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Best audio transcription tools
Turn recordings and meetings into text. Facts come from each tool's own pages, and every score says where it comes from. How we rank
- Tools
- 11
- Researched
- 7
- Free option
- 4
- Only listed
- 4
Disclosure: agathox makes some of the tools listed here. They are labelled and scored by the same method as every other tool.
Ranked by signals we can measure or quote: website health, the facts each tool's own pages state, and community discussion. Nothing here has been hands-on tested yet, so this is not a quality test. How the signals rank works
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Details and sources
- Free tier
- $50 in free credits at signup, no credit card required. Streaming is limited to 5 new streams per minute on the free tier.
- Paid plan
- Pay as you go, no subscription tiers listed. Pre-recorded example: $0.21 per hour (Universal-3.5 Pro). Streaming example: $0.45 per hour base (Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime). Text-to-speech: $15 per 1M input characters. Paid raises streaming to 100 new streams per minute. Volume pricing via sales. Currency is shown as $ but not named.
- Signup
- Signup is needed to get the free credits and an API key.
- Watermark
- Not applicable.
- Where files go
- The privacy policy says services are mainly hosted and operated in the United States and data may be transferred to other countries. It does not mention audio and gives no retention period for audio or transcripts; personal data is kept as long as needed for the services or business purposes.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Users must get started or request a demo to use the product. The page says: “Get Started Request Demo.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Fireflies provides dedicated cloud storage for an organization's data. The page says: “Dedicated cloud storage for your organization’s data.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Every new account gets a 30-minute free trial of transcription; no credit card required.
- Paid plan
- Pay As You Go $10/hr. Core $25/mo or $275/yr (5 hrs/mo). Advanced $50/mo or $550/yr (20 hrs/mo). Pro $80/mo or $880/yr (40 hrs/mo). Enterprise custom. Extra hours on subscriptions $10/hr. Prices in USD.
- Signup
- Account needed; the trial starts by creating an account.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy does not name a storage location; it says personal data may be stored outside the EEA/UK. When an account is deleted, media files and transcripts are destroyed, but copies may stay in backups for up to 90 days.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free plan at $0, no credit card required, 1 seat. 120 transcription minutes per month (no carryover), up to 3 minutes per conversation, 50 file uploads per month, 10 AI summaries per month.
- Paid plan
- Pro $8.17 per month billed annually ($97.99 per year); Business $16.67 per month billed annually ($199.99 per year); Enterprise custom pricing, starting at 51 seats. Monthly-billing prices for Pro and Business are not stated. Prices in USD.
- Signup
- Not stated. The free plan button leads to a sign-up page, but the page does not say an account is required.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated. The privacy page does not say where uploaded audio or transcripts are processed or stored, or for how long.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Notta pricing, Notta privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Paid plans include a Growth plan starting at $4,000+ per year and an Enterprise plan with custom pricing. The page says: “Growth. . Pre-paid credits for the year, redeemed against actual usage.. Save up to 20% . $4,000+ / year . Sign up now . . . Enterprise. . For businesses with large volumes, data or deployment requirements, or support needs.. . Custom pricing . Talk to sales.”
- Signup
- An account signup is required to use the platform. The page says: “Pricing . Log in Sign up . Sign up.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home, Pricing. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Read automatically by a program, not by a person. Each fact quotes the sentence it came from, and a fact is shown only if that sentence is on the page. Where a page did not say, it reads “Not stated.”
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free forever plan for individuals: unlimited recordings and transcriptions, AI call summaries, clips and playlists. No numeric caps shown; some features are marked limited use.
- Paid plan
- Per user per month in USD: Premium $20 ($16 annual), Team $19 ($15 annual, min 2 users), Business $34 ($25 annual, min 2 users), Enterprise via sales. Trial length not stated. No country pricing mentioned.
- Signup
- Free plan button leads to sign-up; an account appears required but this is not explicitly stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Privacy page says the service is hosted in the United States and meeting content is shared with some service providers. Data stays until the account is deleted; after a deletion request Fathom aims to delete recordings within 30 days.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free (Basic) plan listed as free forever: 300 transcription minutes per month, 3 lifetime audio/video file imports, up to 30 minutes per conversation, 25 most recent conversations kept, 20 AI chat queries per month. Exports mp3 and txt.
- Paid plan
- Pro $16.99 per user per month billed monthly, or $8.33 per user per month billed annually. Business $24 per user per month monthly, or $19.99 annually. Enterprise by demo, price not stated. The page also shows lower Pro prices ($8.49 monthly, $4.17 annual) that apply only to India-issued credit cards.
- Signup
- Not stated. Sign-up links are shown but the page does not say an account is required.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Privacy policy says cloud providers including Amazon Web Services (United States) are used for compute and data storage, and data may be processed with partners outside the user's country. Retention period for audio or transcripts is not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Otter pricing, Otter privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Answers come from each tool's own pages (“Unclear” means they do not say). Tick “Compare” on two to four tools to read them side by side.
Also listed (4, not yet tested)
Each of these answered when we visited its site. We have not tested them or recorded facts, so they are in alphabetical order, not ranked.
- SpeechmaticsOpen
Speechmatics builds speech-to-text APIs for real conversations, not clean demos. Build Voice AI that understands accents, multiple speakers, and multilingual speech.
- TemiOpen
Transcripts for all of your video and audio files
- TranskriptorOpen
Convert audio to text instantly with Transkriptor. AI-powered transcription for meetings, audio, and video in 100+ languages. Try it for free!
- TrintOpen
Fast-track your first draft with Trint's AI-connected media production. Transcribe, translate and collaborate in 50+ languages. Trusted by newsrooms worldwide.
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