Salad Transcription API

Stop overpaying for AI transcription

The lowest priced transcription API

Today's transcription APIs are massively overpriced. SaladCloud offers the lowest-priced transcription API in the market with unparalleled accuracy, covering speech-to-text transcription, translation, summarization & analysis in one unified API.

Salad GPU cloud
91.13%
2nd best accuracy in industry
$0.10/hr
Up to 8333 hrs/mo
$0.08/hr
8334 to 16,666 hrs/mo
$0.06/hr
16,667 to 33,333 hrs/mo

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Salad TRANSCRIPTION API - ACCURACY BENCHMARK results

High Accuracy.
Up to 90% less cost.

Salad Transcription API offers high accuracy for various media types at 20%- 90% less cost than other Transcription APIs in the industry. While other tools just transcribe the words, SaladCloud provides human-readable transcripts with punctuation, capitalization, sentence, and paragraph structure.

Media
Salad
Assembly AI
AWS Transcribe
Google STT
90.02%
91.37%
87.48%
85.49%
91.56%
92.84%
91.85%
88.95%
94.24%
94.31%
92.25%
91.25%
Media
Salad
Assembly AI
AWS Transcribe
Google STT
91.28%
92.31%
86.34%
84.26%
93.80%
94.41%
91.05%
90.83%
91.47%
95.70%
89.36%
89.75%
94.49%
95.46%
91.62%
89.72%
93.42%
92.70%
87.81%
87.98%
Media type
Salad
Assembly AI
AWS Transcribe
Google STT
94.43%
91.49%
87.42%
86.93%
95.59%
97.45%
96.18%
96.35%
87.15%
89.65%
86.15%
85.22%
91.86%
89.70%
84.46%
85.12%
91.69%
88.48%
86.43%
84.68%
Media type
Salad
Assembly AI
AWS Transcribe
Google STT
92.69%
93.98%
91.56%
90.02%
92.24%
90.06%
86.98%
86.60%
84.95%
86.07%
82.03%
77.58%
89.97%
88.65%
87.26%
80.93%

No more expensive APIs

Thanks to a needless mix of custom models, datacenter GPUs, and add-on pricing, transcription APIs charge a high price. By using Whisper Large v3 and consumer GPUs, SaladCloud provides highly accurate, full-featured transcription at up to 90% less cost than other APIs.

Transcripts & Summaries

Gain valuable insights by transcribing 1000s of hours of calls & meetings without breaking the bank. Get summaries and LLM-powered analysis of your transcripts to unlock critical insights.  

Translations

Get better machine translation economics on SaladCloud. Translate audio to English from 97+ languages. Translate between English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Hindi, Spanish & Thai using LLM integration.

Captions

Improve the accessibility and engagement of your video content. Generate precise, industry-standard SRT files for use across various platforms and devices. Translate captions at no additional cost.

Built for Transcription at scale in 97+ languages

The Salad Transcription API provides a one-stop solution that not only transcribes audio with high accuracy but also translates, summarizes, improves, and analyzes content using LLMs. This integration reduces operational costs, saves time, and simplifies workflows for growing businesses.

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Flexible inputs

Supports popular audio (MP3, WAV, FLAC, etc.), video (MP4, MOV, FLV, etc.) & customer knowledge (SQL, OWL, JSON, etc.) formats.

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Multi-lingual support

Transcribe in 97 languages, caption in multiple languages, translate from 99 languages to English and utilize the LLM integration to translate between 8 languages.

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Automatic Speech Recogition

High-quality ASR solution with language ID, transcription, diarization & word-level time-coding.

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LLM integration

Leverage Llama3 8B for seamless translations to multiple languages, summarization, text insights, custom tasks, and more.

Fully customizable

From custom vocabulary for improved accuracy to custom prompts instructing LLMs to update the transcripts, tailor the API to your needs easily.  

SRT Output

Produce industry-standard SRT files ready for use by popular video editors and players with strict industry compliance and segmentation.

Salad AI Transcription
affordable & versatile

Democratizing access to transcription with AI

Today, budgets for transcription and accessibility within enterprise organizations are dwindling. At the same time, incumbent APIs are way too expensive to perform large-scale transcription profitably. SaladCloud changes that with the power of open-source models & distributed computing, leading to affordable, accurate transcription.

Take advantage of geo-distributed nodes
SaladCloud's infrastructure includes 1 million+ distributed nodes and 10K+ consumer GPUs at any time, ready to tackle millions of hours of transcription.
Transcribe multiple media-types at the lowest cost
Switch from other transcription APIs and save up to 90%. From media companies and podcasts transcribing millions of hours per month to e-learning companies needing human-readable transcripts, our API service provides high-quality transcripts at the lowest cost in the market.
Accurate & readable

Highly accurate, human-readable transcripts

Get high-quality, human-readable transcripts with punctuation, capitalization, etc. - with 91.3% average accuracy across different media types.

Premier accuracy at 50% less cost
Our transcription API delivered an average of 91.13% in a benchmark, on par with Assembly AI but at up to 50% less cost.
Multi-model, open-source Whisper powered accuracy
For most transcription cases, today's open-source models perform comparably, if not better than, custom-developed models from many APIs. By combining appropriate open-source models in a multi-model approach, SaladCloud is bringing high-accuracy, feature-rich transcription at low cost.
Salad GPU cloud - deployment options
Salad Transcription API Integrations

Connect to 100s of Apps

Easily connect the Salad Transcription API to your existing tools and workflows with our Zapier and Pabbly Connect integrations.
CloudConvert
Zoom
Notion
Dropbox
GDrive
Youtube
Vimeo
Chatfuel

Transcription managed start to end for you

Our low prices increase your business profitability while meeting content accessibility & utilization goals with ease.  

No virtual machine management on SaladCloud
Lowest price

Our prices are 20-50% lower than the next best option in the market with similar accuracy.  

Less data costs
High accuracy

Our multi-step, multi-model AI approach delivers top-notch accuracy by utilizing leading open-source models.  

Less DevOps
Ease of use

One API to transcribe and deliver ancillary tasks like summarization, translation, captioning and subtitling.

Infinite GPU scalability on cloud
Infinite scalability

Our elastic infrastructure enables you to easily scale from zero to millions of hours transcribed per year.

Frequently Asked Questions

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How do I switch to SaladCloud from another API provider?

Switching to SaladCloud is designed to be seamless and cost-effective. The investment includes a one-time setup cost, after which customers can enjoy substantial savings and a high return on investment (~533%) from the very first year.

How does SaladCloud have the lowest prices for transcription in the market?

Unlike other API providers that rely on expensive, high-end GPUs from hyperscalers, SaladCloud's transcription service utilizes our proprietary distributed cloud powered by 1000s of consumer GPUs at the lowest price in the market. This low-cost compute model allows us to offer transcription services at significantly lower prices without compromising quality. Our tiered pricing model is designed to cater to high-volume needs, providing clear cost advantages as usage scales up.

How does SaladCloud maintain high accuracy in its transcriptions?

SaladCloud employs a combination of open-source AI models, including Audio Enhancement, Automatic Speech Recognition technology, and large language models. These models are enhanced by a dedicated Knowledge Base that accounts for custom vocabulary and contextual nuances.

Can you handle complex transcription needs like diarization and accents?

Yes, SaladCloud's service includes diarization to differentiate between speakers and accent modification in the pre-processing stage to handle diverse accents effectively, ensuring high-quality transcription regardless of complexity.

How does security work on SaladCloud's service?

Every day, 100s of businesses trust SaladCloud infrastructure with their data, thanks to our multi-step security framework ensuring that data is safeguarded at every step of the way. Our SOC-2-compliant cloud infrastructure utilizes end-to-end encryption of your data, isolated processing environments, data sanitization, and access controls to safeguard the confidentiality and integrity of customer files.