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Detailhiapi logo hiapitranscript1 logo transcript1
What it doesOne API for all AI models—image, video, music and text generation Audio and video to text transcription API, MCP server, CLI and dashboard
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Pricing modelFreemium Not given
PricingFrom $0.015/s for video to $0.290/s; image models from $0.030 to $0.107 per image; music from $0.210/song; text-to-speech from $0.125/1K characters. 200 free credits on signup; no minimum spend. Free: 60 minutes once, no card required. Monthly: $9/month for 1,000 minutes. Annual: $90/year for 1,000 minutes. Top-ups: $6 per 1,000 minutes (Monthly) or $5 per 1,000 minutes (Annual).
Key features
  • Unified API endpoint for image, video, audio, and text models
  • Persistent artifact storage with durable links
  • Async task API with callback support
  • Availability-first routing across model providers
  • MCP, Skills, and llms.txt for AI agent integration
  • Model playground for testing before integration
  • Transparent pay-as-you-go pricing with no minimums
  • Image cost calculator tool
  • 24/7 production support
  • Access to 15+ leading generative models
  • Transcribe YouTube, X, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky and other social media videos
  • Upload audio and video files up to 2 GB
  • AI speech-to-text transcription up to 5 hours per file
  • Speaker identification (diarization)
  • Multiple output formats: JSON, TXT, SRT, VTT
  • Automatic language detection with mixed-language support
  • Timestamps for each transcript segment
  • Webhooks for transcription completion or failure
  • Access via REST API, CLI, MCP server or web dashboard
  • Integration with AI agents (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code)
What makes it different
  • Single API key to access all major image, video, and audio generation models from OpenAI, Google, Runway, and others
  • Persistent artifact links eliminate need to build custom storage infrastructure
  • Transparent, usage-based pricing visible before integration with no per-token billing
  • Native support for AI agents through MCP, Skills, and standardized prompts
  • Production-grade async API designed for long-running generation tasks with callbacks
  • Uses existing captions from YouTube, X, TikTok and other platforms when available, otherwise AI transcription at the same price
  • Pricing model: 1 credit = 1 audio minute, all transcription sources cost the same
  • MCP server enables transcription through AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT
  • Failed and canceled transcriptions are never charged
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)40 +1 (up) since last check4 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)233
Citation Flow (Majestic)3315
Referring domains (Majestic)3186

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