Assemblyai Expands EU Data Residency to Full Availability Across All Plans, Enhancing Compliance and Flexibility for Users
What happened
Between the Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025 captures of Assemblyai's pricing page, Pulse recorded 12 changes: Custom plan rate limits changed from 'Higher rate limits' to 'Customize rate limits - scale to any workload'; Early access to new models and model improvements added to Custom plan; EU Data Residency expanded from Limited availability (Custom plan only) to full availability across all plans; ISO 27001 security certification added to compliance offerings; Custom plan pricing messaging updated from 'Volume discounts up to 50%' to 'Flexible, zero-obligation pricing that scales to millions of hours'; Claude 2.0 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25); Custom plan support upgraded from 'Solution architect support' to 'Dedicated technical support with response time under one hour'; Claude 2.1 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25); Customized SLAs and SLOs added to Custom plan; Self-hosted deployments (On-prem, VPC) announced as coming soon for Custom plan; Technical support via live chat and email added to Pay as you go plan; EU Data Residency compliance added to Free plan. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change, feature added, feature removed) 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 Enhances Speech-to-Text Accuracy to Over 93%" (Q4 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.
- Custom · FeatureReworded
BeforeHigher rate limits
AfterCustomize rate limits - scale to any workload
- Custom · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterEarly access to new models and model improvements
- Custom · FeatureFeature change
EU Data Residency expanded from Limited availability (Custom plan only) to full availability across all plans
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterISO 27001 security certification
- Custom · FeatureReworded
BeforeVolume discounts up to 50%
AfterFlexible, zero-obligation pricing that scales to millions of hours
- — · FeatureFeature removed
Claude 2.0 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25)
- Custom · FeatureReworded
BeforeSolution architect support
AfterDedicated technical support with response time under one hour
- — · FeatureFeature removed
Claude 2.1 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25)
- Custom · FeatureAddedNot listedCustomized SLAs and SLOs
- Custom · FeatureFeature added
Self-hosted deployments (On-prem, VPC) announced as coming soon for Custom plan
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterTechnical support via live chat and email
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo EU Data Residency compliance
AfterEU Data Residency compliance
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custom | Feature | Higher rate limits | Customize rate limits - scale to any workload | Reworded |
| Custom | Feature | Not listed | Early access to new models and model improvements | Added |
| Custom | Feature | EU Data Residency expanded from Limited availability (Custom plan only) to full availability across all plans | Feature change | |
| — | Feature | Not listed | ISO 27001 security certification | Added |
| Custom | Feature | Volume discounts up to 50% | Flexible, zero-obligation pricing that scales to millions of hours | Reworded |
| — | Feature | Claude 2.0 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25) | Feature removed | |
| Custom | Feature | Solution architect support | Dedicated technical support with response time under one hour | Reworded |
| — | Feature | Claude 2.1 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25) | Feature removed | |
| Custom | Feature | Not listed | Customized SLAs and SLOs | Added |
| Custom | Feature | Self-hosted deployments (On-prem, VPC) announced as coming soon for Custom plan | Feature added | |
| — | Feature | Not listed | Technical support via live chat and email | Added |
| — | Feature | No EU Data Residency compliance | EU Data Residency compliance | Added |
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 Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where "Higher rate limits" becomes "Customize rate limits - scale to any workload".
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Assemblyai, the last 90 days
Full history- Feb 9, 2026packagingAssemblyai unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model at competitive pricing
- Jan 11, 2026packagingAssemblyai Introduces Guardrails: New Product Category Consolidating Safety Features for Enhanced Transcription Security
- 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 · this change
- Q4 2024packagingAssemblyai Enhances Speech-to-Text Accuracy to Over 93%
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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
- 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 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change, feature added, feature removed.
What changed on Assemblyai's pricing page between Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025?
Custom feature: Higher rate limits → Customize rate limits - scale to any workload, reworded; Custom feature: Not listed → Early access to new models and model improvements, added; EU Data Residency expanded from Limited availability (Custom plan only) to full availability across all plans; feature: Not listed → ISO 27001 security certification, added; Custom feature: Volume discounts up to 50% → Flexible, zero-obligation pricing that scales to millions of hours, reworded; Claude 2.0 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25); Custom feature: Solution architect support → Dedicated technical support with response time under one hour, reworded; Claude 2.1 LLM model removed (sunset on 02/06/25); Custom feature: Not listed → Customized SLAs and SLOs, added; Self-hosted deployments (On-prem, VPC) announced as coming soon for Custom plan; feature: Not listed → Technical support via live chat and email, added; feature: No EU Data Residency compliance → EU Data Residency compliance, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 1, 2025 and Apr 1, 2025; 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 Enhances Speech-to-Text Accuracy to Over 93%" in Q4 2024; Assemblyai has been tracked since 2023-11-14.