Amazon Transcribe Pricing

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