Why we said Use
What it is
Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agents. See the official page. This profile describes public documentation, not a Loaded Tokens hands-on test.
Who it is for
Developers who can price audio by the minute or the thousand characters. The recommendation is scoped to that job.
The evidence behind Use
The rate card is public. Add-ons such as redaction are extra. Streaming and pre-recorded are different rows. The source page is the receipt. No speed ranking or reliability score is implied.
Pricing and the catch
$200 free credit, then pay as you go. Nova-3 monolingual pre-recorded is $0.0043 a minute. Aura-2 is $0.030 per 1,000 characters. Public pricing or license checked November 7, 2026. Amounts are as stated on that page. Tax, region, annual billing, and extra usage can change the bill.
A sensible first workflow
Transcribe one hour you already understand and compare the invoice with the table. This is a suggested evaluation, not a test we ran.
Bottom line: Use it when you want a published rate more than a mystery bundle.