Active plans
4
Total changes
11
Last change
Sep 9, 2026
Price trend
no history
What we know about AssemblyAI’s pricing
VolatileChanges in 12 months
16
Cadence
Every 8 days
Direction
Recently restructured
Category position
Cheaper than 97% of AI & ML tools (2268 compared)
Current pricing
Free
usage basedFree
- usage based$0(Free (up to 185 hours pre-recorded / 333 hours streaming))
- monthly$0/mo($0/forever)
- Up to 185 hours pre-recorded transcription
- Up to 333 hours streaming transcription
- No credit card required
- 5 new streaming connections/minute
Universal-3.5 Pro
usage based$0.21
$0.21/hour
Universal-2
usage based$0.15
$0.15/hour
Enterprise
usage basedCustom
- usage basedCustom pricing
- customContact sales
- Custom enterprise pricing
- AWS Marketplace integration
- Monthly billing on actual usage
- No minimum commitments or upfront fees
Price history
Last 11 changes
$0.21→$0.21(0.0%)
| Date | Plan | Change | Old | New | Δ% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Universal-2 | restructure | $0.15 | $0.15 | — |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Universal-3.5 Pro | restructure | $0.21 | $0.21 | — |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Universal-2 | restructure | $0.15 | $0.15 | — |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Universal-3.5 Pro | restructure | $0.21 | $0.21 | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Enterprise | new plan | — | — | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Voice Agent API | new plan | — | $4.5 | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Whisper Streaming | new plan | — | $0.3 | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Universal Streaming | new plan | — | $0.15 | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Universal-3 Pro Streaming | new plan | — | $0.45 | — |
| May 18, 2026 | Pay As You Go – Universal-2 (Pre-recorded) | new plan | — | $0.15 | — |
Showing the most recent 10 changes. Full history back to 2023 is available through the developer API.
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