Comparison
txscribe vs Sonix, for interviews and research
Sonix and txscribe want the same thing from a transcript: that you can check it. Both link the transcript to the audio, and both say they don't train on your recordings. Sonix also marks the words its recogniser was unsure of, which we don't, and it connects to research software.
Where the two differ most for one person transcribing interviews is in what an hour costs and how many languages are covered — the table sets it out.
Sonix's details checked on its own pages on ; each links to its source. Plans and prices change — if something here is out of date, tell us at support@txscribe.ai.
Price
txscribe
Pro: $15 a month, or $12 a month billed yearly; the first month is $7. One plan, no seats.
Sonix
Pay As You Go: $10 an hour, no subscription. Core $25 a month or $275 a year; Advanced $50 a month or $550 a year; Pro $80 a month or $880 a year — each with 1 user included, extra seats $25 a month or $275 a year. Source
Time included
txscribe
Free: 90 minutes, once. Pro: 30 hours a month.
Longest recording
txscribe
Up to 90 minutes on Free, up to 8 hours on Pro.
Languages
txscribe
82 languages (110 regional variants in the picker). Speaker labels on 14 of those variants — the picker says which before you upload.
Speaker names
txscribe
Speakers come back numbered. Rename one once and every line follows; names you have used before are offered again. No voice recognition.
Exports
txscribe
TXT, DOCX, SRT and VTT on every plan, including Free. No audio or PDF export.
Translation
txscribe
A translated copy of the whole transcript, on every plan.
Custom word list
txscribe
Up to 1,000 names and terms, on every plan.
Checking against the audio
txscribe
Words come back with timestamps: click any line to jump to that moment in the recording. A line you correct keeps its paragraph's timing rather than per-word timing. Answers to questions about a transcript link to the moments they came from.
Human transcription
txscribe
No human transcription. The machine's draft is yours to correct, in an editor built for it.
Sonix
Human transcription isn't sold by Sonix itself: it lists independent transcriptionists you can hire, and says it doesn't employ them directly. Source
Training on your recordings
txscribe
We do not use your recordings or transcripts to train models.
Where Sonix is the better choice
- It shows you where to look. Click any word to jump the audio there; a heatmap shades each word by the recogniser's confidence, so uncertain words stand out. Sources 1, 2 txscribe doesn't mark uncertain words; you find errors by listening.
- Recordings that switch language. 54 languages on every plan; a recording in more than one language can be transcribed as such, up to 2 hours 15 minutes long. Sources 1, 2, 3 In txscribe, speech in a second language may come back translated instead of transcribed, or not at all.
- Research software. Exports to the research tools NVivo, ATLAS.ti and MAXQDA that keep speaker labels, timestamps and coding markers. Source Our Word and text exports carry speakers and timestamps, but nothing made for those tools.
- Questions across a whole project. On its subscription plans (not Pay As You Go), AI Workspaces answer questions across several transcripts, with citations that link to the recording and timestamp. Sources 1, 2 Our questions work one transcript at a time.
- Timing that follows your edits. After you edit a transcript, one click realigns every word's timing to the audio. Source A line you correct in txscribe keeps its paragraph's timing rather than per-word timing.
- PDF transcripts and SOC 2. DOCX, PDF and TXT text exports and SRT and VTT subtitles on every plan, plus formats for video editors. Sources 1, 2 Its security page says SOC 2 Type II certified; its pricing gives access to the report on Pro. Sources 1, 2 We don't export transcripts as PDF and have no SOC 2 report.
What txscribe doesn't do well
- Speaker labels work in 14 of our 110 language variants. In the rest the transcript has no speaker labels, and there are no speakers to rename.
- A recording that switches language partway may come back translated rather than transcribed — or not at all — and nothing marks it as missing. Name the main language instead of leaving it on automatic.
- Summaries do not point back to the moment each line came from. Answers to questions do.
Try it on one of your recordings.
Up to 10 minutes, no account and no card. A table can tell you the limits; only your own audio tells you whether the transcript holds.
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