FREE COST TOOL • AI TRANSCRIPTION
Estimate transcription
and subtitle cost.
Plan the real monthly cost of subtitles, transcripts, captions, and searchable video archives. Include reprocessing, correction time, and platform fees instead of looking only at the per-minute API rate.
TRANSCRIPTION WORKLOAD ASSUMPTIONS
600 source minutes × 1.2 passes
$0.006 per audio minute
$64.32 total · $60 review labor
Use it for subtitle planning
Transcription cost becomes meaningful when accuracy, timing, speakers, corrections, and repeated exports are included. Use the processing-pass field when you generate transcript, subtitle, translation, and highlight-search versions from the same source audio.
BEFORE YOU USE THE NUMBER
Check what the rate excludes.
- Some services bill by minute, while others bill by tokens, characters, or plan credits.
- Speaker labels, realtime streaming, custom vocabulary, entity detection, or translation can change the price.
- Manual correction time can exceed the API fee for noisy audio, multilingual clips, or compliance-sensitive subtitles.
- Storage, workflow automation, and video rendering are separate from transcription pricing.
Method note: this calculator is for planning. Provider prices, free allowances, model availability, enterprise commitments, taxes, and regional billing can change; verify the current official pricing page before purchasing or scaling usage.