What audio tools cost to run
30 tools in this category publish a monthly price. The median is $25, from $8.00 to $99. What follows is what the model underneath would cost at four shapes of work, and what that leaves for everything the company actually built.
One person using an assistant through a working day.
The median seat, $25, on the light workload
The same seat price, the same work, three model choices. Nothing about the product changed between those rows. That gap is the reason to ask a vendor which model is underneath and whether it can change without telling you.
Every audio tool that publishes a price
Entry price against the light workload on Gemini 3.1 Pro. Where the price is a range, the figure is the lowest published monthly number.
| Tool | Entry price | Model cost | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krisp | $8.00 | $11 | $-2.56 (-32%) |
| Listnr | $9.00 | $11 | $-1.56 (-17%) |
| Cleanvoice AI | $10 | $11 | $-0.56 (-6%) |
| Suno | $10 | $11 | $-0.56 (-6%) |
| Udio | $10 | $11 | $-0.56 (-6%) |
| Auphonic | $11 | $11 | $0.44 (4%) |
| Podsqueeze | $15 | $11 | $4.44 (30%) |
| Happy Scribe | $17 | $11 | $6.44 (38%) |
| Fireflies.ai | $19 | $11 | $8.44 (44%) |
| Riverside | $19 | $11 | $8.44 (44%) |
| Otter.ai | $20 | $11 | $9.44 (47%) |
| Sonix | $22 | $11 | $11 (52%) |
| Podcastle | $24 | $11 | $13 (56%) |
| Descript Audio | $24 | $11 | $13 (56%) |
| Maestra | $24 | $11 | $13 (56%) |
| LOVO AI | $25 | $11 | $14 (58%) |
| Murf.ai | $26 | $11 | $15 (59%) |
| Swell AI | $27 | $11 | $16 (61%) |
| Play.ht | $29 | $11 | $18 (64%) |
| Castmagic | $29 | $11 | $18 (64%) |
| Synthflow | $29 | $11 | $18 (64%) |
| Suno AI | $30 | $11 | $19 (65%) |
| Alitu | $38 | $11 | $27 (72%) |
| Cartesia | $49 | $11 | $38 (78%) |
| Wondercraft | $49 | $11 | $38 (78%) |
| Smallest AI | $50 | $11 | $39 (79%) |
| Goodcall | $59 | $11 | $48 (82%) |
| My AI Front Desk | $65 | $11 | $54 (84%) |
| Trint | $80 | $11 | $69 (87%) |
| ElevenLabs | $99 | $11 | $88 (89%) |
A model, not an audit. We do not know which model any of these run on or how much work a seat does, and the figures exclude caching, batching and volume discounts, all of which push a real bill down.