Universal-2
CHEAP · cheapest third for this operationAssemblyAI Universal-2 costs $0.0025 for one minute of transcription. That is the cheapest third of the 9 entries we price on the same operation.
Universal-2 · the arithmetic
the unit$0.15 per hour of audio · Pay-as-you-go, no plan to buy: Universal-2, pre-recorded, $0.15/hour.
the meterCharged per audio hour submitted; add-ons such as diarization stack on top of the base rate.
the sum$0.15 per hour / 60 = $0.0025 per minute. The only arithmetic is the division by 60.
the verdictCHEAP · cheapest third for this operation
the catchUniversal-3.5 Pro is $0.21/hour = $0.0035/min. Streaming is billed on connection time, not audio length — idle time counts — so the per-minute figure does not transfer to the realtime endpoints.
read on 14 sep 2026 · pricing page ↗ · documentation ↗
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How much does Universal-2 cost on AssemblyAI?
$0.0025 for 1 min transcribed, read from AssemblyAI's own pages on 14 sep 2026. The meter: Charged per audio hour submitted; add-ons such as diarization stack on top of the base rate..
Where does this number come from?
$0.15 per hour / 60 = $0.0025 per minute. The only arithmetic is the division by 60.
What counts as one operation here?
1 min transcribed. Every entry in the same operation is priced on that same unit, which is what makes the comparison mean anything.