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Rev.ai
Speech-to-text API from the Rev transcription network.
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Best for
Media, legal, and research teams who need the most accurate English transcription API and have budget for it.
At a glance
- Pricing
- paid
- Setup time
- 10 minutes
- Learning curve
- easy
- Last verified
- 5/22/2026
What we love
- ✓Industry-leading English accuracy
- ✓Both API and human options
- ✓Real customer support
Where it falls short
- −More expensive per minute
- −Non-English coverage thinner than Whisper
- −No real-time TTS pair
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20264 tiers
Free
$0
5h credit
- ✓All APIs
- ✓Trial
Pay-as-you-go
$0.02
per minute
- ✓Async STT
Streaming
$0.035
per minute
- ✓Real-time
Human
$1.50
per minute
- ✓Human-transcribed
Why we picked it
Rev.ai wins when accuracy matters more than cost. Human-grade transcription in API form. Pair it with Whisper for the cheap pass.
Overview
Speech-to-text API from the Rev transcription network. Media, legal, and research teams who need the most accurate English transcription API and have budget for it.
Key features
- ●Async + streaming STT
- ●Speaker diarization
- ●Custom vocabulary
- ●Topic + sentiment analysis
- ●Language ID
- ●58+ languages
- ●Human transcription marketplace
Best use cases
Legal deposition transcription
Accuracy floor when stakes are high.
Media production
Captions and transcripts for video at quality.
Integrations
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