Every Speak AI trial runs 7 days with every premium feature turned on: transcription, AI Chat, the Meeting Assistant, automations, insights, and exports. No credit card required, and nothing is charged when it ends.
Your trial comes with 2 credits. One balance covers everything, so you choose whether to spend it on transcription, on AI Chat, on translation, or on a mix of all three. Credits carry a dollar value, and Speak shows the estimated cost before you run something.
What 2 credits covers
Spend the whole balance on one thing and you get:
| What you do | Rate | 2 credits covers |
|---|---|---|
| Transcribe uploaded audio or video | 1 credit an hour | 2 hours |
| Transcribe with the Azure or AWS engines | 1.5 credits an hour | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Record a meeting with the Meeting Assistant | 2 credits an hour | 1 hour |
| Translate a transcript | 6 credits per 100,000 characters | about 33,000 characters, roughly 40 minutes of speech |
| Ask AI Chat a question | 0.1 credits a question | about 20 questions |
| Analyze text notes | 1 credit per 100 notes | 200 notes |
| Import a YouTube video | 0.05 credits an import | 40 imports |
Transcription is billed by the minute, not rounded up to the hour. A 12-minute file costs 0.2 credits and leaves the rest of your balance for something else.
Want to work out a different balance, or check what a specific recording costs before you upload it? Use the credits calculator.
Which AI model the trial uses
During the trial your account sits on the free tier, so AI Chat runs on Gemini 2.5 Flash. Premium models such as Claude Sonnet, Claude Opus, and GPT-5.5 show a lock in the model picker and open up when you upgrade.
That is what keeps chat cheap while you evaluate. A premium model costs roughly 16 to 30 times more per question, so the same 2 credits would cover one or two questions instead of twenty. Comparing models is a paid-plan exercise, not a trial one.
Is 2 credits enough for you?
Work it out against what you actually want to test:
- One interview or one podcast episode. Yes. A 45-minute recording transcribes for 0.75 credits and leaves more than a credit for AI Chat and exports.
- A short meeting through the Meeting Assistant. Yes. A 30-minute meeting costs 1 credit, which is half the balance.
- A transcript plus a translation. Yes, for a short file. A 20-minute recording costs 0.33 credits to transcribe and about 0.96 credits to translate, so roughly 1.3 credits together.
- A full research study, a back catalogue, or a week of team meetings. No. Two credits will not cover it, and running out mid-evaluation tells you nothing useful.
If your evaluation is in that last group, ask us and we’ll set up a custom trial sized to it: book a free consult or write to success@speakai.co.
What happens when the trial ends
You are not charged. The account converts to the free tier: you keep access to Speak AI, your uploads, transcripts, and analysis. Limits apply to new work, not to what you already made. Upgrade whenever it’s actually worth it to you: compare plans.
Can I test with a long recording?
Yes, and a single long file can use the whole balance. Two hours of audio is exactly 2 credits, so a two-hour recording spends the trial in one upload. That is a legitimate test, not a problem, as long as you know it leaves nothing for AI Chat afterwards. If you want both, upload something shorter first.
Do trial transcripts work like paid ones?
Yes: view, edit, export, and share them exactly as on a paid plan. That’s the point of the trial: judge Speak AI on your own recordings, end to end.
Related: Credits calculator · Plans and pricing · Credits and usage · Upload files · Evaluating for a team? Book a demo and see your own recordings analyzed