Speechmatics Pricing
speechmatics.com · Speech & Transcription · refreshed 2026-05-03www.speechmatics.com/pricing
From startups to enterprise, we offer scalable pricing — No credit card required
$0.24/hr Batch standard STT; $0.011/1k chars TTS
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Contact sales
Available
Plans & what each tier includes
Synthesized from Speechmatics's public pricing page on 2026-05-03. Tier names normalized to a starter / team / business / enterprise pattern; the actual Speechmatics pricing page is the source of truth for in-tier features.Free
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foreverFree 480 min/month STT + 1M chars TTS, no credit card
Access to Speechmatics's speech & transcription surface
Standard per-unit pricing applies once free quota is consumed
Full public API documentation available
Enterprise
Contact sales
customCustom pricing negotiated with the Speechmatics sales team
Dedicated account manager and SLA commitments
Volume discounts on per-unit costs
Procurement-friendly: invoicing, NDAs, security questionnaires
What Speechmatics charges
Speechmatics operates in the speech & transcription space. The published pricing page lists 3 tiers, including a free tier, with per-unit pricing of $0.24/hr Batch standard STT; $0.011/1k chars TTS. The pricing page positions plans as: "From startups to enterprise, we offer scalable pricing — No credit card required".
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.Speechmatics pricing FAQ
Speechmatics offers a free tier (Free 480 min/month STT + 1M chars TTS, 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 — Speechmatics publishes a free tier: Free 480 min/month STT + 1M chars TTS, no credit card. This makes it possible to evaluate Speechmatics without committing budget.
Speechmatics's public pricing page lists the following per-unit pricing: $0.24/hr Batch standard STT; $0.011/1k chars TTS. 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.
Speechmatics's pricing page positions itself as: "From startups to enterprise, we offer scalable pricing — No credit card required". Per-unit pricing of $0.24/hr Batch standard STT; $0.011/1k chars TTS 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 Speechmatics tier is self-serve via card checkout; 1 tier requires contacting sales.
Yes — Speechmatics's API documentation is publicly accessible at https://docs.speechmatics.com. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.
xpay scored Speechmatics 74 / 100 on its Agent-Ready SaaS Index, which places it in the Approaching Agent-Ready band. Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Speechmatics publishes per-hour STT and per-1k-character TTS rates across Free, Pro, and Enterprise tiers, with a generous 8-hour-per-month free allowance and no card required to start. Self-serve signup at portal.speechmatics.com completes the agent-ready loop for the Pro tier. 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 Speechmatics to compare with 3 nearest peers, or browse the full Speech & Transcription category from the index.
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Can an AI agent buy from Speechmatics?
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/ 100 in xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS IndexBased on public pricing signals, xpay verified that Speechmatics publishes per-hour STT and per-1k-character TTS rates across Free, Pro, and Enterprise tiers, with a generous 8-hour-per-month free all…
See the full scorecardIncludes the 6-step agent purchase simulation, score breakdown across 7 dimensions, and the one-line fix that would lift Speechmatics into the Agent-Ready Verified band.At a glance
Free 480 min/month STT + 1M chars TTS, no credit card
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$0.24/hr Batch standard STT; $0.011/1k chars TTS
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Speechmatics pricing summary derived from a live read of https://www.speechmatics.com/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 Speechmatics.