Speechmatics Introduces Flow Conversational AI with Dedicated Pricing and Expands Free Tier to 50 Hours per Month
What happened
Between the Jan 2, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025 captures of Speechmatics's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Free tier expanded to include 50 hours of Flow per month in addition to 8 hours STT; Language support expanded from 50+ to 55+ languages for STT; Summaries add-on pricing decreased from $0.18/hr to $0.12/hr (33% reduction); Flow concurrent conversation limits added: 3 for Free tier, 6 for Pay As You Grow tier; Flow Conversational AI product introduced with dedicated pricing ($4.80/hr) and free tier (50 hours/month). Pulse files it as a pricing change (freemium change, limit increase, price decrease, threshold added, feature added) with a downward 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 Increases Summaries Add-On Price by 50% from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr" (Q2 2024). Before that Pulse recorded "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.
- — · Free tierFreemium change
Free tier expanded to include 50 hours of Flow per month in addition to 8 hours STT
- — · LimitChanged50+55+ languages
- Summaries · Price−33%$0.18/hr$0.12/hr
- — · LimitAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterFlow concurrent conversation limits
- — · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Flow Conversational AI product
AfterFlow Conversational AI product
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Free tier | — | 8 hours | Freemium change |
| — | Limit | 50+ | 55+ languages | Changed |
| Summaries | Price | $0.18/hr | $0.12/hr | −33% |
| — | Limit | Not listed | Flow concurrent conversation limits | Added |
| — | Feature | No Flow Conversational AI product | Flow Conversational AI product | Added |
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 Jan 2, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where summaries price reads $0.18/hr and then $0.12/hr.
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Speechmatics, pricing history
Full history- Jan 13, 2026improvedSpeechmatics Increases Pro Plan Real-Time Session Capacity by 150%
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2024packagingSpeechmatics Increases Summaries Add-On Price by 50% from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr
- 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 April 2025?
No — prices went down. Between Jan 2, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025 Speechmatics's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Summaries: $0.18/hr → $0.12/hr (−33%).
What changed on Speechmatics's pricing page between Jan 2, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025?
Free tier expanded to include 50 hours of Flow per month in addition to 8 hours STT; limit: 50+ → 55+ languages, changed; Summaries price: $0.18/hr → $0.12/hr (−33%); limit: Not listed → Flow concurrent conversation limits, added; feature: No Flow Conversational AI product → Flow Conversational AI product, added. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 2, 2025 and Apr 12, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Speechmatics change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Speechmatics in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Speechmatics Increases Summaries Add-On Price by 50% from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr" in Q2 2024; Speechmatics has been tracked since 2024-10-02.