Universal-2 API pricing
Universal-2 by AssemblyAI, priced on AssemblyAI API. Price for pre-recorded audio.
Universal-2 API pricing starts at $0.15/hour (official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026).
| Tier | Price | 1 hour | 100 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single price | $0.15/hour | $0.15 | $15.00 |
Verified against the official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page
Examples are unit price × length or count. They do not include retries, free allowances, or inputs and options that the official page prices separately.
Other speech-to-text models
- Universal-3.5 Pro · $0.21/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Scribe v2 · $0.22/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Nova-3 · $0.258/hour · pre-recorded audio
- GPT-Transcribe · $0.27/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Nova-3 Multilingual · $0.312/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Whisper · $0.36/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Scribe v2 Realtime · $0.39/hour · realtime (streaming)
- GPT-Live-Transcribe · $1.02/hour · realtime (streaming)
Starting prices from each model's official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026. Every tier and its source are on the model's own page.
Questions
- How much does Universal-2 cost per hour of audio?
- Universal-2: $0.15/hour.
- How much does it cost to transcribe 100 hours of audio with Universal-2?
- At the listed price, 100 hours of audio with Universal-2 cost $15.00, before any separately priced inputs, options or retries.
- Are there lower-priced alternatives to Universal-2?
- Among the models listed on modelpick, none starts lower than Universal-2.