No hosting plan, no signup fee — just the transcript and the Sermon Pack

Looking for a SermonAudio alternative for transcripts, not hosting?

SermonAudio is a sermon hosting and library platform — transcription comes bundled into the Broadcaster plan, plus a one-time signup fee. If you already have the recording and just want it back as text, Sermon-transcription.com skips the hosting commitment entirely: upload a file, get the transcript, outline, discussion questions, blog draft, big idea and closing prayer. One free sermon up to 90 minutes, then $5 first month, then $19/month, cancel anytime.

No signup fee
No hosting required
Sermon-tuned
$19/month unlimited
At a glance

SermonAudio vs Sermon Transcription

SermonAudio Broadcaster

  • Price$59.95/mo
  • Signup fee$150.00 one-time
  • Free tierNot listed
  • Built forSermon hosting + library
  • Requires hostingYes

Sermon Transcription

  • Price$19/month unlimited
  • Signup feeNone
  • Free tierFirst sermon, up to 90 min
  • Built forTranscript + Sermon Pack
  • Requires hostingNo — upload a file, get files back

Full feature comparison

SermonAudio is a hosting platform with transcription built in. We're just the transcript and the Sermon Pack, from a file you already have.

FeatureSermonAudioSermon Transcription
Best forChurches that want sermons hosted and searchable on SermonAudio's networkA church that already has a recording and wants text back, no hosting commitment
What you uploadYour sermon, into your Broadcaster libraryAn audio or video file you already have
What you get backA transcript, searchable inside SermonAudioTranscript, Sermon outline, Small-group discussion questions, Blog post draft, Big idea, application points and a closing prayer
Price$59.95/mo (Broadcaster plan)$19/month unlimited
Signup fee$150.00 one-timeNone
Free tierNone listedOne full sermon, up to 90 minutes
Requires hosting your sermons on the platformYes — transcripts live inside your Broadcaster accountNo — upload a file, get files back
Caption files (SRT/VTT)Not listedYes
Sermon outline, discussion questions, blog draftNot listedYes, on the Church Plan

When a church looks beyond SermonAudio

Different job, different fit — two patterns that come up.

You don't want another hosting platform

SermonAudio's transcription is a feature of the Broadcaster plan — it comes with sermon hosting and a public library on their network. If you already publish sermons through YouTube, your church website, or another platform, adding a second hosting commitment just to get a transcript is more than the job needs.

You want more than the transcript

SermonAudio's transcripts page doesn't list an outline, discussion questions, or a blog draft. Our Church Plan turns the same upload into the transcript, outline, discussion questions, blog draft, big idea and closing prayer — the Monday-morning work a transcript alone doesn't save you.

When SermonAudio is still the better choice

We're not trying to win every case.

If your church wants its sermons hosted, searchable, and discoverable inside a dedicated ministry network — with transcription included as part of that — SermonAudio's Broadcaster plan does that job well. The transcript is a feature of the hosting, not a separate purchase.

We don't host anything. If a hosted, searchable sermon library is what you're actually after, that's SermonAudio's core product, not ours.

And nothing stops you from doing both: host on SermonAudio for discovery, then bring the same recording here when you want the outline, discussion questions and blog draft their transcripts page doesn't offer.

Questions about switching

Honest answers — including when SermonAudio wins.

Try it on the recording you already have

First full sermon free, no credit card, no hosting commitment. Upload the file, get the transcript, outline, discussion questions, blog draft, big idea and closing prayer back.

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No card required. Nothing to host.