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gladia.io · Speech & Transcription · refreshed 2026-05-03
Speech & Transcription
Free tier
Self-serve checkout
3 tiers
Public API
Gladia pricing page screenshot — https://www.gladia.io/pricing
Source · live pricing page on 2026-05-03

www.gladia.io/pricing

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Pricing snapshot
Transparent API pricing — every feature and language included
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from www.gladia.io/pricing
Per-unit pricing

$0.61/hr Async, $0.75/hr Real-time on Starter

Free

$0

10 hrs/month free, no credit card
Enterprise

Contact sales

Tier 3

Available

Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. Tier count capped at 5 (anti-slider). For the live page, see source link above.
Open live pricing pageSee agent-readiness analysis
Gladia pricing plans
Plans & what each tier includes
Synthesized from Gladia's public pricing page on 2026-05-03. Tier names normalized to a starter / team / business / enterprise pattern; the actual Gladia pricing page is the source of truth for in-tier features.
Free
$0
forever

  • 10 hrs/month free, no credit card

  • Access to Gladia's speech & transcription surface

  • Standard per-unit pricing applies once free quota is consumed

  • Full public API documentation available

Start free
Enterprise
Contact sales
custom

  • Custom pricing negotiated with the Gladia sales team

  • Dedicated account manager and SLA commitments

  • Volume discounts on per-unit costs

  • Procurement-friendly: invoicing, NDAs, security questionnaires

Talk to sales
Pricing summary
What Gladia charges

Gladia operates in the speech & transcription space. The published pricing page lists 3 tiers, including a free tier, with per-unit pricing of $0.61/hr Async, $0.75/hr Real-time on Starter. The pricing page positions plans as: "Transparent API pricing — every feature and language included".

For the deeper analysis — score, simulation, pros & cons for AI agents, and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the Verified band — see the agent-readiness scorecard.
Frequently asked
Gladia pricing FAQ

Gladia offers a free tier (10 hrs/month free, no credit card). Paid pricing is sales-led — the live pricing page does not list a self-serve paid plan as of 2026-05-03.

Yes — Gladia publishes a free tier: 10 hrs/month free, no credit card. This makes it possible to evaluate Gladia without committing budget.

Gladia's public pricing page lists the following per-unit pricing: $0.61/hr Async, $0.75/hr Real-time on Starter. This is the rate captured by xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index on 2026-05-03 and is the basis for the agent-readiness score on the linked scorecard.

Gladia's pricing page positions itself as: "Transparent API pricing — every feature and language included". Per-unit pricing of $0.61/hr Async, $0.75/hr Real-time on Starter is published. For the strict definition of agent-buyable PPU — a per-task purchase that an AI agent can complete without an annual commitment — see the agent-readiness scorecard.

Partially. 1 Gladia tier is self-serve via card checkout; 2 tiers require contacting sales.

Yes — Gladia's API documentation is publicly accessible at https://docs.gladia.io. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.

xpay scored Gladia 71 / 100 on its Agent-Ready SaaS Index, which places it in the Approaching Agent-Ready band. Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Gladia publishes per-hour Starter rates ($0.61 async, $0.75 real-time) with a 10 hr/month no-card free tier, plus public developer documentation at docs.gladia.io. Growth and Enterprise tier rates require a sales conversation, but the Starter tier is fully self-serve via Stripe-backed checkout (per FAQ). For the full 6-step purchase simulation and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the next band, see the linked scorecard.

In the Speech & Transcription category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists multiple alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Gladia to compare with 3 nearest peers, or browse the full Speech & Transcription category from the index.

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AI agent readiness
Can an AI agent buy from Gladia?
Approaching Agent-Ready

71

/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index

Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Gladia publishes per-hour Starter rates ($0.61 async, $0.75 real-time) with a 10 hr/month no-card free tier, plus public developer documentation at …

See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Gladia into the Agent-Ready Verified band.
Quick facts
At a glance
Free tier

10 hrs/month free, no credit card


Lowest paid

Free


Per-unit pricing

$0.61/hr Async, $0.75/hr Real-time on Starter


Self-serve checkout

1 tier


Tier count

3


Public API

Public docs

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Gladia pricing summary derived from a live read of https://www.gladia.io/pricing on 2026-05-03. For the agent-readiness assessment — including the 6-step purchase simulation and a per-dimension scorecard — see xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index entry for Gladia.
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