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AI voice API pricing comparison

Compare selected voice-session and transcription prices while keeping unlike billing units and input/output components separate.

Direct answer

The decision in brief

Match the job and billing unit before comparing prices. Realtime sessions, speech generation and transcription can charge by audio token, text token or minute, so a single cheapest-price ranking would give the wrong answer.

Voice and transcription prices

These services perform different jobs. Compare rows only after matching the use case and billing components.

Selected official prices checked 2026-09-13
ServiceUse casePriceBilling conditionSource
OpenAI
gpt-live-1
Voice session$0.050per minuteVoice session only; backend model and tool use is separateOfficial source
2026-09-13
OpenAI
gpt-transcribe
Transcription$0.0045per minuteEstimated transcription price stated by OpenAIOfficial source
2026-09-13
Google
gemini-3.5-live-translate-preview
Live speech translation$0.0368approx per minuteApproximate combined audio rate derived by Google from its token billingOfficial source
2026-09-13
Google
gemini-3.5-transcribe
Transcription$0.005 input + $0.004 outputper minute input outputAudio input and text output are separate billable componentsOfficial source
2026-09-13

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