AssemblyAI vs Firecrawl
Both cover data. Firecrawl is the cheaper way in at $16/mo .
Entry cost
AssemblyAI —/mo
Speech API with speaker labels and audio intelligence.
Free tier: yes · Billing: usage
Plan by plan
| AssemblyAI | Price | Firecrawl | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API - Universal-3.5 Pro | $0.21 | Free | Free |
| Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API - Universal-2 | $0.15 | Hobby | $16 |
| Realtime Speech-to-Text API - Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime | $0.45 | Standard | $83 |
| Realtime Speech-to-Text API - Universal-Streaming | $0.15 | Growth | $333 |
| Realtime Speech-to-Text API - Universal-Streaming Multilingual | $0.15 | Scale | $599 |
| Sync Speech-to-Text API - Sync API | $0.30 | Enterprise | — |
| Voice Agent API | $4.50 | — | — |
Which to pick
AssemblyAI — Building transcript features without training models.
Firecrawl — Feeding live web data into an AI pipeline.
AssemblyAI checked 2026-10-06 · Firecrawl checked 2026-10-06