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AssemblyaiPricing change · Price decrease · Discount change · Package change · Jan 1 → Apr 1, 2024

Assemblyai Announces Major Price Cuts: Sentiment Analysis and Key Phrases Drop by 83%, Auto Chapters by 73%, and More

Verified Jan 11, 2026AI & Machine LearningDirection: down
The changeLeMUR Default input pricing — changed.
Before · Jan 1$0.017/1K tokens
After · Apr 1$0.015/1K tokens
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16 changes2 capturesJan 1, 2024 → Apr 1, 2024

What happened

Between the Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Assemblyai's pricing page, Pulse recorded 16 changes: LeMUR Default input pricing decreased from $0.017/1K tokens to $0.015/1K tokens (12% decrease); Entity Detection decreased from $0.15/hour to $0.08/hour (47% decrease); Content Moderation decreased from $0.25/hour to $0.15/hour (40% decrease); Sentiment Analysis decreased from $0.12/hour to $0.02/hour (83% decrease); LeMUR Basic output pricing decreased from $0.008/1K tokens to $0.005/1K tokens (38% decrease); LeMUR Default output pricing decreased from $0.049/1K tokens to $0.043/1K tokens (12% decrease); Topic Detection decreased from $0.20/hour to $0.15/hour (25% decrease); Committed usage reservation discount reduced from 75% to 50%; Key Phrases decreased from $0.06/hour to $0.01/hour (83% decrease); Speech-to-Text pricing changed from per-second ($0.0001805/second = $0.65/hour) to per-hour billing ($0.37/hour), reducing effective cost by 43%; Auto Chapters decreased from $0.30/hour to $0.08/hour (73% decrease); PII Redaction decreased from $0.20/hour to $0.08/hour (60% decrease); LeMUR Basic input pricing decreased from $0.004/1K tokens to $0.002/1K tokens (50% decrease); Summarization decreased from $0.06/hour to $0.03/hour (50% decrease); EU Data Residency compliance added to Enterprise plan; LeMUR Claude 2.1 model added with input pricing $0.015/1K tokens and output pricing $0.043/1K tokens. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease, discount change, package change, feature added, new plan) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 24, 2026) lists Voice Agent API at $4.5 per hour + $4.5 per hour, Universal-3 Pro at $0.21 per hour of audio, Universal-Streaming Multilingual at $0.15 per hour of audio, Universal-3 Pro Streaming at $0.45 per hour of audio and Universal-2 at $0.15 per hour of audio.

Assemblyai's previous recorded change was "Assemblyai Introduces Volume Discount Program: Save Up to 75% with Committed Usage Reservations" (Dec 2023). Assemblyai has been tracked since 2023-11-14.

In the same window Deepgram also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • — · PriceChanged
    $0.017/1K tokens$0.015/1K tokens
  • — · Price−47%
    $0.15/hour$0.08/hour
  • — · Price−40%
    $0.25/hour$0.15/hour
  • — · Price−83%
    $0.12/hour$0.02/hour
  • — · PriceChanged
    $0.008/1K tokens$0.005/1K tokens
  • — · PriceChanged
    $0.049/1K tokens$0.043/1K tokens
  • — · Price−25%
    $0.20/hour$0.15/hour
  • — · Discount−33%
    75%50%
  • — · Price−83%
    $0.06/hour$0.01/hour
  • Speech-to-Text · PackagingPackage change

    Speech-to-Text pricing changed from per-second ($0.0001805/second = $0.65/hour) to per-hour billing ($0.37/hour), reducing effective cost by 43%

  • — · Price−73%
    $0.30/hour$0.08/hour
  • — · Price−60%
    $0.20/hour$0.08/hour
  • — · PriceChanged
    $0.004/1K tokens$0.002/1K tokens
  • — · Price−50%
    $0.06/hour$0.03/hour
  • Enterprise · FeatureAdded

    BeforeNo EU Data Residency compliance

    AfterEU Data Residency compliance

  • — · PlanAdded

    BeforeNo LeMUR Claude 2.1 model

    AfterLeMUR Claude 2.1 model

Values as written on Assemblyai's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

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Full-page captures of Assemblyai's pricing page (assemblyai.com) from Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "$0.017/1K tokens" becomes "$0.015/1K tokens".

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Assemblyai, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Q4 2024packagingAssemblyai Enhances Speech-to-Text Accuracy to Over 93%
  2. Q3 2024packagingAssemblyai Restructures Pricing with Specific Claude Model Versions and Introduces $50 in Free Credits for New Users
  3. Q2 2024improvedAssemblyai Introduces Free Tier with Audio Intelligence Models and 100 Hours of Speech-to-Text Transcription
  4. Q1 2024decreaseAssemblyai Announces Major Price Cuts: Sentiment Analysis and Key Phrases Drop by 83%, Auto Chapters by 73%, and More · this change
  5. Dec 2023packagingAssemblyai Introduces Volume Discount Program: Save Up to 75% with Committed Usage Reservations

Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window

All AI & Machine Learning changes
  1. DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Introduces Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans
  2. DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Introduces New Flux Model Pricing: $0.0077/min for Pay As You Go and $0.0065/min for Growth Plan After Free Promotional Period Ends
  3. DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Restructures Voice Agent API Pricing to Per-Minute Model, Introducing New Tiers and Significant Cost Savings
  4. DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Raises Enterprise Plan Pricing by 50% to $15k+ Annually Amid New Model Launch and Feature Additions
  5. DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Expands Aura TTS Growth Plan with Major Increase to 80 Concurrent WebSocket Connections

Questions about this change

Did Assemblyai raise prices in April 2024?

No — prices went down. Between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 Assemblyai's pricing page showed 12 price cuts: $0.017/1K tokens → $0.015/1K tokens (changed); $0.15/hour → $0.08/hour (−47%); $0.25/hour → $0.15/hour (−40%); $0.12/hour → $0.02/hour (−83%); $0.008/1K tokens → $0.005/1K tokens (changed); $0.049/1K tokens → $0.043/1K tokens (changed); $0.20/hour → $0.15/hour (−25%); $0.06/hour → $0.01/hour (−83%); $0.30/hour → $0.08/hour (−73%); $0.20/hour → $0.08/hour (−60%); $0.004/1K tokens → $0.002/1K tokens (changed); $0.06/hour → $0.03/hour (−50%).

What changed on Assemblyai's pricing page between Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?

Price: $0.017/1K tokens → $0.015/1K tokens, changed; price: $0.15/hour → $0.08/hour (−47%); price: $0.25/hour → $0.15/hour (−40%); price: $0.12/hour → $0.02/hour (−83%); price: $0.008/1K tokens → $0.005/1K tokens, changed; price: $0.049/1K tokens → $0.043/1K tokens, changed; price: $0.20/hour → $0.15/hour (−25%); discount: 75% → 50% (−33%); price: $0.06/hour → $0.01/hour (−83%); Speech-to-Text pricing changed from per-second ($0.0001805/second = $0.65/hour) to per-hour billing ($0.37/hour), reducing effective cost by 43%; price: $0.30/hour → $0.08/hour (−73%); price: $0.20/hour → $0.08/hour (−60%); price: $0.004/1K tokens → $0.002/1K tokens, changed; price: $0.06/hour → $0.03/hour (−50%); Enterprise feature: No EU Data Residency compliance → EU Data Residency compliance, added; plan: No LeMUR Claude 2.1 model → LeMUR Claude 2.1 model, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Assemblyai change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Assemblyai in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Assemblyai Introduces Volume Discount Program: Save Up to 75% with Committed Usage Reservations" in Dec 2023; Assemblyai has been tracked since 2023-11-14.