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Pulpit AI vs Sermon Transcription
Both products turn a recorded sermon into the written week. The difference is the meter. Pulpit AI charges per upload, so a church with a fifth Sunday, a midweek service or two campuses climbs from $39/mo to $59/mo to $129/mo. Sermon Transcription is $19 a month for every sermon you preach, with no seats and no cap, and every word of the output is derived from what the pastor actually said.
Up to 90 minutes, every tool unlocked, no card.
What four Sundays a month cost at Pulpit AI and here
The same church, priced on both meters. 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.
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
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
Four sermons of 45 minutes a month, 180 minutes in all, read from each vendor's pricing page on 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.
Pulpit AI charges
Per upload cap
5 uploads a month.
$39 a month for up to 5 uploads; 10 uploads is $59.
Sermon Transcription charges
Flat, unlimited
$19 a month. Unlimited sermons, unlimited minutes, no seats.
The tenth sermon in a month costs what the first did: nothing extra.
Side by side
| Sermon Transcription | Pulpit AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 a month, or $48 a quarter | $39/mo a month (Basic) |
| Meter | Flat. Unlimited sermons, unlimited minutes | Per upload: 5 on Basic, 10 on Standard ($59/mo), 25 on Pro ($129/mo) |
| Seats | None to buy. Pastor, admin and volunteer share one library | Not priced per seat |
| Free trial | One full sermon, up to 90 minutes, every tool, no card | 2 uploads, no card |
| Transcript | Timestamped, paragraphed, Scripture linked, exportable as Word, TXT, SRT, VTT, Markdown or PDF | Included |
| Written outputs | Sermon Pack (outline, discussion questions, blog draft, big idea, application, prayer) plus 15 tools, bundled into one Monday Kit document | Blog posts, devotionals, study material and more |
| Video clips | No. Our sister product Sermon Clips does video | Included |
| Where the words come from | Only the sermon. Nothing suggested, nothing invented, Scripture References extracts what was cited | AI-generated from the sermon |
| Library | Series, tags, notes, search and a Scripture index across every sermon, plus a public notes page per sermon | Sermon library |
Pulpit AI facts read from its own site on 22 October 2026: Basic is $39/mo for 5 uploads a month, Standard $59/mo for 10, Pro $129/mo for 25; paying yearly takes 10% off (Basic becomes $35.10/mo). Every tier has the full suite: transcript, clips, blog posts, devotionals and the rest. The trial is 2 free uploads with no card. The pricing page says nothing about languages or translation.
So far: 82 sermons from 61 churches, 61 hours of preaching, 523,000 words. Counted from the live library each night. The demo library is not included.
When Pulpit AI is the better pick
- You want video clips and the written material from one subscription and you preach five or fewer times a month.
- You are already on a platform that bundles it, so one more login is the real cost.
When Sermon Transcription is
- You preach more than five times a month, or more than one person needs to open the sermons.
- You want the written week only, with a flat bill the treasurer can predict.
- You care that nothing in the outputs was made up: every quote, verse and point traces to the transcript.
Questions pastors ask about Pulpit AI
- Is Pulpit AI or Sermon Transcription cheaper for a church that preaches every Sunday?
- Four Sundays a month fits Pulpit AI Basic at $39/mo; a fifth Sunday or a midweek service pushes you to Standard at $59/mo. Sermon Transcription is $19 a month for unlimited sermons, so the weekly church pays about half, and the busy church pays a third.
- Does Sermon Transcription make devotionals, social posts and study guides like Pulpit AI?
- Yes. Every upload returns the Sermon Pack (outline, small-group questions, a blog draft in the preacher's voice, big idea, application points and a closing prayer) and 15 tools, including the 5-Day Devotional, Social Media Posts, Small-Group Study Guide, Kids & Family Guide and Prayer Points. The Monday Kit bundles all 19 sections into one Word, PDF or Markdown document.
- Does Sermon Transcription make video clips?
- No. We do the written week. Our sister product, Sermon Clips, does the video week, and the two stay separate on purpose so each does one job well.
- Can I try both on the same sermon?
- Yes. Pulpit AI gives you 2 free uploads. We give you one full sermon, up to 90 minutes, with every tool unlocked and no card. Run the same recording through both and read the two Monday mornings side by side.
- Where do these Pulpit AI numbers come from?
- From pulpitai.com/pricing, read on 22 October 2026. Prices change; if you see a different figure there, tell us at hello@sermon-transcription.com and we will correct this page.
Your first sermon is free
Up to 90 minutes, the whole Sermon Pack and all 15 tools, no card. Run the same recording through Pulpit AI and read the two Mondays side by side.