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Transcription-heritage STT API with low per-hour pricing and open (non-commercial) Reverb models

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools we track, Rev AI has the 21st-widest language coverage.

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What we know about Rev AI

Rev AI sits in the speech-to-text apis category, where it is transcription-heritage STT API with low per-hour pricing and open (non-commercial) Reverb models. We keep this Rev AI profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

Rev AI does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Rev AI quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Rev AI covers language auto-detection, word-level timestamps, custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting, sentiment analysis, summarization endpoint, and speech translation. Each of those is verified against Rev AI's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with Rev AI: SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with Rev AI before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

Among the 43 speech-to-text tools in our matrix, Rev AI leads with the 21st-widest language coverage; the fact sheet below has the raw numbers behind that placement.

In total we track 25 verified facts for Rev AI today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Rev AI fact sheet below.

Reviewed by vsref Editorialfacts verified Jul 20, 2026Methodology →

Fact sheet

Pricing
Pricing facts
Batch price per audio minute0.003 $/audio-minJul 20
Pricing modelusageJul 20
Free tier quotaFree credits equal to 5 hours of Reverb ASRJul 20
Published volume discountsEnterprise: volume-based pricing, contact salesJul 20
Concurrency on base planStreaming: 10 streams; async multipart uploads: 5Jul 20
Capabilities
Capabilities facts
WER (third-party benchmark)5.92 % WERJul 20
WER (vendor-claimed)~9.68 % WERJul 20
Languages supported57Jul 20
Language auto-detection✓ YesJul 20
Speaker diarization✓ IncludedJul 20
Word-level timestamps✓ YesJul 20
Custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting✓ YesJul 20
Sentiment analysis✓ YesJul 20
Summarization endpoint✓ YesJul 20
Speech translation✓ YesJul 20
Priced audio-intelligence add-onsLanguage ID, sentiment, topics, translation, summariesJul 20
Compliance & trust
Compliance & trust facts
HIPAA BAA available◑ Enterprise onlyJul 20
SOC 2 Type II✓ YesJul 20
GDPR / EU data residency✓ YesJul 20
Model weights licenseRev Model Non-Production License - non-commercialJul 20
Build experience
Build experience facts
Official SDKsPython, JS/TS (Node), Java, Go, RubyJul 20
Max file size / duration2 GB per multipart upload; max 17 hours audioJul 20
Supported audio formatsAll FFmpeg formats incl MP3, MP4, WAV, FLAC, Ogg, PCMJul 20
Websocket streaming API✓ YesJul 20
Commercial
Commercial facts
GitHub stars436Jul 20

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