Apify vs AssemblyAI
Both cover data. Apify is the cheaper way in at $19/mo .
Entry cost
Apify $19/mo
Marketplace of ready-made scrapers plus hosting to run them.
Free tier: yes · Billing: usage
AssemblyAI —/mo
Speech API with speaker labels and audio intelligence.
Free tier: yes · Billing: usage
Plan by plan
| Apify | Price | AssemblyAI | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API - Universal-3.5 Pro | $0.21 |
| Starter | $19 | Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API - Universal-2 | $0.15 |
| Scale | $199 | Realtime Speech-to-Text API - Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime | $0.45 |
| Business | $999 | Realtime Speech-to-Text API - Universal-Streaming | $0.15 |
| — | — | Realtime Speech-to-Text API - Universal-Streaming Multilingual | $0.15 |
| — | — | Sync Speech-to-Text API - Sync API | $0.30 |
| — | — | Voice Agent API | $4.50 |
Which to pick
Apify — Scraping a site someone has already solved.
AssemblyAI — Building transcript features without training models.
Apify checked 2026-10-16 · AssemblyAI checked 2026-10-06