At a glance
- AssemblyAI is listed under Voice, alongside Cartesia, Deepgram and ElevenLabs.
- AssemblyAI has a free plan.
- AssemblyAI is available on API.
- AssemblyAI works with Twilio, Zapier, Zoom, LiveKit, Pipecat and others.
- AssemblyAI's main features: Pre-recorded Speech-to-Text API, Realtime Speech-to-Text API, Speech Understanding API, Voice Agent API, Dictation API, Guardrails.
- AssemblyAI's website lists SOC 2 and SSO.
- AssemblyAI has a public API.
Facts from assemblyai.com, checked October 20, 2026.
The summary writes itself once 5 people have reviewed this tool.
It's built only from what reviewers say: who it's best for, who should think twice, and what comes up again and again.

