AI Tool Prices: Plans, Included Usage and Unit Cost
We record the prices of 37 AI tool plans from 20 vendors in 7 task categories (transcription, voice, writing, documents and more) and what each plan includes, from the vendors' pricing pages. Prices as shown in the United States on .
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Caliper Press, “AI Tools Price Watch — transcription, USD per hour”, $1.25/hour, based on 12 plans, as of Oct 18, 2026; methodology; licence CC BY 4.0.
Caliper Press, “AI Tools Price Watch — text to speech, USD per 1,000 characters”, $0.17 per 1,000 characters, based on 5 plans, as of Oct 18, 2026; methodology; licence CC BY 4.0.
How to use this data · October 2026 report
Tracked on one page in another section, so the same price is not listed twice: Copy.ai Chat (Software prices), Grammarly Pro (Software prices), Jasper Pro (Software prices).
All AI tool plans we check
Prices as shown in the United States on
| Name | Plan | Latest price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Textract Detect Document Text API | — | $0.0015 per page | Observed |
| Descript Creator (annual billing) | Annual billing | $24.00/month | Observed |
| Descript Hobbyist (annual billing) | Annual billing | $16.00/month | Observed |
| ElevenLabs Creator (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $22.00/month | Observed |
| ElevenLabs Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $99.00/month | Observed |
| ElevenLabs Starter (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $6.00/month | Observed |
| Fireflies Business (annual billing) | Annual billing | $19.00/month | Observed |
| Fireflies Pro (annual billing) | Annual billing | $10.00/month | Observed |
| Google Document AI Form Parser | — | $0.03 per page | Observed |
| Happy Scribe Basic (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $17.00/month | Observed |
| Happy Scribe Business (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $89.00/month | Observed |
| Happy Scribe Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $29.00/month | Observed |
| HeyGen Business (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $149.00/month | Observed |
| HeyGen Creator (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $29.00/month | Observed |
| HeyGen Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $49.00/month | Observed |
| Murf API Falcon (pay as you go) | — | $0.01 per 1,000 characters | Observed |
| Murf API Text to Speech (pay as you go) | — | $0.03 per 1,000 characters | Observed |
| Nanonets Starter (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $100.00/month | Observed |
| Notta Business (annual billing) | Annual billing | $16.67/month | Observed |
| Notta Pro (annual billing) | Annual billing | $8.17/month | Observed |
| Otter Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $16.99/month | Observed |
| Photoroom Pro (annual billing) | Annual billing | $7.50/month | Observed |
| remove.bg Pay-as-you-go | — | $1.00 per credit | Observed |
| remove.bg Subscription (40 credits) (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $9.00/month | Observed |
| Rev Essentials (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $29.99/month | Observed |
| Rev Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $59.99/month | Observed |
| Sonix Advanced (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $50.00/month | Observed |
| Sonix Core (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $25.00/month | Observed |
| Sonix Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $80.00/month | Observed |
| Speechify Premium (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $29.00/month | Observed |
| Synthesia Starter (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $29.00/month | Observed |
| WellSaid Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $49.00/month | Observed |
| WellSaid Starter (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | $19.00/month | Observed |
| Writesonic Starter (annual billing) | Annual billing | $79.00/month | Observed |
Not recorded at the latest check on Oct 18, 2026: 3 plans
| Name | Plan | Status | Last attempt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fathom Premium (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | Unknown | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Otter Business (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | Unknown | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Synthesia Pro (monthly billing) | Monthly billing | Unknown | Oct 18, 2026 |
What changed this week
No changes in the 7 days to Oct 18, 2026; 37 plans checked.
Caliper Press AI Tools Price Watch — transcription, USD per hour
$1.25/hour
Median effective unit price across tools with both the plan price and the included amount measured, page currency, no FX conversion. based on 12 · . Methodology
Who is in this figure (12)
- Descript Creator (annual billing)
- Descript Hobbyist (annual billing)
- Happy Scribe Basic (monthly billing)
- Happy Scribe Business (monthly billing)
- Happy Scribe Pro (monthly billing)
- Notta Pro (annual billing)
- Otter Pro (monthly billing)
- Rev Essentials (monthly billing)
- Rev Pro (monthly billing)
- Sonix Advanced (monthly billing)
- Sonix Core (monthly billing)
- Sonix Pro (monthly billing)
Caliper Press AI Tools Price Watch — text to speech, USD per 1,000 characters
$0.17 per 1,000 characters
based on 5 · Oct 18, 2026.