Sonix

Uploads audio or video and returns a transcript in 50-plus languages, editable in a browser with search, speaker labels and translation.

Meetings & notes Apps

Checked 25 Sep 2026

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What you'd use it for

Turning a recording of an interview, meeting or lecture into an accurate, searchable transcript you can edit yourself, in any of 50-plus languages.

Upload audio or video and get back a searchable, speaker-labelled transcript
Edit the transcript text directly in a browser player that keeps audio and text in sync
Translate a finished transcript into another supported language
Generate summaries, chapters and automatic subtitles or captions for video
Pull in recordings from Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet or Webex rather than uploading files one by one

The verdict

Sonix's case is language breadth and a transcript editor that stays fast because everything happens in the browser, audio and text moving together. But every subscription tier is priced for one user — a five-person team on Core costs $125/mo once seats are added, not the $25/mo headline price — and under about two hours a month, the $10/hr Pay As You Go tier beats any subscription. It suits someone who transcribes occasionally to often and wants a clean editor, not a team hoping recordings show up on their own.

What it costs

Tier	Price	For	Includes
Pay As You Go	$10/hr	Occasional, one-off transcription jobs.	5 hrs/mo included, additional hours billed at $10/hr, single-user account.
Core	$25/mo ($275/yr)	An individual with steady, ongoing transcription needs.	20 hrs/mo transcription, 25 GB storage, self-serve support.
Advanced	$50/mo ($550/yr)	A growing team needing more monthly hours.	40 hrs/mo transcription, 50 GB storage, email support.
Pro	$80/mo ($880/yr)	A team relying on transcription as part of daily workflow.	More monthly hours, 100 GB storage, priority email and chat support.

Read from Sonix's own pricing page on 25 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.

What you need to start

A Sonix account, created with an email address
A credit card at signup, even to use the free 30-minute trial
An audio or video file to upload, or a connected Zoom, Teams, Meet or Webex recording

A couple of minutes to create an account, though the card prompt at signup slows down anyone expecting a true no-card trial; the first transcript itself is usually back within minutes of uploading.

Your first run Upload a file and a searchable, speaker-labelled transcript is typically back within minutes; the free trial covers your first 30 minutes of audio but asks for a card at signup before it will run.

Where it breaks

Extra seats on any multi-user plan cost +$25/mo (+$275/yr) each, on top of the base tier price — the tier price alone does not cover a team.

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When not to use it

Not for a team that wants a bot to join calls automatically off a shared calendar and hand back a summary unprompted — Sonix connects to Zoom and Teams but still needs a recording brought to it, which is a job Happy Scribe's calendar-synced notetaker does instead. Also not the cheapest choice for one person doing under two hours of transcription a month, where paying by the hour beats committing to a subscription.

Sonix does one job — turn a recording into text — and has been doing it long enough that it shows up in nearly every transcription comparison list without much fanfare. You upload a file, it comes back with a searchable transcript, and you edit mistakes in a browser player that keeps the audio and text in sync.

Against Happy Scribe, the main difference is where the money goes: Sonix leads with language coverage — 50-plus languages for transcription, with translation on top — while Happy Scribe leans harder into the AI-chat-with-your-recording layer on top of the transcript.

What you are actually paying for

The Pay As You Go tier at $10/hr is the honest option for someone with one interview to transcribe this month and nothing recurring. The subscription tiers (Core, Advanced, Pro) bundle a monthly hour allowance at a lower effective rate, which only pays off once you are transcribing regularly — under about two hours a month, Pay As You Go is cheaper.

Every subscription tier is priced for a single user; adding a colleague costs an extra $25/mo per seat regardless of which tier you are on, so a five-person team on Core is not a $25/mo tool, it is a $125/mo tool.

What it does not do

Sonix transcribes and translates. It does not sit in your calendar and join meetings automatically the way a live meeting bot does — you upload a file after the fact, and any summarising beyond that is on you.