Pricing
Free to use. Pro when you need more.
Free is not a trial: the Standard model has no limits and no time limit, and there is no account. Pro is a subscription through the Microsoft Store for meetings, speakers and professional exports.
Free
$0forever
Everyday transcription with the Standard model, without limits and without an account.
Download for Windows- The Standard model without limits
- 15 minutes of the Accurate model
- 100 languages, detected automatically or chosen by you
- The editor tied to the audio, with find and replace
- Name speakers and set each line's speaker by hand
- Folders, sub-folders and notes
- Long recordings in the background
- Copy, plain text, SRT and VTT export
Pro Yearly 48% less
$49.99a year
About $4.17 a month, billed once a year by the Microsoft Store.
Upgrade inside the app, from any Get Pro link or Settings › Plan.
Everything in Free, and:
- Record meetings and calls with a live transcript
- Speaker detection: who said what, on your PC
- The Accurate model without limits
- Word (DOCX) and PDF export with a title block
- Search across every transcript and jump to the moment
- A queue for many files
- Custom words for names and terms
Pro Monthly
$7.99a month
The same Pro, month by month. Cancel any time in your Microsoft account.
Upgrade inside the app, from any Get Pro link or Settings › Plan.
Everything in Free, and:
- Record meetings and calls with a live transcript
- Speaker detection: who said what, on your PC
- The Accurate model without limits
- Word (DOCX) and PDF export with a title block
- Search across every transcript and jump to the moment
- A queue for many files
- Custom words for names and terms
Prices are in US dollars; the Microsoft Store shows the price in your currency before you buy. Subscriptions renew until you cancel them in your Microsoft account (account.microsoft.com/services). If a plan ends, nothing is deleted: transcripts and exports stay, and the Pro features lock until Pro is active again.
Line by line
Free and Pro, compared
| Feature | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Transcription on your PC, no upload, no account | Included | Included |
| Standard model (Whisper small) | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Accurate model (Whisper large-v3-turbo) | 15 minutes in total | Unlimited |
| 100 languages, detected automatically | Included | Included |
| Import audio and video (MP3, M4A, WAV, WMA, FLAC, MP4 and more) | Included | Included |
| Player tied to the text, click a line to play it, 0.75x to 2x | Included | Included |
| Edit in place with autosave, undo and redo | Included | Included |
| Find and replace across the transcript | Included | Included |
| Name speakers and assign lines by hand | Included | Included |
| Folders, sub-folders and notes | Included | Included |
| Recordings several hours long, in the background | Included | Included |
| Copy, plain text, SRT and VTT export | Included | Included |
| Search inside the open transcript | Included | Included |
| Record meetings and calls (microphone and PC sound), live transcript | Not included | Included |
| Speaker detection (who said what) | Not included | Included |
| Word (DOCX) and PDF export | Not included | Included |
| Search across every transcript | Not included | Included |
| Many files at once | One at a time | A queue |
| Custom words for names and terms | Not included | Included |
The arithmetic
What it costs, worked out
Cloud services usually charge by the minute or sell a monthly allowance. Transcribe charges nothing for the Standard model, and a flat price for Pro however much you transcribe.
Twelve months of Pro Monthly come to $95.88; Pro Yearly is $49.99. Prices here are in US dollars. The Microsoft Store shows the price in your currency, with any taxes, before you buy.
Billing
How buying and cancelling work
Start free
Download Transcribe and use it. No account, no card, no trial clock. The 15 Accurate minutes are your taste of the bigger model.
Upgrade inside the app
Any Get Pro link, or Settings › Plan, shows the current prices in your currency. Payment happens in the Microsoft Store's own window, with the payment method of your Microsoft account.
Cancel in your Microsoft account
At account.microsoft.com/services, like any Microsoft Store subscription. Subscriptions renew until you cancel them.
Keep everything
If a plan ends, nothing is deleted. Transcripts and exports stay, and the Pro features lock until Pro is active again.
Questions
Questions about plans
Is there a free trial of Pro?
There is no timed trial. The free plan is the trial: the Standard model without limits, 15 minutes of the Accurate model, and every editing and organizing feature, for as long as you like.
Is there a one-time purchase or lifetime licence?
No. Pro is sold only as a monthly or yearly subscription through the Microsoft Store. The free plan stays free.
Do I need a Microsoft account?
Not for the free plan: it needs no account at all. To buy Pro you pay through the Microsoft Store, which uses the Microsoft account signed in to Windows.
Does Pro work offline?
Yes. Transcription never needs the internet. The app checks your plan with the Microsoft Store from time to time and remembers the last answer, so Pro keeps working while you are offline.
Can I use Pro on more than one PC?
Pro is a Microsoft Store subscription tied to your Microsoft account. Microsoft Store purchases are generally available on the Windows PCs where you sign in to the Store with the same account, within Microsoft's device limits.
How do refunds work?
Purchases and refunds go through Microsoft, under the Microsoft Store's terms. Ask through your Microsoft account's order history or Microsoft support.
Why a subscription?
Because the app keeps being worked on, and a subscription pays for that work without ads, tracking or selling data. Everyday transcription with the Standard model stays free.
Your recordings stay on your PC.
Free to download. Transcribes without an account, without uploads and without the internet.
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