Speechmatics
Depot pick for multilingual/production STT beyond English-first stacks. Deepgram remains default $/min…
Depot pick for multilingual/production STT beyond English-first stacks. Deepgram remains default $/min English agent STT; Gladia for EU code-switch API peer. Strengths: 55+ languages + code-switching Melia; Strong accuracy reputation; On-prem/privacy deployments.
Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.
Depot pick for multilingual/production STT beyond English-first stacks. Deepgram remains default $/min English agent STT; Gladia for EU code-switch API peer.
Strengths
- · 55+ languages + code-switching Melia
- · Strong accuracy reputation
- · On-prem/privacy deployments
Weaknesses
- · Full $/hr matrix less obvious than Deepgram
- · Training discount trades privacy
- · TTS still early (EN-first)
Pricing notes
As of 2026-09-14 (speechmatics.com/pricing): $100 free credit, no card. Pro PAYG (50 concurrent realtime, 10 file jobs/s); Enterprise volume/on-prem/custom. Enhanced vs Standard vs Melia-1 (multilingual code-switch) models. Volume auto-discount >500 hrs/mo/type; optional model-training opt-in −33% STT. SOC2/ISO27001/GDPR/HIPAA. Exact Enhanced/Standard $/hr confirm in portal (marketing shows plan structure more than full matrix).
Sourced pricing
Contract status unit_mismatch · unit_mismatch. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=speechmatics
- Melia 1 pre-recorded transcription · usd_per_hour · $0.12 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
- Enhanced pre-recorded transcription · usd_per_hour · $0.38 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
- Standard pre-recorded transcription · usd_per_hour · $0.23 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
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