ElevenLabs speech to text pricing per hour and per minute
ElevenLabs charges $0.22 an hour for recorded audio ($0.0037 a minute) with Scribe v2, and $0.39 an hour for live audio ($0.0065 a minute) with Scribe v2 Realtime. The Free / pay-as-you-go column of the API price table includes 4 hours 30 minutes of Scribe v2 and 2 hours 30 minutes of Scribe v2 Realtime. ElevenLabs says speech to text is billed per audio minute; it doesn't say how partial minutes are counted.
Ranked by each vendor's cheapest option at 100 hours a month, ElevenLabs comes 8th of 12 for recorded audio and 3rd of 10 for live audio.
Prices by model
| Model | Audio | Per minute | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scribe v2 First 4.5 hours a month free. | batch | $0.0037 | $0.22 |
| Scribe v2 Realtime First 2.5 hours a month free. | streaming | $0.0065 | $0.39 |
What 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 hours a month cost
| Model | 10 hours | 100 hours | 1,000 hours | 10,000 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scribe v2 batch | $1.21 $0.121/h | $21.01 $0.21/h | $219 $0.219/h | $2,199 $0.22/h |
| Scribe v2 Realtime streaming | $2.93 $0.293/h | $38.03 $0.38/h | $389 $0.389/h | $3,899 $0.39/h |
Regular prices, free monthly minutes taken off first. One-off credits and promotions aren't counted.
Free tier and credits
- Every month: The Free / pay-as-you-go column of the API price table includes 4 hours 30 minutes of Scribe v2 and 2 hours 30 minutes of Scribe v2 Realtime.
Billing
- ElevenLabs says speech to text is billed per audio minute; it doesn't say how partial minutes are counted.
Add-ons
| Feature | Audio | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Entity detection | batch | +$0.07 an hour |
| Keyterm prompting | batch | +$0.05 an hour |
Volume discounts and commitments
- Monthly plans include more hours at the same hourly rate: 27 hours of Scribe v2 on Starter ($6), 100 on Creator ($22), 450 on Pro ($99), 1,359 on Scale ($299) and 4,500 on Business ($990).
Also priced, not ranked
Specialist products and promotion-only prices, kept out of the comparisons:
- Scribe v2 Medical (batch): $0.0037 a minute ($0.22 an hour). For medical audio.
Quick answers
How much does ElevenLabs Scribe cost per hour?
$0.22 an hour for recorded audio, and $0.39 an hour for live audio, at regular pay-as-you-go prices.
What do 100 hours of audio a month cost on ElevenLabs?
$21.01 for recorded audio on Scribe v2, or $38.03 for live audio on Scribe v2 Realtime.
Does ElevenLabs have a free tier?
The Free / pay-as-you-go column of the API price table includes 4 hours 30 minutes of Scribe v2 and 2 hours 30 minutes of Scribe v2 Realtime.
Does ElevenLabs bill per second?
ElevenLabs says speech to text is billed per audio minute; it doesn't say how partial minutes are counted.
Is anything cheaper than ElevenLabs for recorded audio?
Yes: at 100 hours a month, 7 of the 11 other vendors we price cost less: Groq Whisper Large V3 Turbo at $0.04 an hour, Speechmatics Melia 1 at $0.12 an hour, AssemblyAI Universal-2 at $0.15 an hour and 4 more.
Is anything cheaper than ElevenLabs for live audio?
Yes: at 100 hours a month, 2 of the 9 other vendors we price cost less: AssemblyAI Universal-Streaming at $0.15 an hour and Speechmatics Linden 1 (voice agents) at $0.20 an hour.
ElevenLabs against the market: recorded audio
| # | Vendor and option | Per month | Per hour | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Groq Whisper Large V3 Turbo | $4 | $0.04 | $0.0007 |
| 2 | Speechmatics Melia 1 | $12 | $0.12 | $0.002 |
| 3 | AssemblyAI Universal-2 | $15 | $0.15 | $0.0025 |
| 4 | OpenAI gpt-4o-mini-transcribe | $18 | $0.18 | $0.003 |
| 4 | Google Cloud V2 dynamic batch | $18 | $0.18 | $0.003 |
| 4 | Azure AI Speech Batch transcription | $18 | $0.18 | $0.003 |
| 7 | Rev AI Reverb (English) | $20 | $0.20 | $0.0033 |
| 8 | ElevenLabs Scribe v2 | $21.01 | $0.21 | $0.0035 |
| 9 | Deepgram Nova-3 Monolingual | $25.80 | $0.258 | $0.0043 |
| 10 | Gemini API Gemini 3.5 Transcribe | $30.60 | $0.306 | $0.0051 |
| 11 | Amazon Transcribe Standard | $36 | $0.36 | $0.006 |
| 12 | Gladia Starter (async) | $61 | $0.61 | $0.0102 |
ElevenLabs against the market: live audio
| # | Vendor and option | Per month | Per hour | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AssemblyAI Universal-Streaming | $15 | $0.15 | $0.0025 |
| 2 | Speechmatics Linden 1 (voice agents) | $20 | $0.20 | $0.0033 |
| 3 | ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime | $38.03 | $0.38 | $0.0063 |
| 4 | Deepgram Nova-3 Monolingual | $46.20 | $0.462 | $0.0077 |
| 5 | Gemini API Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live | $53.55 | $0.536 | $0.0089 |
| 6 | Amazon Transcribe Standard | $60 | $0.60 | $0.01 |
| 7 | Gladia Starter (real-time) | $75 | $0.75 | $0.0125 |
| 8 | Google Cloud V1 with data logging | $95.04 | $0.95 | $0.0158 |
| 9 | Azure AI Speech Real-time transcription | $100 | $1 | $0.0167 |
| 10 | OpenAI gpt-live-transcribe | $102 | $1.02 | $0.017 |
Price your own monthly hours with the speech-to-text cost calculator, or see the cheapest speech-to-text API.
Head to head: Deepgram vs ElevenLabs Scribe, AssemblyAI vs ElevenLabs Scribe, ElevenLabs Scribe vs Whisper API.
Generating speech instead? See ElevenLabs pricing for voice and the app.
Sources
Read on 6 October 2026:
- elevenlabs.io/pricing/api (plain HTTP; FAQ answers read from the page's own FAQ structured data)
Prices per hour come from src/data/tools/elevenlabs.json (api.sttPerHour, captured 2026-10-05); the API pricing page was re-read on 2026-10-06 and still shows them.
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Scribe v2 Speech to Text $0.22 Price per hour Get started State-of-the-art speech recognition model Over 98% transcription accuracy Keyterm prompting 90+ languages supported Dynamic audio tagging Scribe v2 Medical Speech to Text $0.22 Price per hour
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Scribe v2 & Scribe v2 Medical Price per hour Entity detection (per hour) Keyterm prompting (per hour) Hours included $0.22 $0.070 $0.050 4 hours 30 minutes $0.22 $0.070 $0.050 27 hours $0.22 $0.070 $0.050 100 hours $0.22 $0.070 $0.050 450 hours $0.22 $0.070 $0.050 1359 hours $0.22 $0.070 $0.050 4500 hours Scribe v2 Realtime Price per hour Hours included $0.39 2 hours 30 minutes $0.39 15 hours
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Free / Pay as you go Starter $6 per month , first month $1 Creator $22 per month , first month $11 Pro $99 per month Scale $299 per month Business $990 per month
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Free / Pay as you go Starter $6 per month , first month $1 Creator $22 per month , first month $11 Pro $99 per month Scale $299 per month Business $990 per month
elevenlabs.io/pricing/api
Speech to Text $0.22 per hour (Scribe) or $0.39 per hour (Scribe realtime), with entity detection $0.07 per hour and keyterm prompting $0.05 per hour.
elevenlabs.io/pricing/api
Speech to Text is billed per audio minute.
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Prices on this page were checked against the official pricing pages on .