Start free with 45 minutes of audio. Process Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrinya, and English audio with predictable per-second rates as your workload expands.
All plans include both web workspace and developer REST API access
For exploring Ethiopian audio intelligence
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For individual researchers, developers and builders
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For production products and high-volume pipelines
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For institutions and heavy data analysis workflows
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Understand exactly how audio minutes are measured, charged, and safeguarded. Zero penalty markups or invoice surprises.
Processed audio is metered to the exact second. A 3-minute and 12-second recording consumes exactly 3.2 minutes, never rounded up to the nearest hour.
Audio processed beyond included plan hours is billed at fixed, predictable rates ($0.012 to $0.015 per minute) with zero penalty multipliers.
Set a monthly spending limit in workspace settings. If your cap is reached, processing pauses safely until you explicitly authorize additional volume.
Jobs that fail due to corrupt file encodings or system faults never consume your monthly quota and are never billed.
Select your expected monthly audio volume and base subscription plan to view an exact itemized monthly invoice preview.
Estimate based on processing volume. Applicable local taxes or contractual discounts may apply.
Detailed specifications covering language models, concurrency limits, API features, and workspace collaboration.
| Feature | Free ($0) | Creator ($12) | Team ($49) | Research ($149) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech Recognition & Language Models | ||||
Supported Languages Native acoustic models tuned for Horn of Africa phonetics | Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrinya, English | Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrinya, English | All 4 Languages + Code-switching | All 4 Languages + Code-switching |
Speaker Diarization Separates distinct speakers with millisecond timestamps | ||||
Ge'ez Fidel Punctuation Native fidel punctuation formatting (፡ ፣ ፤ ፥ ፦ ፧ ፨) | ||||
Confidence Scoring Word-level phonetic probability metrics | — | |||
Custom Vocabulary Priming Bias acoustic models for legal, banking, medical, or regional terms | — | — | Standard | Advanced / Dedicated |
| Capacity & Processing Limits | ||||
Monthly Audio Allowance | 45 min (lifetime) | 10 hours (600 min) | 50 hours (3,000 min) | 200 hours (12,000 min) |
Daily Audio Uploads | 3 audios / day | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Additional Usage Rate | Upgrade required | $0.015/min ($0.90/hr) | $0.014/min ($0.84/hr) | $0.012/min ($0.72/hr) |
Max Single Audio Duration | 45 minutes | 180 minutes (3 hours) | 300 minutes (5 hours) | 300 minutes (5 hours) |
Max Single Upload File Size | 100 MB | 300 MB | 1,024 MB (1 GB) | 1,024 MB (1 GB) |
Queue Priority | Standard | Standard | Priority GPU Queue | Priority GPU Queue |
| Developer API & Concurrency | ||||
REST API & Playground | ||||
Rate Limit (RPM) | 15 requests / min | 60 requests / min | 180 requests / min | 360 requests / min |
Concurrent Processing Jobs | 1 worker | 3 concurrent workers | 10 concurrent workers | 25 concurrent workers |
Webhook Delivery Asynchronous job completion webhooks with HMAC signatures | — | Retries + Delivery Logs | Retries + Delivery Logs | |
API Keys | 1 Key | 2 Keys | Multiple (Dev & Prod) | Unlimited + Zero-downtime rotation |
| Workspace & Analysis | ||||
Workspace Seats | 1 seat | 1 seat | Up to 5 seats | Unlimited seats |
Interactive Audio Editor Synced playback with click-to-seek word transcripts | ||||
Corpus Analysis & Search Semantic search and AI interrogation across recordings | — | Search across files | Corpus Q&A + Search | Deep multi-file interrogation |
Export Formats | TXT, JSON | TXT, JSON, SRT, VTT | TXT, JSON, SRT, VTT, DOCX, CSV | All formats + Batch ZIP |
Cloud Storage Quota | 1 GB | 25 GB | 100 GB | 500 GB |
| Billing & Compliance | ||||
Payment Currencies | Free ($0) | USD or ETB | USD or ETB | USD or ETB |
Local Ethiopian Payment Options | — | Card / Telebirr | Card / Telebirr / CBE Birr | Official CBE Tax Invoice / Wire |
Monthly Spending Limits Set a hard maximum monthly overage budget | — | |||
Technical Support | Community docs | Email support (24h SLA) | Priority email & chat | Dedicated technical channel |
For commercial banks, judicial courts, government ministries, and telecoms requiring complete data sovereignty. We deploy containerized speech models behind your firewall with zero foreign data telemetry.
Air-Gapped VPC
100% on-soil sovereignty
CBE Invoiced
Official tax invoice & wire
Custom Tuning
Legal & banking lexicon
99.9% SLA
Direct engineering line
Clear answers regarding plan limits, local Ethiopian currency payments, overage meters, and data sovereignty.
Yes. Every new account receives 45 free minutes of transcription across Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrinya, and English. You have full access to both the web workspace and the Developer REST API. No credit card is required to begin.
Yes. You can choose annual billing for any paid tier to receive an immediate 20% discount compared to standard monthly rates. Your full recurring monthly audio allocations are active immediately.
Yes. We support direct local payments via Telebirr (+251913610765), Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (1000335942004), and Bank of Abyssinia (6800106) under account holder Tadesse Tilaye Kitaw. Your transaction is verified in real time, with higher quotas activated immediately.
Usage beyond your plan's included monthly hours is billed strictly per second processed with zero penalty fees. On the Team plan, additional usage is $0.014 per minute ($0.84 per hour). You can configure a monthly spending limit in workspace settings to prevent unexpected charges.
Yes. Your subscription covers both the interactive web workspace (transcription editor, Data Studio analytics, Corpus Analysis search) and your Developer API keys with unified quotas, shared team permissions, and centralized usage metering.
Yes. For commercial banks, judicial courts, government ministries, and telecom operators requiring complete data sovereignty, we deploy containerized speech models within your private VPC or on-premise infrastructure with zero foreign telemetry.
Yes. You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your subscription at any time directly from workspace settings. When upgrading, unused portions of your existing billing cycle are prorated immediately.
Get 45 free minutes across Amharic, Afaan Oromoo, Tigrinya, and English. No credit card required.