Maestra vs Speechlab (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Maestra if

• Fits if you want transcripts, subtitles and voiceover from one vendor
• Makes sense if you caption live events or meetings

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try voiceover first, because there is no free plan or trial
• Pricey if you are one person: $39 a month is in the dearest tenth of the category
• Watch out: pro voices and cloning use the plan's minutes at a different rate, so 120 minutes can become 40
• Watch out: live sessions have separate plans, and one-time events start at $799 a day
• Tight if you want lip sync, which costs an extra $2 a minute on Business

Pick Speechlab if

• Fits if you want to dub a video into several languages and fix the script by hand
• Works for a creator wanting captions in SRT, TXT or JSON

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you dub a lot, as the free plan covers 2 projects and then it is paid by the minute
• Pricey if you add languages, as each one costs credits based on the source length
• Not for you if you need lip-sync, as it is listed for enterprise accounts only
• Watch out: linguist review, team roles and custom voices are Enterprise features with no published price

Maestra

• The voiceover plans have no free tier; the pricing page lists pay-as-you-go credits only for transcription and subtitles ($12 per 60 credits).
• The prices shown are the yearly-billing figures; the monthly-billing prices were not readable in the page text.
• Minutes are a monthly allowance shared between standard voiceover and pro voices with cloning, which use credits at different rates.
• Real-time sessions have separate plans, such as $15 a month for Maestra Personal, and one-time events start at $799 a day.

Speechlab

• The free plan covers only 2 dubbing projects; further use is paid per minute of source media.
• Each added language costs credits based on the source duration, so cost scales with languages.
• Linguist review, team roles and custom voices are Enterprise features with no published price.
• Lip-sync is listed for enterprise accounts only.

Maestra

Voiceover into other languages

Generates a voiceover for a video or audio file in another language, with standard voices on every plan and pro voices with voice cloning from Premium.

Transcription and subtitles

Transcribes audio and video in 125+ languages and generates subtitles, with translation into other languages.

Real-time translation and dubbing

A separate real-time product covers live captions, translation and dubbing for meetings and events, with OBS and vMix support.

Team workspaces

Premium and above include Maestra Teams with centralized billing and extra team members.

API access

API access is listed from the Premium plan on the voiceover, transcription and subtitle products.

Lip sync add-on

On the Business voiceover plan, lip sync can be unlocked at $2 a minute.

Speechlab

Transcript and translation editor

Edit diarized transcripts and translations line by line, with SRT import, waveform editing and automatic speaker detection.

Voice matching

Replicate each original speaker's voice in the target language, or swap in a native voice; cloning availability varies by language pair.

Segment-level re-dubbing

Change one line of a translation and re-render only that segment, so credits are not spent on the whole file.

Captions and subtitles

Produce speaker-labeled captions and SRT or VTT subtitles from the same transcript, without generating a dub.

Flexible import and export

Takes MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, common audio files and YouTube links; exports dubbed video or audio, subtitles and text.

Enterprise workflow

Bulk processing, API integration, human linguist review, lip-sync and invoice billing are offered to enterprise accounts.

Maestra

• Basic$39

  per month, billed annually (monthly price not shown in page text)

  Voiceover into another language for 120 minutes a month, plus AI summary, custom dictionary and subtitle import.

• Premium$79

  per month, billed annually (monthly price not shown in page text)

  300 minutes of voiceover into another language, or 100 minutes of pro voices and voice cloning. Adds a team member, AI rewriting and API access.

• Business$159

  per month, billed annually (monthly price not shown in page text)

  600 minutes of voiceover, or 200 minutes of pro voices and voice cloning. Adds 2 team members, DeepL translation, a glossary and optional lip sync at $2 a minute.

• Business Plus$359

  per month, billed annually (monthly price not shown in page text)

  1,500 minutes of voiceover, or 500 minutes of pro voices and voice cloning, with 4 additional team members.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom pricing and development, a custom agreement, SCORM import and export, and live event captioning.

Speechlab

• Free$0

  2 projects of free dubbing in all target languages, with voice matching and caption export.

• ProPay as you go

  $0.60 a minute in per-minute credits; any length up to 4K video, sharing for review, and API access.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds custom integrations, volume discounts, team roles, native-linguist review and custom voices.

Maestra

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  The pricing page's yearly tab is labelled Save 20% against monthly billing.

• Education

  20% off for students, teachers and nonprofits

  Students, teachers and nonprofit organizations get 20% off; after payment you ask for a refund of 20% and later payments are charged at the discounted rate.

Speechlab

No public discounts listed.