
Questions this page answers
Is HappyScribe cheaper than Transcribsi?
The Basic plan is $8.50 a month paid yearly, and it carries 1,440 minutes for the whole year. Our Pro is $10 a month with no minute limit every month, so the year is where the two sums part.
What happens when I pass the limit?
HappyScribe sells the extra minutes at $0.20 each and adds seats at $19 a month. We sell no extra minutes: the plan carries no minute limit of audio a calendar month.
How long can one recording be?
HappyScribe stops at 45 minutes per recording on the free plan and 90 on Basic, and lifts the limit on Pro. Ours is 30 minutes per file on the free plan, no minute limit.
Does HappyScribe have human help?
Yes, human proofreading from $2.00 a minute with a 99% accuracy claim and delivery from 4 hours, in 65+ languages. We sell the machine transcript only, with a timecode on every line.
How many languages does HappyScribe handle?
150+ languages and dialects for the AI and 80+ for the translation; the human proofreading service covers 65+ of them. We publish 99+ languages for recognition, 99+ languages, and the interface of this site is in English.
Sources
- HHappyScribe — pricinghappyscribe.com · checked 22 October 2026
- HHappyScribe — languageshappyscribe.com · checked 22 October 2026
- HHappyScribe — professional serviceshappyscribe.com · checked 22 October 2026
- HHappyScribe — sitemaphappyscribe.com · checked 22 October 2026
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Drop a recording — the text arrives in a minute
Speakers by name, a time on every line, export to TXT, SRT, VTT, CSV and Markdown.