30 minutes of audio: Sume STT $0.30 vs Scribe v2 $0.11
Transcribing a 30-minute interview: Sume's $0.01 per audio minute is $0.30; ElevenLabs lists Scribe v2 at $0.22 per hour, $0.11. Read 2026-10-09.
Transcribing a 30-minute interview (30 minutes of audio) costs $0.30 on Sume and $0.11 on ElevenLabs Scribe v2. Sume is 2.7 times the price, so on cost alone Scribe v2 is cheaper for plain transcripts.
The arithmetic
Sume STT 1.0 is $0.01 per audio minute in the public catalog, which is $0.60 per hour. ElevenLabs lists Scribe v2 at $0.22 per hour and Scribe v2 Realtime at $0.39 per hour (read 2026-10-09).
| Service | Rate | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sume STT 1.0 | $0.01 per minute ($0.60 per hour) | $0.30 |
| ElevenLabs Scribe v2 | $0.22 per hour | $0.11 |
| ElevenLabs Scribe v2 Realtime | $0.39 per hour | $0.20 |
Why pay more
The gap is $0.19 for this job. It buys you the transcript inside the same account, key and balance as your video, image and voice jobs, with one job id to poll. If transcription is a standalone workload at volume, price it against Scribe directly first.
Omit the duration and Sume reserves from an estimate, so pass the real length when you know it.
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