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AI Compare · Audio & Voice

Transcribe recordings and files: which AI plans document it

Turn interviews, lectures and audio or video files into text.

Prices for United States, before sales tax Data release 2026.10.16-3, Oct 16, 2026 Rules 2.1.0

Products that document it
11 of 26
Lowest price
Free
Use
Audio & Voice
Quality
Not tested

Compare plans for this task

What it needs

  • Transcription RequiredTurns recordings and audio or video files into text.

What you get: A transcript.

Plans that document it

For each product, the lowest-priced plan that documents every required feature, cheapest first. Documented means offered on the vendor's own pages, not tested.

Lowest-priced plan of each product documenting Transcribe recordings and files
ProductLowest-priced plan
Descript Descript FreeFree
ElevenLabs ElevenLabs FreeFree
HeyGen HeyGen FreeFree
Otter Otter BasicFree
Perplexity Perplexity FreeFree
Superwhisper Superwhisper FreeFree
Synthesia Synthesia BasicFree
X Subscription (Cursor, Grok, X) X Subscription FreeFree
ChatGPT ChatGPT Go$8 a month
Microsoft Copilot Microsoft 365 Personal$9.99 a month
Luma Luma Plus$30 a month

Not verified for this task (a required feature is unclear, conflicting or due for a check): Claude, Gemini, Higgsfield.

12 other products do not offer it, or it is not what they are for.

What we have not tested

Transcription accuracy depends on audio, accents and language: check names and numbers.

From the facts in our data release 2026.10.16-3. Read how AI Compare works.

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