Google Cloud Speech-to-Text

Name: Google Cloud Speech-to-Text
Price: 0.02 USD

Web · Self-hosted · API · paid plans from $0.02/mo

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Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is ranked #8 of 43 in transcription software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $0.02/mo.

Google Cloud Speech-to-Text plans and pricing

All plans

Speech-to-Text V2 Standard recognition $0.02/mo per 1 month / account Standard speech recognition cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Speech-to-Text V2 Dynamic Batch Recognition Free per 1 month / account Dynamic batch processing cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Speech-to-Text V1 Standard with data logging $0.02/mo 60 free minutes, then per 1 month / account 60 free minutes per month cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Speech-to-Text V1 Standard without data logging $0.02/mo 60 free minutes, then per 1 month / account 60 free minutes per month cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Medical Dictation $0.08/mo 60 free minutes, then per 1 month / account 60 free minutes per month cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Medical Conversation $0.08/mo 60 free minutes, then per 1 month / account 60 free minutes per month cloud.google.com · 20 Sept 2026

Compared on transcription software

Free plan: No
Speaker identification: Yes
Timestamp support: Yes
Export formats: VTT, SRT
API access: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Speech-to-Text converts audio into text transcriptions and provides APIs for integrating speech recognition into applications.
Real-time and batch modes: The service supports synchronous, asynchronous, and streaming speech recognition for post-processing, periodic, or real-time results.
Languages: The product page states support for 85+ languages and variants.
Model adaptation: Model adaptation lets users give hints to improve recognition of domain-specific terms, rare words, and phrases.
Speaker diarization: The service can predict which speaker produced each utterance in a conversation.
Audio handling: The service supports multichannel recognition and says it can handle noisy audio without additional noise cancellation.
Specialized models: Google offers models tuned for uses including voice control, phone calls, and video transcription.
Security controls: Speech-to-Text API v2 supports data residency, audit logging, and customer-managed encryption keys.
On-premises option: Speech-to-Text On-Prem runs in customers’ private data centers and is offered through a sales contact.
Integration and developer access: The documentation lists REST and RPC APIs, client libraries, and command-line quickstarts.
Connected service example: A Google Cloud tutorial describes using Speech-to-Text with Translation API to create localized video subtitles.
Billing limits: Pricing depends on audio duration, number of channels, recognition model, batch method, and API version; each channel is billed separately.
Company: Google Inc. was officially born in August 1998, and Google’s current headquarters is in Mountain View, California.
Price from: $0.02/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Transcription Software in 2026#8 of 43
Best Speech-to-Text Software in 2026#8 of 32
Best Audio Transcription Software in 2026#11 of 31
Best Speech Recognition Software in 2026#6 of 28

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Sources

cloud.google.com/speech-to-text· checked 3 Oct 2026
docs.cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/docs· checked 3 Oct 2026
cloud.google.com/speech-to-text/pricing· checked 3 Oct 2026
about.google/company-info/our-story/· checked 3 Oct 2026