Comparison

Amazon Transcribe vs AssemblyAI

On the evidence we track, AssemblyAI leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon Transcribe65

★AssemblyAI80

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon Transcribe	AssemblyAILeader
Vioscale score	65 / 100low · 34%updating	80 / 100medium · 60%updating
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.01	$0.37
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	-	5
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	-	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	-	✓
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	-	99.9
Status pagereliability.status_page	-	✓
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon Transcribe65 / 100low · 34%updating

AssemblyAI80 / 100medium · 60%updating

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon Transcribe✓

AssemblyAI✓

Model

Amazon Transcribefreemium

AssemblyAIfreemium

Price level

Amazon Transcribelow

AssemblyAIlow

Starting price

Amazon Transcribe$0.01

AssemblyAI$0.37

Transparent

Amazon Transcribe✓

AssemblyAI✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI5

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI✓

Gdpr

Amazon Transcribe✓

AssemblyAI✓

Hipaa

Amazon Transcribe✓

AssemblyAI✓

Pci

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI✓

Soc2

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI✓

Reliability

Sla pct

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI99.9

Status page

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI✓

Market

Availability

Amazon TranscribeAvailable worldwide

AssemblyAIAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for speech to text. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Speech To Text
Capability	Amazon Transcribe	AssemblyAI
Capabilities
Real time streaming	-	-
Speaker diarization	-	-
Custom vocabulary	-	-
Fine tuning	-	-
Word timestamps	-	-
Punctuation formatting	-	-
Pii redaction	-	-
Vertical model	-	-
Offline on device	-	-
Open source	-	-

Capabilities

Real time streaming

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Speaker diarization

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Custom vocabulary

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Fine tuning

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Word timestamps

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Punctuation formatting

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Pii redaction

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Vertical model

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Offline on device

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

Open source

Amazon Transcribe-

AssemblyAI-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Transcribe

A fully managed API service that converts speech to text using advanced AI, supporting over 100 languages with features like speaker identification, custom vocabularies, and content filtering.

Independently observed

AssemblyAI

Leader

A platform providing speech-to-text APIs for both pre-recorded and live audio, voice agent capabilities, and audio analysis features like speaker identification and sentiment analysis. Serves millions of developers with focus on accuracy and scalability.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Transcribe

from $0.01/minuteUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.006/minute for batch transcription. Free tier: 60 minutes/month for 12 months.

Streaming Transcription$0.01/minute
- Real-time transcription
- 100+ language support
- Custom vocabulary
- Speaker diarization
- Automatic punctuation
- +1 more
Batch Transcription$0.006/minute
- Batch audio processing
- Recorded file support
- 100+ language support
- Custom vocabulary
- Automatic language detection
- +1 more
Call Analytics$0.03/minute (Tier 1, up to 250k minutes)
- Sentiment analysis
- Call categorization
- Call characteristics tracking
- Speaker identification
- Compliance monitoring
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

AssemblyAI

Leader

from $0.37/hourUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.37/hour for async transcription. Free tier available.

Async Speech-to-Text$0.37/hour
Real-time Speech-to-Text$0.47/hour
Sync Speech-to-Text$0.45/hour

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon Transcribe	AssemblyAI
WebPlatforms	-	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon Transcribe–

AssemblyAI✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon Transcribe✓

AssemblyAI✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Transcribe

Not documented yet.

AssemblyAI

Leader

5 total

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Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.