Rev AI pricing per hour and per minute
Rev AI charges $0.20 to $0.30 an hour for recorded audio ($0.0033 to $0.005 a minute) across 3 options. It lists no live transcription price. New accounts get free credits worth 5 hours of Reverb transcription, usable on any product. Rounded up to the nearest second, with a 15-second minimum per file.
Ranked by each vendor's cheapest option at 100 hours a month, Rev AI comes 7th of 12 for recorded audio.
Prices by model
| Model | Audio | Per minute | Per hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reverb (English) | batch | $0.0033 | $0.20 |
| Reverb (other languages) | batch | $0.005 | $0.30 |
| Whisper Large (English) | batch | $0.005 | $0.30 |
What 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000 hours a month cost
| Model | 10 hours | 100 hours | 1,000 hours | 10,000 hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reverb (English) batch | $2 $0.20/h | $20 $0.20/h | $200 $0.20/h | $2,000 $0.20/h |
| Reverb (other languages) batch | $3 $0.30/h | $30 $0.30/h | $300 $0.30/h | $3,000 $0.30/h |
| Whisper Large (English) batch | $3 $0.30/h | $30 $0.30/h | $300 $0.30/h | $3,000 $0.30/h |
Regular prices. One-off credits and promotions aren't counted.
Free tier and credits
- Once, at sign-up: New accounts get free credits worth 5 hours of Reverb transcription, usable on any product.
Billing
- Rounded up to the nearest second, with a 15-second minimum per file.
- The pricing page lists no separate price for streaming transcription.
Add-ons
| Feature | Audio | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Language identification | batch | +$0.003 a minute ($0.18 an hour) |
Volume discounts and commitments
- Enterprise plans have volume-based pricing.
Also priced, not ranked
Specialist products and promotion-only prices, kept out of the comparisons:
- Human transcription (batch): $1.99 a minute ($119 an hour). Transcribed by people.
Quick answers
How much does Rev AI cost per hour?
$0.20 to $0.30 an hour for recorded audio, at regular pay-as-you-go prices.
What do 100 hours of audio a month cost on Rev AI?
$20 for recorded audio on Reverb (English).
Does Rev AI have a free tier?
New accounts get free credits worth 5 hours of Reverb transcription, usable on any product.
Does Rev AI bill per second?
Rounded up to the nearest second, with a 15-second minimum per file.
Is anything cheaper than Rev AI for recorded audio?
Yes: at 100 hours a month, 6 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 3 more.
Rev AI 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 |
Price your own monthly hours with the speech-to-text cost calculator, or see the cheapest speech-to-text API.
Sources
Read on 6 October 2026:
- www.rev.ai/pricing (plain HTTP)
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Free credits equivalent to 5 hours of Reverb ASR (free credits can be used for all products)
www.rev.ai/pricing
Reverb Transcription $0.20 per hour Languages: English Rounded up to the nearest second, 15 second minimum
www.rev.ai/pricing
Reverb Foreign Language Transcription $0.30 per hour Languages: Spanish, French, Chinese, Portuguese, and 53 more. Rounded up to the nearest second, 15 second minimum
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Whisper Large Transcription $0.005 per minute Languages: English Rounded up to the nearest second, 15 second minimum
www.rev.ai/pricing
Human Transcription $1.99 per minute Rounded up to the nearest second, 15 second minimum
www.rev.ai/pricing
Language Identification $0.003 per minute Rounded up to the nearest second, 15 second minimum
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Volume-based pricing for all Rev AI products
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