Dragon Professional vs Voicy

Dragon Professional

• Professionals who dictate long documents on a Windows PC
• People who need to control a computer entirely by voice
• Organizations that want central control of dictation licenses

Voicy

• People who want one dictation plan across computer, browser and phone
• Dictating long emails, documents and AI prompts
• Students and people with disabilities, who can ask for 20% off

Dragon Professional

• Windows only: it runs on Windows 10 and 11 and Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022. There is no Mac version.
• The Dragon site publishes no price and directs orders to a sales phone line; the figure recorded here is one reseller's advertised price.
• File transcription is built for one speaker's voice at a time, not for recordings with several speakers.
• An internet connection is required to download and activate the product, and moving a voice profile between PCs also needs one.

Voicy

• There is no free plan. The trial ends after 30 minutes of recording time, which Voicy attributes to the cost of cloud processing.
• It has no offline mode, as the vendor's own comparison tables state; speech is transcribed in the cloud.
• The Team plan needs at least 3 users, and the page does not say whether its $6.79 price is billed monthly or annually.
• The money-back guarantee covers only the first 7 days after purchase.

Dragon Professional

Dictation into Windows applications

Types what you say into documents, spreadsheets, presentations and form-based reports. The speech engine adapts to the speaker's voice, accent and surroundings while dictating.

Custom voice commands and macros

Step-by-Step and Auto-text commands launch applications or insert boilerplate text and signatures, and a Macro Recorder captures keystrokes and mouse clicks to replay by voice.

Audio file transcription

Transcribes recorded notes or audio files from a single speaker into text, and the Auto Transcribe Folder Agent works through batches of recordings.

Vocabulary management

Add custom words and word lists, import or export industry terminology, edit word properties and share the results with other users.

Hands-free computer control

Accessibility commands open applications, navigate menus and position the cursor by voice using a mouse grid that works across multiple monitors.

Nuance Management Center

In group deployments, administrators track usage, reassign licenses and distribute custom words, commands and auto-texts from one console.

Voicy

Dictation in any app

Press a keyboard shortcut and speak, and the text appears where the cursor is: in Word, Outlook, Slack, a browser or a terminal. More than 50 languages are detected automatically.

Automatic punctuation and formatting

Punctuation and formatting are added to the transcript without spoken cues. The changelog also lists punctuation commands and finer control over formatting rules.

Rewrite mode and custom modes

Rewrite mode uses AI to edit or rewrite text and shows its response in a floating window. Custom modes can be created, and one can be set to run by default.

Dictionary and text replacement

The app includes a dictionary, doubled in size in version 2.4.5, and a text replacement mode that also handles multi-line replacements.

File transcription

Besides live dictation, Voicy transcribes existing audio files. The feature arrived in version 2.2.0 in May 2026.

Phone keyboard and browser extension

On iPhone, a Voicy keyboard dictates into any app. The Chrome extension also works in Brave, Edge, Opera, Arc and Vivaldi.

Dragon Professional

• Dragon Professional v16 (1 user)$685.99

  per 1-user download license, as advertised by reseller CDW

  Single-user Windows license, not a subscription. The Dragon site lists no price and sends buyers to its sales line, so this is a reseller's figure.

• Volume licensingCustom

  Group deployments managed through the Nuance Management Center, which assigns licenses and shares custom words and commands. Quoted by the Dragon sales team.

Voicy

• Free trial$0

  30 minutes of recording time with full access to all features. No credit card required.

• Pro$8.49

  per month, billed monthly, or $82 per year

  Unlimited recording time on unlimited personal devices, covering the desktop and mobile apps.

• Team plan$6.79

  per user / month; billing basis not shown

  For 3 or more users: unlimited recording time on desktop and mobile with priority support. Set up by contacting the company.

• Lifetime$260

  one-time payment

  Pay once for unlimited recording time on unlimited personal devices, desktop and mobile.

Dragon Professional

• Education

  Education volume license programs

  Qualified K-12 and higher-education organizations can buy through the Open License Program, which carries education discounts. A K-12 School License covers up to 250 school computers at one site.

Voicy

• Annual discount

  20% off with annual billing

  Switching the pricing page to annual billing changes Pro from $8.49 a month to $82 a year, which the page labels as 20% off.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime license for $260

  A one-time $260 payment replaces the subscription and includes unlimited recording time on unlimited personal devices.

• Education

  Student discount: 20% off all plans

  Students who email the founder receive a code for 20% off every plan, described as lasting forever. Voicy says no proof of student status is needed.

• Other savings

  Disability discount: 20% off all plans

  People with a disability can email the founder for a code that takes 20% off every plan for good. No proof is required.

• Other savings

  Free months of Pro for inviting friends

  The changelog for version 2.3.3 says inviting friends earns free months of Voicy Pro. It does not say how many months each invitation is worth.