Gladia vs TurboScribe
Gladia
gladia.io
TurboScribe
turboscribe.aiSide by side
| Figure | Gladia | TurboScribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.20/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 3 |
| Spec score · Transcription Software | 8.9 (#6) | 7.7 (#34) |
| Spec score · Speech-to-Text Software | 8.9 (#6) | 7.8 (#25) |
| Spec score · Transcription tools | 9.0 (#5) | 8.4 (#15) |
| Spec score · AI transcription tools | 8.8 (#11) | 8.3 (#17) |
| API access | Yes | No |
| Export formats | SRT,VTT | PDF,DOCX,TXT,CSV,SRT,VTT |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Product | Gladia provides audio infrastructure to record, transcribe, and enrich audio through an API. | TurboScribe is an AI service that converts audio and video files to text in over 98 languages. |
| Security | The Compliance Hub says customer data is not used for model training by default and describes encryption at rest and in transit. | The maker says media and transcripts are encrypted at rest using algorithms such as AES-256, connections use HTTPS/SSL, and its primary data infrastructure is in the United States. |
| Speaker identification | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Starter and Growth include help center and Discord support; Enterprise includes premium support with dedicated Slack and an account manager. | The maker offers email support and says its team supports dozens of languages. |
| Timestamp support | Yes | Yes |
| Transcription | It offers async transcription and real-time speech transcription, including live streaming. | It offers three transcription modes named Cheetah, Dolphin, and Whale, described as fastest, balanced, and most accurate. |
Plans
Gladia
- Starter - asynchronous$0.61 a month
- Starter - real-time$0.75 a month
- Growth - asynchronous$0.20 a month
- Growth - real-time$0.25 a month
- StarterFree
- EnterprisePrice not published
- GrowthPriced on request
TurboScribe
- TurboScribe FreeFree
- TurboScribe Unlimited$20 a month
- TurboScribe Unlimited$120 a year
In their own words
Gladia
Gladia provides audio infrastructure through an API for recording, transcribing, and enriching audio. It offers asynchronous and real-time transcription, including live streaming, with Starter supporting 100+ languages and automatic language detection and switching. Listed audio tools include speaker diarization, sentiment analysis, PII redaction, entity detection, and audio-to-LLM processing. Developers can use Python or Node.js SDKs, WebSocket streaming, or REST uploads; named integrations include Pipecat, LiveKit, Twilio, Retell, Zapier, Make, and n8n. Transcripts can include speaker labels and timestamps, and SRT and VTT are listed export formats. Starter is listed at free and includes 50€ in one-time credits that do not expire. Flexible pay-as-you-go Starter rates are $0.61 a month for asynchronous transcription and $0.75 a month for real-time transcription. Hourly call and total audio limits vary by tier. Gladia also offers GladiaFlow, a desktop voice dictation app for Mac and Windows; its code is available under the MIT license.
TurboScribe
TurboScribe has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.