Assemblyai Restructures Pricing with Specific Claude Model Versions and Introduces $50 in Free Credits for New Users
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Assemblyai's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Free tier audio hours increased from 100 hours to 416 hours; Free tier offering changed from 'Get started at no cost' to 'Get started with $50 in free credits'; LeMUR pricing restructured from generic tiers (LeMUR Default, LeMUR Claude 2.1, LeMUR Basic) to specific Claude model versions (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, Claude 2.1, Claude 2.0, Claude Instant) with explicit per-model pricing. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit increase, freemium change, package change) with an upward 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 Free Tier with Audio Intelligence Models and 100 Hours of Speech-to-Text Transcription" (Q2 2024). 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.
- — · Limit+316%100 hours416 hours
- — · Free tierReworded
BeforeGet started at no cost
AfterGet started with $50 in free credits
- LeMUR · PackagingPackage change
LeMUR pricing restructured from generic tiers (LeMUR Default, LeMUR Claude 2.1, LeMUR Basic) to specific Claude model versions (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, Claude 2.1, Claude 2.0, Claude Instant) with explicit per-model pricing
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | 100 hours | 416 hours | +316% |
| — | Free tier | Get started at no cost | Get started with $50 in free credits | Reworded |
| LeMUR | Packaging | LeMUR pricing restructured from generic tiers (LeMUR Default, LeMUR Claude 2.1, LeMUR Basic) to specific Claude model versions (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, Claude 2.1, Claude 2.0, Claude Instant) with explicit per-model pricing | Package change | |
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.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Assemblyai's pricing page (assemblyai.com) from Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where limit reads 100 hours and then 416 hours.
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Assemblyai, the last 90 days
Full history- Q2 2025packagingAssemblyai Reduces Streaming Speech-to-Text Pricing by 68% from $0.47/hr to $0.15/hr, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
- Q1 2025improvedAssemblyai Expands EU Data Residency to Full Availability Across All Plans, Enhancing Compliance and Flexibility for Users
- Q4 2024packagingAssemblyai Enhances Speech-to-Text Accuracy to Over 93%
- Q3 2024packagingAssemblyai Restructures Pricing with Specific Claude Model Versions and Introduces $50 in Free Credits for New Users · this change
- Q2 2024improvedAssemblyai Introduces Free Tier with Audio Intelligence Models and 100 Hours of Speech-to-Text Transcription
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- DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Restructures Voice Agent API Pricing to Per-Minute Model, Introducing New Tiers and Significant Cost Savings
- DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Raises Enterprise Plan Pricing by 50% to $15k+ Annually Amid New Model Launch and Feature Additions
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Questions about this change
Did Assemblyai raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit increase, freemium change, package change.
What changed on Assemblyai's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Limit: 100 hours → 416 hours (+316%); free tier: Get started at no cost → Get started with $50 in free credits, reworded; LeMUR pricing restructured from generic tiers (LeMUR Default, LeMUR Claude 2.1, LeMUR Basic) to specific Claude model versions (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3 Haiku, Claude 3 Sonnet, Claude 2.1, Claude 2.0, Claude Instant) with explicit per-model pricing. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 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 Free Tier with Audio Intelligence Models and 100 Hours of Speech-to-Text Transcription" in Q2 2024; Assemblyai has been tracked since 2023-11-14.