Maestra pricing, explained
Read on maestra.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026.
Transcription plans: Pay As You Go $12 per 60 credits (60 minutes); Lite $23 a month, 180 minutes; Basic $39 a month, 360 minutes; Premium $79 a month, 900 minutes, with one extra team member and API access; Enterprise custom. Every transcription plan lists 125+ languages.
The displayed plan prices carry 'Save' amounts and appear to be annual-billing rates, but the page does not label them, and it does not list file limits or export formats.
Side-by-side
Maestra figures from maestra.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026. Where their page does not say, the cell says so.
| Feature | Whipscribe | Maestra |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | $4 for 500 minutes, $12 for 2,000, $24 for 5,000 | $12 per 60 minutes |
| Plans | None needed; Workspace optional at $19 a month | Lite $23 (180 min), Basic $39 (360), Premium $79 (900) a month |
| Languages | 99+ | 125+ |
| Beyond transcripts | Summary, chapters, translation into 99 languages | Subtitles, voiceover, dubbing and live captions |
| Largest file | 10 hours or 5 GB | Not shown on the pricing page |
| Exports | TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON | Not listed on the pricing page |
Whipscribe prices are the ones on /pricing. Product notes: Maestra on our tools index.
What a month costs
Maestra's displayed plan prices appear to be annual-billing rates.
| Your month | Whipscribe | Maestra |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour a month | The $4 pack of 500 minutes lasts about 8 months: about $0.48 a month at $0.48 an hour | Pay as you go: $12 |
| 10 hours a month | The $12 pack of 2,000 minutes lasts about 3 months: about $3.60 a month at $0.36 an hour | Premium: $79 a month (900 minutes) |
| 50 hours a month | The $24 pack of 5,000 minutes lasts about 7 weeks: about $14.40 a month at $0.29 an hour. Or Workspace, $19 a month for up to 150 hours | Past Premium's 900 minutes: pay as you go is $600 for 3,000 minutes, by our arithmetic; Enterprise is custom |
Whipscribe: one-time packs, credits never expire, so the monthly figure is the share of a pack you use. Maestra: maestra.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026.
Be fair to Maestra
AI voiceover, voice cloning and lip-sync, which Whipscribe does not offer.
Real-time captions and translation for streams and events.
125+ listed for transcription.
Where each one wins
Switching
Questions people ask first
Pay As You Go $12 per 60 minutes; Lite $23, Basic $39 and Premium $79 a month for 180, 360 and 900 minutes (maestra.ai/pricing, checked 26 October 2026).
Yes for transcription alone: 60 minutes is $12 on Maestra pay as you go and part of a $4 pack of 500 minutes on Whipscribe.
No. Whipscribe transcribes, summarises and translates transcripts; it does not generate voices.
Every Maestra figure on this page was read on maestra.ai/pricing on 26 October 2026, as the page displayed it (currency USD). Pricing pages change without notice, so check theirs before you buy.
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Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. Credits never expire, no seat fee.
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