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  "name": "Soniox",
  "slug": "soniox",
  "website_url": "https://soniox.com",
  "vendor_description": "\"Turn live conversations into structured intelligence.\"",
  "categories": [
    "speech-to-text"
  ],
  "summary": "Soniox is a speech-to-text API built for real-time and batch transcription workloads, targeting voice agents, call centers, medical teams, and media producers who need multilingual support, speaker diarization, and word-level timestamps. Pricing is usage-based at $0.0017 per minute with self-serve sign-up and no sales call required, though free credits were discontinued in October 2025. The platform holds SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001 certifications, with data residency options across the United States, European Union, and Japan. SDKs are available for Python, Node.js, and browser JavaScript, and an MCP server is also supported.",
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      "transcribe_streaming",
      "transcribe_batch",
      "speaker_diarization",
      "language_detection",
      "word_timestamps",
      "translation",
      "multilingual_transcription",
      "context_customization",
      "turn_detection",
      "temporary_api_keys",
      "webhook_notifications"
    ],
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      "United States",
      "European Union",
      "Japan"
    ],
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      "Afrikaans",
      "Albanian",
      "Arabic",
      "Azerbaijani",
      "Basque",
      "Belarusian",
      "Bengali",
      "Bosnian",
      "Bulgarian",
      "Catalan",
      "Chinese",
      "Croatian",
      "Czech",
      "Danish",
      "Dutch",
      "English",
      "Estonian",
      "Finnish",
      "French",
      "Galician",
      "German",
      "Greek",
      "Gujarati",
      "Hebrew",
      "Hindi",
      "Hungarian",
      "Indonesian",
      "Italian",
      "Japanese",
      "Kannada",
      "Kazakh",
      "Korean",
      "Latvian",
      "Lithuanian",
      "Macedonian",
      "Malay",
      "Malayalam",
      "Marathi",
      "Norwegian",
      "Persian",
      "Polish",
      "Portuguese",
      "Punjabi",
      "Romanian",
      "Russian",
      "Serbian",
      "Slovak",
      "Slovenian",
      "Spanish",
      "Swahili",
      "Swedish",
      "Tagalog",
      "Tamil",
      "Telugu",
      "Thai",
      "Turkish",
      "Ukrainian",
      "Urdu",
      "Vietnamese",
      "Welsh"
    ],
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      "audio/aac",
      "audio/aiff",
      "audio/amr",
      "audio/asf",
      "audio/flac",
      "audio/mp3",
      "audio/ogg",
      "audio/wav",
      "audio/webm",
      "audio/m4a",
      "video/mp4",
      "PCM s8",
      "PCM s16le",
      "PCM s24le",
      "PCM s32le",
      "PCM f32le",
      "mulaw",
      "alaw",
      "live WebSocket stream",
      "file URL",
      "local file upload"
    ],
    "output_types": [
      "JSON with word-level tokens",
      "start_ms/end_ms word timestamps",
      "speaker labels",
      "language codes",
      "confidence scores",
      "is_final flags"
    ],
    "webhooks_supported": true,
    "sandbox_available": false,
    "sdk_languages": [
      "Python",
      "Node.js",
      "JavaScript (browser)"
    ],
    "mcp_server_available": true
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    "api_version": "v1",
    "versioning_scheme": "url",
    "stability": "ga",
    "deprecation_policy_url": null,
    "auth_methods": [
      "api_key"
    ],
    "auth_docs_url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference/auth/create_temporary_api_key",
    "idempotency_supported": null,
    "error_format": "vendor-specific",
    "webhook_signing": null,
    "webhook_events_url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/webhooks",
    "rate_limit_requests": null,
    "rate_limit_window": null,
    "sdk_packages": [
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        "package": "soniox",
        "language": "Python",
        "official": true,
        "repo_url": "https://github.com/soniox/soniox-python"
      },
      {
        "package": "@soniox/node",
        "language": "Node.js",
        "official": true,
        "repo_url": "https://github.com/soniox/soniox-js"
      },
      {
        "package": "@soniox/speech-to-text-web",
        "language": "JavaScript (browser)",
        "official": true,
        "repo_url": "https://github.com/soniox/speech-to-text-web"
      }
    ],
    "mcp_url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api/mcp/mcp",
    "quickstart_url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/get-started"
  },
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    "has_published_pricing": true,
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    "price_basis": "minute",
    "free_tier_available": false,
    "free_tier_limit": null,
    "free_tier_details": null,
    "minimum_commitment": null,
    "self_serve_signup": true,
    "requires_sales_call": false,
    "requires_verification": false,
    "enterprise_plan_available": true,
    "price_points": [
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        "plan": null,
        "item": "Async (file) transcription - input audio tokens",
        "amount_usd": "1.5000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1M tokens",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://soniox.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "plan": null,
        "item": "Async (file) transcription - input text tokens",
        "amount_usd": "3.5000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1M tokens",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://soniox.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "plan": null,
        "item": "Async (file) transcription - output text tokens",
        "amount_usd": "3.5000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1M tokens",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://soniox.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "plan": null,
        "item": "Real-time (streaming) transcription - input audio tokens",
        "amount_usd": "2.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1M tokens",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://soniox.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "plan": null,
        "item": "Real-time (streaming) transcription - input text tokens",
        "amount_usd": "4.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1M tokens",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://soniox.com/pricing"
      },
      {
        "plan": null,
        "item": "Real-time (streaming) transcription - output text tokens",
        "amount_usd": "4.0000",
        "amount_percent": null,
        "per": "1M tokens",
        "currency": "USD",
        "source_url": "https://soniox.com/pricing"
      }
    ]
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  "compliance": {
    "soc2": "type_2",
    "hipaa": true,
    "gdpr": true,
    "iso_27001": true,
    "pci_dss": false,
    "sla_published": true,
    "sla_url": null,
    "data_retention_policy_url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
    "documented_rate_limits": "Async API: max 1,000 files stored simultaneously, 10 GB total storage, 100 pending transcriptions, 2,000 total transcriptions, 300-minute max file duration (non-negotiable). Real-time WebSocket: per-organization and per-project concurrent request caps and requests-per-minute caps (exact numbers not published; increase requests via Soniox Console).",
    "known_restrictions": [
      "Maximum audio file duration is 300 minutes (fixed, cannot be increased)",
      "Uploaded files are not deleted automatically - must be manually deleted",
      "PCI DSS compliance not stated",
      "Specific concurrent connection numbers not published - must request increase via Console",
      "Free credits discontinued as of October 2025 - pay-as-you-go only"
    ]
  },
  "developer": {
    "docs_url": "https://soniox.com/docs",
    "api_reference_url": null,
    "openapi_spec_url": null,
    "postman_collection_url": null,
    "changelog_url": null,
    "status_page_url": "https://status.soniox.com",
    "llms_txt_url": "https://soniox.com/llms.txt",
    "markdown_docs_url": null,
    "rendering": "static"
  },
  "adoption": {
    "launched_at": "2020-01-01",
    "ga_date": "2022-01-01",
    "github_stars": null,
    "github_stars_at": null,
    "notable_customers": [
      "Scribe"
    ]
  },
  "scores": {
    "agent_friendliness": 65,
    "pricing_transparency": 85,
    "setup_speed": 60,
    "docs_quality": 25,
    "procurement_friction": 85,
    "trust_readiness": 90,
    "best_for": [
      "Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan",
      "AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt)",
      "Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box"
    ],
    "avoid_if": [
      "You want to try it free before paying"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "field": "vendor_description",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/",
      "excerpt": "Turn live conversations into structured intelligence.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "categories",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/text-to-speech",
      "excerpt": "Generate natural, high-fidelity speech in 60+ languages, with precise handling of alphanumerics, names, borrowed words, and language switching.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_actions",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/async-transcription",
      "excerpt": "speaker diarization where each token will include a 'speaker' field and language identification where each token will include a 'language' field",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_languages",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/concepts/supported-languages",
      "excerpt": "Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Gujarati, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Welsh",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_regions",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference",
      "excerpt": "Regional deployment options (US, EU, Japan - see Data residency guide)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "input_types",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/sdk/node-SDK/reference/types",
      "excerpt": "pcm_s8, pcm_s16le, pcm_s24le, pcm_s32le, pcm_f32le, mulaw, alaw, aac, wav, mp3, flac, ogg, webm",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "webhooks_supported",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/webhooks",
      "excerpt": "Two event statuses are supported: completed - transcription job finished successfully; error - transcription job encountered an error",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_languages",
      "url": "https://github.com/soniox/speech-to-text-web",
      "excerpt": "Soniox Speech-To-Text Web library",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "mcp_server_available",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/ai-engineering",
      "excerpt": "\"mcpServers\": {\"soniox-docs\": {\"url\": \"https://soniox.com/docs/api/mcp/mcp\"}}",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "pricing_model",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "Input audio tokens: $2.00 per 1M tokens ... about $0.12/hour for real-time (streaming)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_available",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/blog/2025-10-27-free-credits-update-for-soniox-api",
      "excerpt": "We will no longer offer free credits going forward. Developers who are serious about building with Soniox can still get started easily with pay-as-you-go pricing.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sandbox_available",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "The page contains no mention of free tiers, trial periods, or complimentary credits.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "categories",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/speech-to-text",
      "excerpt": "real-time speech-to-text and translation across 60+ languages, designed for voice agents, live systems, and global products",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_actions",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/api-reference/websocket-api",
      "excerpt": "Each stream supports up to 300 minutes of audio",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_languages",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/concepts/supported-languages",
      "excerpt": "Soniox Speech-to-Text AI supports transcription and translation in 60+ languages with world-leading accuracy.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "supported_regions",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/data-residency",
      "excerpt": "all audio and transcript data for that project stays in that region, for both processing and storage",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "input_types",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/rt/real-time-transcription",
      "excerpt": "Auto-detected formats: aac, aiff, amr, asf, flac, mp3, ogg, wav, webm",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "output_types",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/api-reference/websocket-api",
      "excerpt": "{\"tokens\": [{\"text\": \"Hello\", \"start_ms\": 600, \"end_ms\": 760, \"confidence\": 0.97, \"is_final\": true, \"speaker\": \"1\"}]}",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_languages",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/SDKs/python-SDK",
      "excerpt": "PyPI Package Name: soniox. GitHub Repository: https://github.com/soniox/soniox-python. The official Python SDK provides fully typed access to our Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech REST and realtime APIs.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "mcp_server_available",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/ai-engineering",
      "excerpt": "The server enables developers to access Soniox documentation right from tools like Cursor, Windsurf, or Claude Code without switching applications",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "pricing_model",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "Input audio tokens: $1.50 per 1M tokens ... about $0.10/hour for async (file)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "has_published_pricing",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "$1.50 per 1M tokens ... $2.00 per 1M tokens ... $3.50 per 1M tokens ... $4.00 per 1M tokens",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_available",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "The page contains no mention of free tiers, trial periods, or complimentary credits.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "enterprise_plan_available",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "Enterprise discounts and committed-use contracts may differ",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "soc2",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/speech-to-text",
      "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA, GDPR",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "hipaa",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/speech-to-text",
      "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA, GDPR",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "gdpr",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/speech-to-text",
      "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA, GDPR",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "iso_27001",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/speech-to-text",
      "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, HIPAA, GDPR",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sla_published",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/speech-to-text",
      "excerpt": "99.9% uptime — Production-hardened infrastructure with monitoring and redundancy.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "documented_rate_limits",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/api-reference/websocket-api",
      "excerpt": "A usage or rate limit has been exceeded. You may retry after a delay or request an increase in limits via the Soniox Console.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "known_restrictions",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/limits-and-quotas",
      "excerpt": "File duration: 300 minutes (fixed, non-negotiable)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "auth_methods",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference/auth/create_temporary_api_key",
      "excerpt": "Required Header: Authorization: Bearer <SONIOX_API_KEY>. Permanent API keys (obtained from https://console.soniox.com/) and Temporary API keys (created via this endpoint with configurable expiration).",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "auth_docs_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference/auth/create_temporary_api_key",
      "excerpt": "POST https://api.soniox.com/v1/auth/temporary-api-key",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "api_style",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/api-reference/websocket-api",
      "excerpt": "wss://stt-rt.soniox.com/transcribe-websocket",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "base_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/data-residency",
      "excerpt": "United States: api.soniox.com, stt-rt.soniox.com, tts-rt.soniox.com",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "versioning_scheme",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference/auth/create_temporary_api_key",
      "excerpt": "Base URL: https://api.soniox.com/v1/auth/temporary-api-key",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_packages",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/@soniox/node",
      "excerpt": "The official npm package is @soniox/node, available at github.com/soniox/soniox-js. The Soniox Node SDK gives you fully typed access to our Async and Real-time Speech-to-Text APIs.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "mcp_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/ai-engineering",
      "excerpt": "\"soniox-docs\": { \"url\": \"https://soniox.com/docs/api/mcp/mcp\" }",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "error_format",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/api-reference/websocket-api",
      "excerpt": "error_code: HTTP status code (400, 401, 402, 403, 408, 429, 500, 503); error_type: Machine-readable identifier (e.g., unauthenticated, invalid_request); error_message: Human-readable description; request_id: Unique identifier for support inquiry",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "webhook_events_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/webhooks",
      "excerpt": "Two event statuses are supported: completed - transcription job finished successfully; error - transcription job encountered an error",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "data_retention_policy_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "No retention – Soniox does not store your audio or transcript data unless explicitly requested through a service that supports storage, i.e. async API.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "starting_price_usd",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "Async (file): $0.10/hour for transcription. Input audio tokens: $1.50 per 1M tokens. 1 hour of audio is ~30,000 input audio tokens",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "soc2",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type 2: auditing standard that evaluates an organization's controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy over an extended period",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "hipaa",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "HIPAA: U.S. framework for protecting sensitive healthcare data and PHI",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "gdpr",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "GDPR: EU regulation governing personal data collection, processing, and protection",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "iso_27001",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "ISO/IEC 27001:2022: Internationally recognized Information Security Management Systems standard",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "pci_dss",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "SOC 2 Type 2 ... ISO/IEC 27001:2022 ... GDPR ... HIPAA",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "documented_rate_limits",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/limits-and-quotas",
      "excerpt": "Total storage: 10 GB across all uploaded files; Maximum files: 1,000 files stored simultaneously; File duration: 300 minutes (fixed, non-negotiable); Pending transcriptions: 100 maximum requests awaiting processing; Total transcriptions: 2,000",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "self_serve_signup",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/get-started",
      "excerpt": "Create a Soniox account and log in to the Console to get your API key.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "known_restrictions",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/limits-and-quotas",
      "excerpt": "You must manually delete files after obtaining transcription results. Files are not deleted automatically.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "auth_methods",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/api-reference/websocket-api",
      "excerpt": "\"api_key\": \"<SONIOX_API_KEY|SONIOX_TEMPORARY_API_KEY>\"",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "api_style",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/",
      "excerpt": "Soniox supports REST and WebSocket APIs with real-time streaming capabilities.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "base_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference/auth/create_temporary_api_key",
      "excerpt": "POST https://api.soniox.com/v1/auth/temporary-api-key",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "api_version",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference/auth/create_temporary_api_key",
      "excerpt": "The endpoint uses v1 versioning (/v1/auth/)",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_packages",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/SDKs/python-SDK",
      "excerpt": "PyPI Package Name: soniox. GitHub Repository: https://github.com/soniox/soniox-python. The official Python SDK provides fully typed access to our Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech REST and realtime APIs.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "sdk_packages",
      "url": "https://github.com/soniox/speech-to-text-web",
      "excerpt": "Soniox Speech-To-Text Web library",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "quickstart_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/get-started",
      "excerpt": "Create a Soniox account and log in to the Console to get your API key.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "error_format",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/api-reference",
      "excerpt": "a stable error_type you can branch on in code, alongside a human-readable message and a request_id for support",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "webhook_signing",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/async/webhooks",
      "excerpt": "Rather than signing secrets, Soniox uses custom HTTP headers for webhook authentication: webhook_auth_header_name (e.g. Authorization) and webhook_auth_header_value",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "data_retention_policy_url",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/security-and-privacy",
      "excerpt": "your audio and transcripts are never used to improve Soniox models or services",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "price_basis",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/pricing",
      "excerpt": "Async (file): $0.10/hour for transcription",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "launched_at",
      "url": "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/soniox",
      "excerpt": "Soniox was founded in 2020.",
      "confidence": "medium"
    },
    {
      "field": "notable_customers",
      "url": "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/soniox",
      "excerpt": "A key notable customer is Scribe, a healthcare technology company. Scribe and Soniox have worked together to create an AI-based speech recognition system that is now embedded in Scribe's solutions.",
      "confidence": "medium"
    },
    {
      "field": "free_tier_limit",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/blog/2025-10-27-free-credits-update-for-soniox-api",
      "excerpt": "We will no longer offer free credits going forward. Developers who are serious about building with Soniox can still get started easily with pay-as-you-go pricing.",
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "field": "ga_date",
      "url": "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/soniox/___UXeWu1DW4YBGEBi5e-aEBwkpEy3w_6UpnyamIGMvv0",
      "excerpt": "In 2022, they released their first product, a speech recognition AI with the highest level of accuracy for the major eight languages.",
      "confidence": "medium"
    },
    {
      "field": "requires_verification",
      "url": "https://soniox.com/docs/stt/get-started",
      "excerpt": "Create a Soniox account and log in to the Console to get your API key.",
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "fields_not_found": [
    "exact concurrent connection numbers for real-time streaming",
    "maximum file upload size in bytes",
    "SRT/VTT output format support",
    "deprecation_policy_url",
    "sla_url",
    "idempotency_supported",
    "rate_limit_requests",
    "rate_limit_window",
    "webhook_signing",
    "ga_date"
  ],
  "source_confidence": "high",
  "last_verified_at": "2026-06-21T00:00:00.000Z",
  "contribute": {
    "note": "This data is crowd-editable. Suggest corrections or leave a review via these endpoints - no auth required, requests are rate-limited, and every submission is reviewed before it goes live. For a field edit, {field} is any key in this response and a citation is required.",
    "endpoints": [
      {
        "action": "review",
        "label": "Leave a review or comment",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/soniox",
        "example_body": {
          "kind": "review",
          "rating": 5,
          "body": "Your experience with this API…"
        }
      },
      {
        "action": "field_edit",
        "label": "Suggest a correction to a field (cite a source)",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/soniox/{field}",
        "example_body": {
          "value": "corrected value",
          "citations": [
            {
              "url": "https://source.example/page",
              "excerpt": "supporting quote"
            }
          ],
          "note": "what changed and why"
        }
      },
      {
        "action": "new_api",
        "label": "Suggest a new API to add (only name is required - send as much as you can cite)",
        "method": "POST",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/suggest/api",
        "example_body": {
          "value": {
            "name": "Acme Email API",
            "website_url": "https://acme.example",
            "vendor_name": "Acme",
            "categories": [
              "email"
            ],
            "pricing_model": "usage_based",
            "has_published_pricing": true,
            "free_tier_available": true,
            "price_points": [
              {
                "plan": "Pay as you go",
                "item": "1,000 emails",
                "amount_usd": 1,
                "per": "1,000 emails",
                "source_url": "https://acme.example/pricing"
              }
            ],
            "soc2": "type_2",
            "docs_url": "https://docs.acme.example"
          },
          "citations": [
            {
              "url": "https://acme.example/pricing",
              "excerpt": "$1 per 1,000 emails"
            }
          ]
        },
        "value_schema": [
          {
            "field": "name",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Product name (the only required field)"
          },
          {
            "field": "website_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Marketing website URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "vendor_name",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Company/vendor name behind the product"
          },
          {
            "field": "vendor_description",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "One-line description, quoted from the vendor"
          },
          {
            "field": "categories",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Category/leaf slugs it belongs to, e.g. [\"email\",\"sms\"]"
          },
          {
            "field": "primary_use_cases",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "What it's used for"
          },
          {
            "field": "supported_actions",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Concrete API actions/capabilities"
          },
          {
            "field": "supported_regions",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Countries/regions/data-residency"
          },
          {
            "field": "supported_languages",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Human/spoken languages supported"
          },
          {
            "field": "input_types",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Accepted input types/formats"
          },
          {
            "field": "output_types",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Produced output types/formats"
          },
          {
            "field": "webhooks_supported",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Supports webhooks?"
          },
          {
            "field": "sandbox_available",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Dedicated sandbox/test mode?"
          },
          {
            "field": "sdk_languages",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Languages with an official SDK"
          },
          {
            "field": "mcp_server_available",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Official MCP server?"
          },
          {
            "field": "pricing_model",
            "type": "enum",
            "label": "Pricing model",
            "values": [
              "usage_based",
              "subscription",
              "seat_based",
              "hybrid",
              "contact_sales"
            ]
          },
          {
            "field": "has_published_pricing",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Concrete prices published publicly?"
          },
          {
            "field": "free_tier_available",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Recurring/perpetual free tier (not a trial)?"
          },
          {
            "field": "free_tier_details",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "What the free tier includes"
          },
          {
            "field": "minimum_commitment",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Any stated minimum spend/commitment"
          },
          {
            "field": "self_serve_signup",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Get an API key without talking to sales?"
          },
          {
            "field": "requires_sales_call",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Does going live require sales?"
          },
          {
            "field": "enterprise_plan_available",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Named enterprise tier?"
          },
          {
            "field": "starting_price_usd",
            "type": "number",
            "label": "Lowest published paid entry price (USD number)"
          },
          {
            "field": "price_basis",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Unit the starting price is per, e.g. '1,000 emails'"
          },
          {
            "field": "free_tier_limit",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Free-tier ceiling in literal terms"
          },
          {
            "field": "price_points",
            "type": "object[]",
            "label": "Structured prices: [{plan,item,amount_usd,amount_percent,per,source_url}]"
          },
          {
            "field": "soc2",
            "type": "enum",
            "label": "SOC 2 status",
            "values": [
              "type_2",
              "type_1",
              "in_progress",
              "none",
              "unknown"
            ]
          },
          {
            "field": "hipaa",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "HIPAA (e.g. BAA available)?"
          },
          {
            "field": "gdpr",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "GDPR compliance stated?"
          },
          {
            "field": "iso_27001",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "ISO 27001 certified?"
          },
          {
            "field": "pci_dss",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "PCI DSS compliant?"
          },
          {
            "field": "sla_published",
            "type": "bool",
            "label": "Published SLA / uptime commitment?"
          },
          {
            "field": "documented_rate_limits",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Documented rate limits, quoted"
          },
          {
            "field": "known_restrictions",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Notable documented restrictions/limits"
          },
          {
            "field": "auth_methods",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Auth methods",
            "values": [
              "api_key",
              "oauth2",
              "jwt",
              "basic",
              "hmac_signature",
              "mtls",
              "session"
            ]
          },
          {
            "field": "api_style",
            "type": "enum",
            "label": "Primary API style",
            "values": [
              "rest",
              "graphql",
              "grpc",
              "soap",
              "websocket"
            ]
          },
          {
            "field": "base_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "API root/base URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "api_version",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Current API version string"
          },
          {
            "field": "quickstart_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Quickstart / hello-world URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "docs_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Developer docs URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "api_reference_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "API reference URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "openapi_spec_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "OpenAPI spec URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "changelog_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Changelog URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "status_page_url",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Status page URL"
          },
          {
            "field": "notable_customers",
            "type": "string[]",
            "label": "Named public customers"
          },
          {
            "field": "launched_at",
            "type": "string",
            "label": "Launch date (ISO date or year)"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "action": "token",
        "label": "Optional - raise your rate limit",
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://apio.sh/api/feedback/token"
      }
    ]
  }
}