price tracker · updated 2026-07-20
Cheapest Gladia API
transcription · per minute
Gladia's async transcription is about $0.0102/min ($0.61/audio hour) on pay-as-you-go Starter, dropping to $0.20/hr on the committed Growth plan. Speechmatics batch is the cheapest alternative in this table at $0.0022/min, well under Deepgram Nova-3 at $0.0077/min.
Across the 4 endpoints we track for Gladia, posted prices span $0.0022 at Speechmatics (batch) to $0.0102 at Gladia (async, Starter). That is a 4.6x gap for the same model, so provider choice matters more than most teams expect. Rates below are normalized to transcription · per minute and re-checked weekly.
Gladia
transcription · per minute
save up to 78%
Cheapest verified endpoint: Speechmatics (batch) at $0.0022 (transcription · per minute). Prices normalized per unit, ex. egress.
How we track this
We re-pull every known provider that serves Gladia weekly, normalize to a single unit (transcription · per minute), and pin the price the moment a provider posts it — we don't average across stale snapshots. Switching providers is usually a one-line base-URL change. Spot a stale price? tell us.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest Gladia API?
Speechmatics (batch) currently has the lowest price for Gladia at $0.0022 (transcription · per minute), based on our 2026-07-20 check across 4 providers.
How much does the Gladia API cost?
Prices for Gladia range from $0.0022 at Speechmatics (batch) up to $0.0102 at Gladia (async, Starter), measured as transcription · per minute. Same model, different bill: picking the right provider saves up to 78%.
Which providers offer Gladia?
We currently track 4 endpoints for Gladia: Speechmatics (batch), OpenAI gpt-4o-transcribe, Deepgram Nova-3, Gladia (async, Starter). The table above ranks them by effective price, cheapest first.
How often are these prices updated?
We re-check every provider weekly and pin the exact posted price rather than averaging stale snapshots. This table was last refreshed on 2026-07-20.
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