Gladia pricing per hour and per minute
Gladia charges $0.61 an hour for recorded audio ($0.0102 a minute) with Starter (async), and $0.75 an hour for live audio ($0.0125 a minute) with Starter (real-time). New accounts get 50€ of free credit once, with no monthly reset; Gladia puts it at roughly 80+ hours of pre-recorded or 60+ hours of real-time transcription. Gladia's pricing page doesn't state a billing increment; it runs on a prepaid credit wallet.
Ranked by each vendor's cheapest option at 100 hours a month, Gladia comes last of 12 for recorded audio and 7th of 10 for live audio.
Prices by model
| Model | Audio | Per minute | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (async) | batch | $0.0102 | $0.61 |
| Starter (real-time) | streaming | $0.0125 | $0.75 |
What 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 hours a month cost
| Model | 10 hours | 100 hours | 1,000 hours | 10,000 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (async) batch | $6.10 $0.61/h | $61 $0.61/h | $610 $0.61/h | $6,100 $0.61/h |
| Starter (real-time) streaming | $7.50 $0.75/h | $75 $0.75/h | $750 $0.75/h | $7,500 $0.75/h |
Regular prices. One-off credits and promotions aren't counted.
Free tier and credits
- Once, at sign-up: New accounts get 50€ of free credit once, with no monthly reset; Gladia puts it at roughly 80+ hours of pre-recorded or 60+ hours of real-time transcription.
Billing
- Gladia's pricing page doesn't state a billing increment; it runs on a prepaid credit wallet.
Add-ons
| Feature | Audio | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker diarization | batch, streaming | Included Gladia says every feature is included. |
Volume discounts and commitments
- The Growth plan, with an upfront commitment, goes as low as $0.20 an hour async and $0.25 real-time.
Quick answers
How much does Gladia cost per hour?
$0.61 an hour for recorded audio, and $0.75 an hour for live audio, at regular pay-as-you-go prices.
What do 100 hours of audio a month cost on Gladia?
$61 for recorded audio on Starter (async), or $75 for live audio on Starter (real-time).
Does Gladia have a free tier?
New accounts get 50€ of free credit once, with no monthly reset; Gladia puts it at roughly 80+ hours of pre-recorded or 60+ hours of real-time transcription.
Does Gladia bill per second?
Gladia's pricing page doesn't state a billing increment; it runs on a prepaid credit wallet.
Is anything cheaper than Gladia for recorded audio?
Yes: at 100 hours a month, all 11 other vendors we price cost less. The cheapest is Groq Whisper Large V3 Turbo at $0.04 an hour.
Is anything cheaper than Gladia for live audio?
Yes: at 100 hours a month, 6 of the 9 other vendors we price cost less: AssemblyAI Universal-Streaming at $0.15 an hour, Speechmatics Linden 1 (voice agents) at $0.20 an hour, ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime at $0.38 an hour and 3 more.
Gladia 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 |
Gladia 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: Gladia vs Deepgram.
Sources
Read on 6 October 2026:
- www.gladia.io/pricing (plain HTTP and headless Chromium)
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Fast, accurate, and multilingual — every feature and language included.
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Starter Flexible pay-as-you-go for moderate audio volumes. Get started immediately. Async at $0.61/hr Real-time at $0.75/hr
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CORE CAPABILITIES Automatic language detection/switching Speaker diarization
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Growth Lower unit pricing for fast-growing teams. Commit upfront to unlock savings. Async as low as $0.20/hr Real-time as low as $0.25/hr
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Yes — sign up and get 50€ in free credits, a one-time grant with no monthly reset.
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That's roughly 80+ hours of pre-recorded transcription or 60+ hours of real-time transcription at current rates.
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Gladia runs on a prepaid credit wallet.
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