Speechmatics Increases Summaries Add-On Price by 50% from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr
What happened
Between the Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024 captures of Speechmatics's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Summaries add-on price increased from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr (50% increase). Pulse files it as a packaging change (add-on change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 21, 2026) lists Pro at $0.01 per 1,000 TTS characters + $0.19 per hour (Batch Melia 1 model), Translation at $0.65 per hour of audio, Summaries at $0.12 per hour of audio, Chapters at $0.4 per hour of audio and Sentiment at $0.12 per hour of audio.
Speechmatics's previous recorded change was "Speechmatics Expands Language Support to 50 Languages Across All Plans" (Q1 2024). Speechmatics has been tracked since 2024-10-02.
In the same window OpenAI and Assemblyai also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Summaries · Add-on+50%$0.12/hr$0.18/hr
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summaries | Add-on | $0.12/hr | $0.18/hr | +50% |
Values as written on Speechmatics'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 Speechmatics's pricing page (speechmatics.com) from Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where summaries add-on reads $0.12/hr and then $0.18/hr.
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Speechmatics, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025packagingSpeechmatics Removes Voice Agent - Flow Product, Introduces Text-to-Speech with Free Offer Until November 2025
- Q2 2025improvedSpeechmatics Announces Major Price Drop: Real-time Speech-to-Text Standard Accuracy Reduced by 69% to $0.32/hr
- Q1 2025improvedSpeechmatics Introduces Flow Conversational AI with Dedicated Pricing and Expands Free Tier to 50 Hours per Month
- Q2 2024packagingSpeechmatics Increases Summaries Add-On Price by 50% from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr · this change
- Q1 2024improvedSpeechmatics Expands Language Support to 50 Languages Across All Plans
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- OpenAIJan 12OpenAI Announces Dramatic 87% Price Drop for Flagship Reasoning Model Outputs During Transition to o3
- AssemblyaiJan 11Assemblyai Reduces Streaming Speech-to-Text Pricing by 68% from $0.47/hr to $0.15/hr, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
- OpenAIJan 12OpenAI API Implements 40% Price Increase for GPT-5.2 Output and Input Tokens, Renames GPT-5 to GPT-5.2
- OpenAIJan 12OpenAI Introduces New GPT-4 Turbo Model at Existing Pricing While Ending Free Trial for Code Interpreter
- OpenAIJan 12OpenAI Discontinues Fine-Tuning and Legacy Models, Introduces GPT-4.5 and New o3-mini Pricing for Enhanced Accessibility
Questions about this change
Did Speechmatics raise prices in July 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: add-on change.
What changed on Speechmatics's pricing page between Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024?
Summaries add-on: $0.12/hr → $0.18/hr (+50%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 1, 2024 and Jul 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Speechmatics change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Speechmatics in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Speechmatics Expands Language Support to 50 Languages Across All Plans" in Q1 2024; Speechmatics has been tracked since 2024-10-02.