Speechmatics Increases Pro Plan Real-Time Session Capacity by 150%
What happened
Between the Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 captures of Speechmatics's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: Real-time standard accuracy pricing decreased from $0.32/hr to $0.24/hr (25% reduction); Best discounts available added to Enterprise tier benefits; Pro plan concurrent real-time sessions increased from 20 to 50 (150% increase). Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease, feature added, limit increase) 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 Removes Voice Agent - Flow Product, Introduces Text-to-Speech with Free Offer Until November 2025" (Q3 2025). Before that Pulse recorded "Speechmatics Announces Major Price Drop: Real-time Speech-to-Text Standard Accuracy Reduced by 69% to $0.32/hr" (Q2 2025), "Speechmatics Introduces Flow Conversational AI with Dedicated Pricing and Expands Free Tier to 50 Hours per Month" (Q1 2025) and "Speechmatics Increases Summaries Add-On Price by 50% from $0.12/hr to $0.18/hr" (Q2 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.
- — · Price−25%$0.32/hr$0.24/hr
- Enterprise · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Best discounts available
AfterBest discounts available
- Pro · Limit+150%2050
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Price | $0.32/hr | $0.24/hr | −25% |
| Enterprise | Feature | No Best discounts available | Best discounts available | Added |
| Pro | Limit | 20 | 50 | +150% |
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 Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; the change is marked on the page, where price reads $0.32/hr and then $0.24/hr.
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Speechmatics, pricing history
Full history- Jul 4, 2026decreaseSpeechmatics slashes Pro rate 46% to $0.129/hr, launches Startup Program
- Jun 22, 2026decreaseSpeechmatics: Pro starting price cut 46% to $0.129/hr
- Jun 9, 2026improvedSpeechmatics quintuples free transcription minutes to 2,400 monthly
- Jan 13, 2026improvedSpeechmatics Increases Pro Plan Real-Time Session Capacity by 150% · this change
- 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
- 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 January 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026 Speechmatics's pricing page showed 1 price cut: $0.32/hr → $0.24/hr (−25%).
What changed on Speechmatics's pricing page between Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026?
Price: $0.32/hr → $0.24/hr (−25%); Enterprise feature: No Best discounts available → Best discounts available, added; Pro limit: 20 → 50 (+150%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Oct 5, 2025 and Jan 2, 2026; 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 Removes Voice Agent - Flow Product, Introduces Text-to-Speech with Free Offer Until November 2025" in Q3 2025; Speechmatics has been tracked since 2024-10-02.