Overview
With Amazon Transcribe, you pay-as-you-go based on the seconds of audio transcribed per month. It’s easy to get started with the Amazon Transcribe Free Tier. Upon signup, start analyzing up to 60 audio minutes monthly, free for the first 12 months.
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Free tier
60 minutes per month for 12 months
As part of the AWS Free Tier, you can get started with Amazon Transcribe for free. The Amazon Transcribe Free Tier is available to you for 12 months, starting from the date on which you create your first transcription request. Your usage for the Free Tier is calculated each month across all AWS Regions and automatically applied to your bill; unused monthly usage will not roll over. Restrictions apply; see offer terms for more details. When your free usage expires or if your application use exceeds the free usage tier, you simply pay standard, pay-as-you-go service rates.
Standard pricing
Amazon Transcribe API for both streaming and batch transcriptions is billed monthly based on the tiered pricing shown below. Tiered pricing rates and discounts vary by region and you can see the applicable rates by selecting your region in the drop down below. You can apply the specific discount rate for your region based on the following examples for the US East (N. Virginia) region. Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge of 15 seconds. This pricing includes features such as PII redaction, custom vocabularies and vocabulary filtering. Additional charges apply for features such as automatic content redaction and custom language models.
Audio data often has separate channels for each speaker. For instance, a two-person audio conversation may record each speaker individually on two separate channels. The rates below includes pricing for up to two channels per audio stream or audio file. For a two channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
Automatic Content Redaction add-on pricing
You can choose to redact sensitive information like personal identifiable information (PII) with Automatic Content Redaction for your transcription needs. The additional charges are billed monthly based on the tier pricing shown below. Tiered pricing rates and discounts vary by region and you can see the applicable rates by selecting your region in the drop down below. Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge for 15 seconds. Free tier is not applicable for automatic content redaction.
Custom Language Model add-on pricing
You can build your own Custom Language Models (CLM) by training Amazon Transcribe’s standard models with your domain specific text. Once you have a CLM, you can choose which transcription jobs should utilize your CLM. You will only incur an additional CLM charge for the transcription jobs where a custom language model is applied. Transcription audio using your Custom Language Models is billed monthly based on the tier pricing shown below. Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge for 15 seconds. Free tier is not applicable for custom language models.
Toxicity Detection pricing
With Amazon Transcribe, you only pay for what you use based on the seconds of audio transcribed per month. Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge of 15 seconds. Also, you get billed monthly based on the tiered pricing shown below.
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Standard Batch
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Standard Streaming
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PII Redaction Batch
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PII Redaction Streaming
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CLM Batch
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CLM Streaming
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Toxicity Detection Batch
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Standard Batch
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*For a two-channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
**For larger workloads, additional volume discounts may be available. Please contact AWS pricing specialists or your account manager for pricing. -
Standard Streaming
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Please note:
*For a two-channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
*For larger workloads, additional volume discounts may be available. Please contact AWS pricing specialists or your account manager for pricing.
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PII Redaction Batch
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CLM Batch
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Toxicity Detection Batch
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Pricing examples
* Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge of 15 seconds. These calculations assume that the usage volume excludes the Free Tier.
Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics pricing
Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics is an API for producing rich call transcripts, redacting sensitive customer information, and extracting actionable conversation insights. With Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics, you pay-as-you-go and are billed monthly based on the tiered pricing shown below. You can apply the specific discount rate for your region based on the following examples for the US East (N. Virginia) region. Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge of 15 seconds. This pricing includes features such as PII redaction, custom vocabularies and vocabulary filtering. Additional charges apply for generative call summarization and custom language models.
Free tier
60 minutes per month for 12 months
As part of the AWS Free Tier, you can get started with Amazon Transcribe Call Analytics for free. Upon sign-up, start analyzing up to 60 minutes of call audio monthly, free for the first 12 months. Your usage for the free tier is calculated each month across all AWS Regions except the AWS GovCloud Region and automatically applied to your bill; unused monthly usage will not roll over. Restrictions apply; see offer terms for more details.
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Post call analytics
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Real-time call analytics
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Generative call summarization (Post call)
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Post call analytics
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You can choose to pay for post call analytics capabilities only or real-time and (optional) post call analytics capabilities. The price for only real-time, bundled real-time, and post call analytics capabilities will remain the same.
*For a two-channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
**For larger workloads, additional volume discounts may be available. Please contact AWS pricing specialists or your account manager for pricing.
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Real-time call analytics
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For real-time call analytics, some capabilities such as audio redaction of sensitive personal information and conversation characteristics like non-talk time, interruptions, loudness, and talk speed are processed post-call. These capabilities are included in the real-time call analytics pricing. Custom language model is an add-on capability that is charged separately.
*For a two-channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
**For larger workloads, additional volume discounts may be available. Please contact AWS pricing specialists or your account manager for pricing.
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Generative call summarization (Post call)
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Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge of 15 seconds. You get billed monthly based on the tiered pricing shown above.
Pricing examples
Refer to these pricing examples
Amazon Transcribe Medical pricing
With Transcribe Medical, you pay-as-you-go based on the seconds of audio transcribed per month. It’s easy to get started with the Transcribe Medical Free Tier. Upon signup, start analyzing up to 60 minutes of audio monthly, free for the first 12 months.
Free tier
60 minutes per month for 12 months
The Transcribe Medical free tier is available to you for 12 months, starting from the date on which you create your first transcription. When your free usage expires, or if your application use exceeds the free usage tier, you simply pay standard, pay-as-you-go service rates.
Standard pricing
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Standard Batch
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Standard Streaming
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Standard Batch
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Please note:
*For a two-channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
*For larger workloads, additional volume discounts may be available. Please contact AWS pricing specialists or your account manager for pricing. -
Standard Streaming
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Please note:
*For a two-channel conversation, you only pay for the total audio duration and won't be charged separately for each channel.
*For larger workloads, additional volume discounts may be available. Please contact AWS pricing specialists or your account manager for pricing.
Pricing examples
Example |
Length |
Cost |
Pre-patient visit conversation between physicians, clinic managers, nurses, and others |
15 minutes |
$1.125 |
Physician dictated audio note |
30 minutes |
$2.250 |
Telemedicine conversational audio |
45 minutes |
$3.375 |
Medical consultation over a phone call |
60 minutes |
$4.500 |
Clinical trial reporting about medicines |
75 minutes |
$5.625 |
Clinician-patient conversation |
90 minutes |
$6.750 |
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