The same church, priced everywhere
Every tool below will transcribe a sermon. The question is what the meter is: a seat for each person, a minute for each minute, a slot for each upload, or one flat amount. Four sermons of 45 minutes a month, priced on each.
The sticker price never tells the story. What you are charged for does: per seat, per minute, per upload, or one flat amount. The same church, priced everywhere.
4 sermons x 45 min = 180 min a month
Sermon Transcription
$19
Flat, unlimited. Unlimited sermons, unlimited minutes, no seats.
The transcript, the Sermon Pack (5 parts) and 15 tools from every sermon
Otter.ai Pro
$16.99 to $50.97
Per seat. 1,200 minutes and 10 file imports a month, per seat.
Meeting-style transcript and summary; nothing written for Sunday
TurboScribe Unlimited
$20
Flat, unlimited. Unlimited files, one person.
The transcript and captions only; you write everything else
Descript Hobbyist
$24
Per seat. 10 media hours a month, one seat.
A video editor with transcription attached
Happy Scribe Pro
$29
Minute allowance. 600 minutes a month, 3 seats.
Transcript and subtitles; no sermon outputs
Rev Essentials (AI)
$29.99 to $89.97
Per seat. 5,000 AI minutes a month, per seat, up to 3 users.
Transcript and captions; no sermon outputs
Pastors.ai Pastor
$30
Per upload cap. 5 sermons a month.
Sermon content and clips, capped at 5 uploads
Sonix pay as you go
$30
Per hour. $10 an hour of audio.
Transcript and subtitles; no sermon outputs
Pulpit AI Basic
$39
Per upload cap. 5 uploads a month.
Sermon content suite, capped at 5 uploads
Sermon Shots Silver
$67
Per upload cap. 10 upload hours a month.
Clips first, with quote graphics from Silver up
Rev human transcription
$358.20
Per minute, human-typed. $1.99 an audio minute.
A human-checked transcript, back in a day or two
SermonScribe (human)
$646.20
Per minute, human-typed. $3.59 an audio minute, weekly service rate.
A human sermon transcript; the writing is still yours
Four sermons of 45 minutes a month, 180 minutes in all, read from each vendor's pricing page between 11 September 2026 and 22 October 2026. Per-seat prices are for one person; a pastor, an admin and a media volunteer pay three times. Your first sermon here is free, up to 90 minutes.
One at a time
- Pulpit AI vs Sermon Transcription
Per upload versus flat. Five uploads a month covers four Sundays and nothing else; the fifth Sunday, the funeral and the Wednesday study each spend a slot. At $19 flat, the sixth sermon costs the same as the first: nothing extra.
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Your first sermon is free
Up to 90 minutes, the whole Sermon Pack and all 15 tools, no card.