A TurboScribe alternative for transcription
Transcribsi against TurboScribe: 3 free files a day on both sides, $10 a month on both sides, 99+ languages for recognition against 98+, an API against an app.
Both services turn an audio file into text. TurboScribe asks $10 a month for unlimited transcriptions in 98+ languages; Transcribsi asks $10 a month with no minute limit in any of the any of the 99+ languages, and comes with a REST API and an MCP server.
Transcribsi and TurboScribe side by side
a transcription service with a REST API, an MCP server and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT
a transcription service for files, YouTube links, live recordings and meetings
$0: 3 files a day, up to 30 minutes per file, no card
$0: 3 transcriptions a day, files up to 30 minutes, a lower place in the queue
$10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month paid monthly
Unlimited $10 a month paid yearly ($120 a year), or $20 a month paid monthly
99+ languages
98+, plus translation into 134+ languages
the pages of this site are in English
41 locales in the interface; the locales of the interface and the languages of transcription are two different numbers
up to 30 minutes on the free plan, no minute limit on Pro
10 hours and 5 GB on the paid plan
included, on request
listed among its features, and no limit is published
REST v1, an MCP server with 4 tools, plugins for Claude and ChatGPT
not measured
llms.txt, llms-full.txt and JSON-LD offers
llms.txt answers 404 and the robots.txt does not mention AI crawlers
Who should pick which
TurboScribe is a transcription service for files, YouTube links, live recordings and meetings, and it sells unlimited transcriptions for $10 a month paid yearly. Transcribsi is a transcription service with a REST API, an MCP server and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT, sold by the minute. Both sets of numbers were read on 21 October 2026. Where a page of theirs was not read, the cell says so instead of guessing.
How to move a file to this service
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Send the recording to the widget
Drop the file on the upload block above, or send it to the bot in Telegram. Audio and video, up to 30 minutes, one file at a time.
- 2
Pick the language yourself
99+ languages, set by hand or detected; the detection took 0.39 s on a short file in our own measurement.Tthe recording language is detected automatically.
- 3
Split by speaker
Switch the diarization on and every line of the transcript carries the name of the voice and the time of the words, so a quote can be found in the file.
- 4
Take the text out
TXT, Markdown, SRT, VTT, CSV and DOCX on the paid plan. SRT and VTT carry the timecodes, so the subtitle is the transcript and not a second copy of it.
Tips
TurboScribe accepts a YouTube link as well as a file.
TurboScribe paid plan stores files without a limit of time.
Our limits are written down: 30 minutes per file on the free plan, no minute limit.
The export formats are the same on every plan of ours.
Questions this page answers
Is TurboScribe cheaper than Transcribsi?
Both ask $10 a month paid yearly. TurboScribe counts files, Transcribsi counts minutes: no minute limit of audio a calendar month. A day of two-hour meetings is about 720 minutes, so a working month fits and a heavy one does not.
How many languages does TurboScribe transcribe?
98+, with translation into 134+ more. We publish 99+ languages for recognition, 99+ languages. The interface of their site is in 41 locales, and a locale of the interface is a different number from a language the engine transcribes.
Can TurboScribe work with my own code?
We did not read an API page for it on 21 October 2026, so that cell says not measured. Ours has a REST API with an MCP server and 4 tools on top, and plugins for Claude and ChatGPT.
Wthe recording language is detected automatically.
The recording language is detected automatically. TurboScribe counts 98+ languages for transcription, and our own count is two.
Sources
- TTurboScribe — pricingturboscribe.ai · checked 21 October 2026
- TTurboScribe — robots.txtturboscribe.ai · checked 21 October 2026
- TTurboScribe — sitemapturboscribe.ai · checked 21 October 2026
- Lllms.txt — the format of the machine-readable indexllmstxt.org · checked 26 October 2026
Reading: 7 minutesUpdated Transcribsi editorial team
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.