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Free Tier
Transcribe Free Tier is only available in the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region operated by Sinnet. The Free Tier includes 60 minutes per month.
With Amazon Transcribe, you pay-as-you-go based on the seconds of audio transcribed per month.
Amazon Transcribe API for both streaming and batch transcriptions is billed monthly based on the tiered pricing shown below. Usage is billed in one-second increments, with a minimum per request charge of 15 seconds.
China (Beijing)
| Tier | Volume (minutes/month) | Streaming/Batch Transcriptions (¥/second) | Streaming/Batch Transcriptions (¥/minute) |
| T1 | First 250,000 minutes | ¥0.00270 | ¥0.16200 |
| T2 | Next 750,000 minutes | ¥0.00169 | ¥0.10140 |
| T3 | Over 1,000,000 minutes | ¥0.00113 | ¥0.06780 |
China (Ningxia)
| Tier | Volume (minutes/month) | Streaming/Batch Transcriptions (¥/second) | Streaming/Batch Transcriptions (¥/minute) |
| T1 | First 250,000 minutes | ¥0.00270 | ¥0.16200 |
| T2 | Next 750,000 minutes | ¥0.00169 | ¥0.10140 |
| T3 | Next 4,000,000 minutes | ¥0.00110 | ¥0.06600 |
| T4 | Over 5,000,000 minutes | ¥0.00101 | ¥0.06060 |
Pricing Examples*
Call transcription example
Let’s assume that you want to use Amazon Transcribe to process 200,000 calls per month and the average call is about 10 minutes each. This equals 2 million minutes of audio per month in the China (Ningxia) region. In China (Ningxia), Tier 1 (T1) pricing of ¥0.1620/minute applies to the first 250,000 minutes of transcriptions. Tier 2 pricing of ¥0.1014/minute (37% discount to T1 pricing) applies to the next 750,000 minutes. Tier 3 pricing of ¥0.0660/minute (59% discount to T1 pricing) applies to the next 4,000,000 minutes. Since your usage volume crosses three different pricing tiers, your monthly charges will be as follows.
Calculation of monthly charge:
Total monthly call minutes transcribed in China (Ningxia) = 200,000 calls x 10 minutes/call = 2 million minutes
Total cost = [T1 minutes * T1 price/min] + [T2 minutes * T2 price/min] + [T3 minutes * T3 price/min]
Total cost = [250,000 minutes * ¥0.1620] + [750,000 minutes * ¥0.1014] + [(2,000,000 - 750,000 – 250,000) minutes * ¥0.0660]
Total cost = [¥40,500] + [¥76,050] + [¥66,000] = ¥182,550
Video subtitling example
Let’s assume you want to subtitle 5,000 hours of live streaming content with Amazon Transcribe. In China (Ningxia), Tier 1 (T1) pricing of ¥0.1620/minute applies to the first 250,000 minutes of transcriptions. Tier 2 pricing of ¥0.1014/minute (37% discount to T1 pricing) applies to the next 750,000 minutes. Since your usage volume crosses two different pricing tiers, your monthly charges will be as follows.
Calculation of monthly charge:
Total monthly audio minutes transcribed = 5,000 hours x 60 minutes = 300,000 minutes
Total cost = [T1 minutes * T1 price/min] + [T2 minutes * T2 price/min]
Total cost = [250,000 minutes * ¥0.1620] + [50,000 minutes * ¥0.1014]
Total cost = [¥40,500] + [¥5,070] = ¥45,570
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