Sonix review (2026): is it worth $25 a month, billed yearly?
Browser-based transcription, translation and meeting recorder
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Sonix report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for transcribing recorded audio and video files in a browser
Sonix turns uploaded recordings into editable transcripts in 54+ languages. But it sells by the hour, starting at $25 a month for 5 hours, every extra hour is $10, and the meeting recorder is one add-on to a file-based product, with real-time transcription still in early access.
Who Sonix is for
- Fits if you transcribe recorded interviews or podcasts and need subtitles or translations
- Makes sense if you need a BAA or SOC 2 report from a transcription vendor
Who Sonix is not for
- Skip it if you want a bot that sits in every call, since the recorder is a side feature
- Tight if you transcribe a lot: 5 hours a month on Core, then $10 an hour
- Pricey if you add seats, at $25 a month each with no extra hours
- Watch out: real-time transcription is only early access, and there are no mobile or desktop apps
Why Sonix gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$25 a month for 5 hours, or $275 billed yearly. The category's middle sits at $11.99 and the dearer quarter starts at $15, so this is the upper end. Extra hours are $10 each and extra seats $25 a month with no added hours.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan. There are 30 free minutes of transcription with no card, which is about one short meeting.
- CFeaturesTranscripts, translation, subtitles, summaries, a meeting bot and an API. The listing itself says real-time transcription is early access and the recorder is a side feature, so it is a file tool first.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It's a web app where you upload a file, but the meeting recorder needs your calendar and call accounts connected, and the editor has a learning curve.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no mobile or desktop apps on the pricing page. It does connect to Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, Zapier and Adobe Premiere, and has a REST API.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sonix's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Sonix's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 8 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers we grade, and level with 20.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 9 of 68) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $11.99 for the category: 58 of the 62 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 45 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 69 AI meeting note takers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Sonix’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 16 of 68, level with 43
- CFree plan and trialAbove 11 of 68, level with 46
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 68, level with 26
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 68, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 68, level with 37
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 63 AI meeting note takers. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Sonix, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Sonix you would be making a bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 40 of the 68 other AI meeting note takers grade higher. It costs $300 a year.
What you could not
- A bot that joins your calls and turns the talk into notes.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- It plugs into other products, Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. Sonix’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Sonix?
Sonix turns uploaded audio and video into editable transcripts in 54+ languages, with speaker labels, translation, subtitles and AI summaries. It also has a meeting recorder that joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls. Plans are sized by hours of media rather than by number of meetings.
Worth knowing
- Pay As You Go is $10 per hour with no subscription; extra hours on any plan are also $10 per hour.
- Extra seats cost $25 a month ($275 a year) each and add no hours; the included hours are shared by the workspace.
- Real-time transcription is listed as early access, and the AI meeting recorder is one feature among a file-based transcription product.
- The pricing page shows no mobile or desktop apps; the editor runs in a browser.
Key features
- Transcription in 54+ languages
- Uploaded audio and video become transcripts with named speakers and word-level timestamps, editable in the browser.
- Translation and subtitles
- Transcripts can be translated into 54+ languages, and subtitles exported as SRT or VTT or burned into video.
- AI meeting recorder
- A Sonix agent joins Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams calls and writes the transcript while people talk.
- AI analysis
- Summaries, chapters and sentiment analysis run on transcripts, drawing on a separate monthly allowance of AI hours.
- Sharing and exports
- Share transcripts by link, embed a media player, or export to DOCX, PDF and TXT.
- API and automation
- A REST API, webhooks and a Zapier connection let other tools send recordings in and pull transcripts out.
Sonix pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Sonix is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $25 per month for 5 hrs, billed monthly ($275 billed yearly).
- Starts at
- $25 per month for 5 hrs, billed monthly ($275 billed yearly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 30 free minutes of transcription, no card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Core | $25per month for 5 hrs, billed monthly ($275 billed yearly) | 5 hours a month of transcription and translation and 5 of AI analysis, 25 GB storage, email support. |
| Advanced | $50per month for 20 hrs, billed monthly ($550 billed yearly) | 20 hours of transcription, 25 hours of AI analysis, 50 GB storage, email and chat support. |
| Pro | $80per month for 40 hrs, billed monthly ($880 billed yearly) | 40 hours of transcription, 100 hours of AI analysis, 100 GB storage, priority support. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Adds SSO, SCIM, audit logs, a BAA, unlimited team members, 1 TB storage and a dedicated account manager. |
Read from sonix.ai on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sonix before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountOne month free with yearly billing
Sonix's pricing page shows yearly prices of $275, $550 and $880, equal to 11 months of the monthly price, and marks the toggle as 1 month free.
Stated on sonix.ai - EducationDiscounts for students, educators and nonprofits
Sonix lists special pricing for students, teachers, faculty and nonprofit staff; its discounts page is titled 20% off.
Stated on sonix.ai
Works with
- Zoom
- Google Meet
- Microsoft Teams
- Zapier
- Adobe Premiere
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Common questions
Does Sonix have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sonix is listed for Web.
Does Sonix have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sonix is listed for Web.
Is Sonix open source?
Sonix is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Sonix have an API?
Yes. Sonix offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.