> Gladia
Gladia is a speech-to-text API for real-time streaming and async transcription in 100+ languages with speaker diarization, word-level timestamps, and automatic language detection. Prepaid credit wallet: Starter $0.61/hr async, $0.75/hr real-time; Growth from $0.20/hr async and $0.25/hr real-time (volume-committed); Enterprise custom. New accounts get 50€ in one-time free credits.
How we estimated this: the free allowance is converted to a dollar value using the provider’s own pay-as-you-go rates for the models a typical developer would reach for. When the allowance is metered in requests, tokens or minutes rather than dollars, we assume median usage of the cheapest capable model. Because assumptions are involved, the figure carries the est. flag — treat it as an order of magnitude, not a quote.
note: 50€ one-time free credit grant (no monthly reset); ≈ $54 at ~1.08 EUR/USD. Per Gladia FAQ, roughly 80+ hours of async or 60+ hours of real-time transcription at current rates.
| Plan | Type | Monthly | Input /1M | Output /1M | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (pay-as-you-go wallet) | payg | — | — | — | Async $0.61/hr; real-time $0.75/hr; 30 realtime / 25 async concurrent requests; prepaid credit wallet with auto top-up |
| Growth (committed volume) | subscription | — | — | — | Async from $0.20/hr, real-time from $0.25/hr (67% less than Starter); 99.9% uptime SLA; pricing via sales |
| Free credits (signup) | free | — | — | — | 50€ one-time free credit grant on signup (≈ 80+ hours async or 60+ hours real-time); no monthly reset |
| Enterprise | subscription | — | — | — | Annual plan; custom models, fine-tuning, debundled pricing, unlimited concurrency, zero data retention, custom hosting |
| Async Transcription | payg | — | — | — | $0.61 per audio hour (Starter plan). |
| Real-time Transcription | payg | — | — | — | $0.75 per audio hour (Starter plan). |
Pricing normalized from public sources — always verify with the provider.
// model prices
| Model | Input /1M | Output /1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladia Realtime Transcription | — | — | — |
| Gladia Async Transcription | — | — | — |
| Gladia STT | — | — | — |
| Gladia TTS | — | — | — |
$ Does Gladia have a free tier?
Yes — Gladia offers a free tier that we value at roughly $54.00 in free credits (estimate — derived from rate-limited usage at pay-as-you-go prices). Always confirm current limits on Gladia's official pricing page — free tiers change without notice.
$ How much does Gladia cost per 1M tokens?
Gladia does not publish simple per-1M-token pricing (it may bill per request, per output, or via a subscription plan). Check their official pricing page for exact figures.
$ Is Gladia safe to use?
Uprouter rates Gladia as low risk. Commercial API provider (used by Klarna, Aircall and 300k+ developers) with transparent per-hour pricing, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR/HIPAA compliance; free credits are a documented one-time signup grant. Risk ratings are editorial, evidence-based, and never influenced by affiliate relationships.
Raw community sentiment, shown unblended. Votes never feed into objective data fields like price, risk, or status — and never into sort order.
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live_status
current: unknownNo probes recorded yet.
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risk_&_confidence
Commercial API provider (used by Klarna, Aircall and 300k+ developers) with transparent per-hour pricing, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR/HIPAA compliance; free credits are a documented one-time signup grant.
Confidence reflects how much verifiable evidence (official docs, probe history, community reports) backs this entry. Risk is our editorial assessment of operator reliability and terms — not financial advice.
code_snippets
# Gladia's own API — get a key from their dashboard
curl https://gladia.io/chat/completions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer THEIR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"model": "gladia/realtime",
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }]
}'Direct to the provider — Uprouter receives nothing; verify their current pricing before purchasing.
Ranked by neutral similarity signals only — live status, free-tier shape and free-credit proximity. Commercial relationships never influence this list.