Sonix Pay As You Go is $10 an hour of audio. Whipscribe packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, about $0.80 an hour, and credits never expire. No subscription needed, no seat to carry. Below: Sonix pricing in full, worked examples, and where each one fits.
Sonix pricing, explained
Work out which side of that line your month sits on and the rest answers itself.
Sonix Pay As You Go is $10 an hour of audio, no subscription, single user. The plans include hours instead: Core at $25 a month or $275 a year with 5 hours a month, Advanced at $50 a month or $550 a year with 20 hours, and Pro at $80 a month or $880 a year with 40 hours (per sonix.ai/pricing, checked 25 October 2026).
The detail that decides it: extra hours on any subscription are $10 an hour, the same as Pay As You Go, and an extra seat is $25 a month or $275 a year. A plan beats hourly billing only in months you use the hours it includes. Whipscribe is one-time packs: $4 for 300 minutes, $18 for 3,000 and $32 for 6,000, about $0.32 to $0.80 an audio hour, with no seat fee.
Side-by-side
Sonix figures are from sonix.ai/pricing, checked 25 October 2026. Anything we did not re-check that day says “Not verified”.
| Feature | Whipscribe | Sonix |
|---|---|---|
| Pay as you go | $4 for 300 minutes (about $0.80 an hour), $18 for 3,000, $32 for 6,000 | Pay As You Go: $10 an hour, no subscription, single user |
| Monthly plans | No subscription needed; Workspace is optional at $19 a month | Core $25/mo or $275/yr, 5 hours a month; Advanced $50/mo or $550/yr, 20 hours; Pro $80/mo or $880/yr, 40 hours |
| Going over the allowance | Buy another pack when it suits you | Extra hours $10 an hour on any subscription |
| Extra people | No seat fee | Extra seat $25 a month or $275 a year per seat |
| Do credits expire? | No, credits never expire | Not verified |
| Try before paying | Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes, no signup to start | Not verified |
| Links instead of files | YouTube, podcast, RSS, Google Drive, Twitch or Kick link | Not verified |
| Timestamps | Every line of the transcript carries its timestamp | Timestamps included (per Sonix site) |
| Languages | 99+ languages | Not verified |
| Export formats | TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, JSON | Not verified |
| Privacy | Transcribed on our own servers; never used to train any model | Not verified |
Sonix prices: sonix.ai/pricing, single user, US dollars, checked 25 October 2026. Product details: Sonix on our tools index.
What the price looks like in practice
Two hours sits under Core's 5-hour allowance, so the plan bills $25 for hours that go unused. Sonix Pay As You Go at $10 an hour is $20 for the same work, which is why their cheapest plan is not their cheapest option at low volume. On Whipscribe those 120 minutes come out of one $4 pack of 300, and the other 180 minutes stay in your balance.
When Sonix is the right choice: if your team already works inside the Sonix editor and uses its plan hours every month, a plan keeps everyone in one place. Whipscribe is built for people who want to pay only for the audio they transcribe, with no seat to carry.
Reading your own usage
Pick the card that matches your month rather than the plan that looks cheapest.
Solo podcasters and creators with one episode every week or two. Any monthly plan bills for hours you will not reach; Sonix Pay As You Go is $10 an hour. A $4 pack of 300 minutes covers five hours.
Researchers and journalists: three interviews in one week, then nothing for a month. Allowances handle this worst, because quiet months are still billed. Whipscribe credits never expire, so a quiet month costs nothing.
Using 20 or 40 hours every month is where Sonix plans are built to pay off, and each extra Sonix seat is $25 a month. Whipscribe has no seat fee: the $32 pack holds 6,000 minutes, 100 hours.
Other Sonix alternatives
Meeting-notes product for Zoom, Meet and Teams calls (per otter.ai). Fits people who want notes from live meetings.
Human transcription at $1.99 a minute (per rev.com/pricing, checked 25 October 2026). Fits work that needs a person to type it.
Pay as you go at $0.20 a minute on its Basic, Pro and Business plans (per happyscribe.com/pricing, checked 25 October 2026). The usual “Happy Scribe vs Sonix” pair.
An audio and video editor that treats the transcript as the timeline (per descript.com). A different kind of product.
Questions people ask first
Sonix Pay As You Go is $10 an hour of audio; its plans are Core at $25 a month with 5 hours, Advanced at $50 with 20 hours and Pro at $80 with 40 hours (per sonix.ai/pricing, checked 25 October 2026). Whipscribe packs start at $4 for 300 minutes, about $0.80 an audio hour, then $18 for 3,000 minutes and $32 for 6,000. Two hours a month is $20 on Sonix Pay As You Go; on Whipscribe those 120 minutes fit inside one $4 pack with 180 minutes left over.
Two ways. Pay As You Go is $10 an hour with no subscription, for a single user. Or a plan with hours inside it: Core $25 a month or $275 a year with 5 hours a month, Advanced $50 a month or $550 a year with 20 hours, Pro $80 a month or $880 a year with 40 hours (per sonix.ai/pricing, checked 25 October 2026).
Sonix lists extra hours at $10 an hour on any subscription, the same as its Pay As You Go rate (checked 25 October 2026). A plan only saves money in months you use the hours it includes. On Whipscribe you buy another pack when you need one, and credits never expire.
Sonix lists an extra seat at $25 a month or $275 a year per seat (checked 25 October 2026). Whipscribe has no seat fee and no subscription is needed: you pay for audio minutes, not for people.
No. Drop a file or paste a link on this page to start. Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.
API access comes with the $32 pack (6,000 minutes) or with Workspace at $19 a month. The $4 and $18 packs do not include it.
Yes. Paste a YouTube, podcast, RSS, Google Drive, Twitch or Kick link and Whipscribe pulls the audio. Zoom meeting links are not accepted: export the recording from Zoom and upload the file instead.
Recordings are transcribed on our own servers; audio is never sent to a third-party AI service and is never used to train, fine-tune or evaluate any model. You can delete a recording and its transcript at any time.
Any audio or video file (MP3, MP4, M4A, WAV, FLAC, OGG, WEBM, MOV and more), up to 10 hours or 5 GB per file, in 99+ languages. Exports are TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON.
It depends on the job. Otter.ai is built for meeting notes, Rev sells human transcription ($1.99 a minute per rev.com/pricing, checked 25 October 2026), Happy Scribe charges $0.20 a minute pay as you go (per happyscribe.com/pricing, checked 25 October 2026), and Descript is an audio and video editor. Whipscribe is for turning a recording you already have into a timestamped transcript, from $4 for 300 minutes.
Every Sonix figure on this page was read on sonix.ai/pricing on 25 October 2026, single user, US dollars. Pricing pages change without notice, so check their page before you buy.
Every recording starts with a free preview of its opening minutes; a pack from $4 (300 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export. Credits never expire, no seat fee.
Try Whipscribe →If you are deciding between several services: see transcription services from $4.