Speechmatics slashes Pro rate 46% to $0.129/hr, launches Startup Program
What happened
Between the Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 captures of Speechmatics's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Pro plan hourly rate cut ~46% from $0.24/hr to $0.129/hr. New Speechmatics Startup Program launched offering $50,000+ in credits, full API access, and dedicated onboarding for eligible startups. Pulse files it as a pricing change (price decrease) 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.
It lands 12 days after Speechmatics's previous change, "Speechmatics: Pro starting price cut 46% to $0.129/hr" (Jun 22, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Speechmatics quintuples free transcription minutes to 2,400 monthly" (Jun 9, 2026). Speechmatics has been tracked since 2024-10-02.
In the same window IBM, Assemblyai, Google Cloud and OpenAI also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro · Price−46%$0.24/hr$0.129/hr
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro | Price | $0.24/hr | $0.129/hr | −46% |
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 Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where pro price reads $0.24/hr and then $0.129/hr.
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Speechmatics, the last 90 days
Full history- Sep 21, 2026improvedSpeechmatics: new Linden 1 model launched at $0.16/hr
- Jul 4, 2026decreaseSpeechmatics slashes Pro rate 46% to $0.129/hr, launches Startup Program · this change
- Jun 22, 2026decreaseSpeechmatics: Pro starting price cut 46% to $0.129/hr
- Jun 9, 2026improvedSpeechmatics quintuples free transcription minutes to 2,400 monthly
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- IBMJul 3IBM Maas360: 30% first-year promotional discount removed
- AssemblyaiJun 29Assemblyai upgrades realtime STT to Universal-3.5 with 18-language support
- Google CloudJun 15Google Cloud Datastudio pools AI tokens per platform, adds Thinking mode
- OpenAIMay 11OpenAI API raises GPT-Realtime-2 text output 50%, adds translate
Questions about this change
Did Speechmatics raise prices in June 2026?
No — prices went down. Between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026 Speechmatics's pricing page showed 1 price cut: Pro: $0.24/hr → $0.129/hr (−46%).
What changed on Speechmatics's pricing page between Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026?
Pro price: $0.24/hr → $0.129/hr (−46%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 30, 2026 and Jun 29, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Speechmatics change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Speechmatics in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Speechmatics: Pro starting price cut 46% to $0.129/hr" on Jun 22, 2026; Speechmatics has been tracked since 2024-10-02.