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Universal 3 Pro pricing
API list price by AssemblyAI · checked Oct 23, 2026
$0.004per minute
Price sheet
| Price | $0.004 | per minute |
Universal-3 Pro
Cheaper for the same workvs Universal 3 Pro
| MAI Transcribe 2 | -52% | score +55% | $0.002 |
| Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0 | -52% | same score | $0.002 |
| Voxtral Mini Transcribe 2 | -14% | same score | $0.003 |
| Soniox v5 Async | -53% | same score | $0.002 |
| Universal, AssemblyAI | -29% | same score | $0.003 |
Pricing questions
How much does Universal 3 Pro cost?›
$0.004 per minute. Universal-3 Pro
Is Universal 3 Pro free to use?›
There is no free API tier.
What is a cheaper alternative to Universal 3 Pro?›
MAI Transcribe 2 costs -52% per task with a score +55% on AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate.