Assemblyai unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model at competitive pricing
What happened
Between the Feb 4, 2026 and Feb 9, 2026 captures of Assemblyai's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Added Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model to LLM Gateway at $0.10/1M input tokens, $0.40/1M output tokens. Pulse files it as a packaging change (new plan) 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.
It lands 30 days after Assemblyai's previous change, "Assemblyai Introduces Guardrails: New Product Category Consolidating Safety Features for Enhanced Transcription Security" (Jan 11, 2026). Assemblyai has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Otter and 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.
- LLM Gateway · PlanAdded
BeforeNo Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model
AfterGemini 2.5 Flash Lite model
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Gateway | Plan | No Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model | Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model | 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 Feb 4, 2026 and Feb 9, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model now appears.
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Assemblyai, the last 90 days
Full history- Mar 16, 2026packagingAssemblyAI adds Claude 4.6 Sonnet, Opus models to LLM Gateway
- Mar 10, 2026packagingAssemblyai launches Universal-3 Pro Streaming at $0.45/hr for voice agents
- Week 7, 2026packagingAssemblyai rebrands Audio Intelligence as Speech Understanding
- Feb 9, 2026packagingAssemblyai unveils Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model at competitive pricing · this change
- Jan 11, 2026packagingAssemblyai Introduces Guardrails: New Product Category Consolidating Safety Features for Enhanced Transcription Security
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- OtterJan 12Otter Decreases Pro Plan Price to $8.33/user/month and Increases Annual Billing Discount to 51%
- DeepgramJan 11Deepgram Introduces Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans
- OtterJan 12Otter Reduces Video Replay Support to Zoom and Google Meet, Updates Enterprise Security Features to Include Upcoming HIPAA Compliance
- OtterJan 12Otter Reduces Enterprise Plan AI Chat Queries from 500 to 200 per User
- OtterJan 12Otter Expands OtterPilot for Sales Integration, Now Syncs Notes to Hubspot and Salesforce
Questions about this change
Did Assemblyai raise prices in February 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Feb 4, 2026 and Feb 9, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: new plan.
What changed on Assemblyai's pricing page between Feb 4, 2026 and Feb 9, 2026?
LLM Gateway plan: No Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model → Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite model, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Feb 4, 2026 and Feb 9, 2026; 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 Guardrails: New Product Category Consolidating Safety Features for Enhanced Transcription Security" on Jan 11, 2026; Assemblyai has been tracked since 2023-11-14.