Simon Says vs TurboScribe
Simon Says
simonsaysai.com
TurboScribe
turboscribe.aiSide by side
| Figure | Simon Says | TurboScribe |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 14 | 3 |
| Spec score · Transcription tools | 9.1 (#3) | 8.4 (#15) |
| Spec score · AI transcription tools | 8.8 (#12) | 8.3 (#17) |
| Spec score · Transcription Software | 8.6 (#15) | 7.7 (#34) |
| Export formats | Microsoft Word,text documents,Adobe Premiere Pro,Adobe Audition,Final Cut Pro X,Final Cut Pro 7,Grass Valley EDIUS,Avid Pro Tools,Avid Media Composer,DaVinci Resolve,SAMI,SRT,Avid STL/SubCap,WebVTT,CSV,Microsoft Excel,JSON,Lumberjack Ready,MAXQDA,burned-in subtitles/timecodes | PDF,DOCX,TXT,CSV,SRT,VTT |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Security | The Standard and Enhanced on-premises options run completely offline with no data sent to the cloud. | 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 | Pro+ includes priority support, and Enhanced on-premises includes priority support. | The maker offers email support and says its team supports dozens of languages. |
| Timestamp support | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Simon Says
- Pay as you go$15 a month
- Starter$180 a year
- Pro$396 a year
- Pro+$1,500 a year
- Pay as you goFree
- Starter$15 a month
- Pro$33 a month
- Trial Simon Says on-prem with 5 hours credit$100, paid once
- Pro+$125 a month
- Simon Says on-prem with 100 hours credit$2,500, paid once
TurboScribe
- TurboScribe FreeFree
- TurboScribe Unlimited$20 a month
- TurboScribe Unlimited$120 a year
In their own words
Simon Says
Simon Says is a transcription and media workflow product that uses speech recognition to turn audio and video into text, with translation and dubbing also available. Transcription and translation cover 100 languages. In the transcript editor, users can edit, bookmark, annotate, and share transcripts, then arrange text to assemble video. Exports include Word, subtitle formats such as SRT, and applications including Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Audition, Avid Media Composer, and DaVinci Resolve. The website accepts common production audio and video formats, with files up to four hours long; online import limits vary from 5GB to 40GB across plans. Listed platforms are web, extension, iOS, macOS, Windows, and self-hosted. The free plan includes 120 minutes, and paid pricing starts at $15/user/mo (annual). New users receive 15 minutes of free credit. The company says users own their account data and can delete it.
TurboScribe
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