Speechmatics vs Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
AI Transcription APIs pricing comparison · 2026
Speechmatics uses custom pricing, while Google Cloud Speech-to-Text ranges from $0–$0.078/minute.
Speechmatics
Speechmatics is a multilingual speech recognition platform specializing in speech-to-text
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Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text pricing is usage-based, starting free for 60 minutes/month as
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Estimated license cost
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Usage-based
$0.24 per hour
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Usage-based
$0.016 per minute
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What buyers actually pay
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Median annual
$300/yr
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Speechmatics and Google Cloud Speech-to-Text both operate in the ai transcription apis category. This page compares their published pricing.
Plan-by-Plan Pricing
| Plan | Speechmatics | Google Cloud Speech-to-Text |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free /minute | Free /minute |
| Pro | Custom | Free /minute |
| Enterprise | Custom | Free /minute |
| Speech-to-Text V2 API - Standard Recognition - 2,000,000+ minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Speech-to-Text V2 API - Standard Dynamic Batch Recognition | — | Free /minute |
| Speech-to-Text V1 API - Standard Recognition with Data Logging - 0 to 60 minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Speech-to-Text V1 API - Standard Recognition with Data Logging - 60+ minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Speech-to-Text V1 API - Standard Recognition without Data Logging - 0 to 60 minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Speech-to-Text V1 API - Standard Recognition without Data Logging - 60+ minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Medical Dictation - 0 to 60 minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Medical Dictation - 60+ minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Medical Conversation - 0 to 60 minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Medical Conversation - 60+ minutes | — | Free /minute |
| Large Workloads / Custom Quote | — | Free |
Cost at Scale
Total cost of ownership — licenses, implementation, and hidden costs included.
Speechmatics
3 scenarios$0/month ($0/year)
Multilingual Content Creator (300 minutes/month)
300 minutes/month is fully covered by the Free tier's 480 minutes/month limit. No charges incurred. Excess 180 minutes/month unused.
$259.20/month ($3,110.40/year)
Customer Call Analytics (1,500 hours/month)
Base cost: 1,500 hours × $0.24/hr = $360/month. Less 480 free minutes ($1.92), less 20% volume discount ($71.62 on usage above 500 hours), net cost: $259.20/month. Total per-hour cost after discounts: $0.173/hr.
$1,500
Enterprise Media Platform with On-Premises (10,000 hours/month)
$2,500/month ($18,000-$30,000/year estimate) -- Enterprise custom pricing with 30-40% volume discount reduces base Pro rate ($0.24/hr) to ~$0.144-$0.192/hr. 10,000 hrs × $0.15-$0.20/hr = $1,500-$2,000/month for transcription, plus on-premises infrastructure ($2,000-$5,000/month GPU/Kubernetes) and DevOps ($1,000-$3,000/month). Total all-in cost: $4,500-$10,500/month. Minimum Enterprise commitment typically $25,000-$50,000 annually for transcription services alone.
Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
3 scenarios$120/month ($1,440/year)
Media Company Archive Processing (500 hours/month, batch)
30,000 minutes at $0.004/min via Dynamic Batch. Add $50-$100/month for Cloud Storage and egress fees. Total: $170-$220/month. This is 92% cheaper than AWS Transcribe standard ($720/month) and 67% cheaper than OpenAI Whisper ($180/month) for the same volume.
$192/month ($2,304/year)
Real-Time Captioning Service (200 hours/month)
12,000 minutes at $0.016/min for standard real-time processing. Add $30-$80/month for GCP infrastructure (Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Storage). Total: $222-$272/month. First 60 minutes/month free reduces to 11,940 billable minutes ($191/month).
$4,800/month ($57,600/year)
Enterprise Analytics Platform (5,000 hours/month)
300,000 minutes at $0.016/min standard rate. Enterprise volume pricing (contact sales) may reduce to $0.008-$0.012/min ($2,400-$3,600/month). Add $300-$500/month for BigQuery, Storage, and Cloud Functions. Using Dynamic Batch where real-time is not needed reduces to $1,200/month base.