Universal-3.5 Pro API pricing
Universal-3.5 Pro by AssemblyAI, priced on AssemblyAI API. Price for pre-recorded audio.
Universal-3.5 Pro API pricing starts at $0.21/hour (official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026).
| Tier | Price | 1 hour | 100 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single price | $0.21/hour | $0.21 | $21.00 |
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-2 · $0.15/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-3.5 Pro cost per hour of audio?
- Universal-3.5 Pro: $0.21/hour.
- How much does it cost to transcribe 100 hours of audio with Universal-3.5 Pro?
- At the listed price, 100 hours of audio with Universal-3.5 Pro cost $21.00, before any separately priced inputs, options or retries.
- Are there lower-priced alternatives to Universal-3.5 Pro?
- Among the models listed on modelpick, these start lower: Universal-2 ($0.15/hour) (official pricing pages, verified Oct 9, 2026). Starting prices can be for a different tier, and output quality differs; compare the same tier and samples before switching.