HappyScribe Review: Pricing & Plans 2026

HappyScribe is an AI transcription, subtitle and meeting notes tool for 150+ languages. The Free plan includes 10 minutes, and Basic costs $17 a month.

Quick answer: HappyScribe turns meetings, interviews and uploaded audio or video into transcripts, subtitles and translations in 150+ languages. Its AI Notetaker joins Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, and recording is unlimited on every plan. What you pay for is upload minutes, AI Chat and seats. Monthly prices are Basic $17, Pro $29 and Business $89, or $8.50, $19 and $59 a month billed yearly, checked on happyscribe.com/pricing on November 12, 2026.

What HappyScribe does

• AI transcription: speech to text in 150+ languages and dialects, with automatic speaker detection.
• Subtitles and translation: create and translate subtitles, then export SRT or burn them into MP4.
• AI Notetaker: records, transcribes and summarizes Meet, Zoom and Teams calls, plus a mobile app and web recorder for in-person talks.
• AI Chat: ask questions across your files and meetings; Pro and Business let you choose the AI model.
• Integrations: YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Box, Dropbox and Zapier, plus API access on paid plans.

HappyScribe Pricing (2026)

Plan	Monthly billing	Billed yearly	Upload minutes	Seats and extras
Free	$0	$0	10 minutes (one-time)	1 seat, 45-minute recordings, 30-day history, 3 AI Chat files a month, watermarked MP4
Basic	$17 / month	$8.50 / month	120 a month (1,440 a year on yearly)	1 seat, 90-minute recordings, 10 AI Chat files a month, no watermark
Pro	$29 / month	$19 / month	600 a month (7,200 a year on yearly)	3 seats, unlimited recording length and AI Chat, all export formats
Business	$89 / month	$59 / month	6,000 a month (72,000 a year on yearly)	5 seats, roles and permissions, unlimited style guides and glossaries
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	Custom	SSO/SAML, volume discounts, dedicated account manager

Where the real cost sits: meeting recording is unlimited even on Free, so the plans are really priced on uploaded file minutes. Basic’s 120 minutes a month is about two hours of podcast or interview audio. If you upload more than that, Pro’s 600 minutes and three seats are better value, and top-ups at $0.20 a minute add up quickly. Yearly billing roughly halves Basic and cuts Pro by a third.

For cheaper bulk transcription of long files, compare TurboScribe. If meeting notes are your main need, Fireflies.ai and tl;dv focus on calls first.

Who HappyScribe is for

Journalists, researchers, podcasters, video teams and agencies that need accurate transcripts and subtitles in many languages, plus teams that want one tool for both meeting notes and file transcription. It suits European teams that need GDPR compliance and EU data residency.

Limitations

• Small upload allowance on Basic: 120 minutes a month runs out fast for regular video work.
• Free is a trial: only 10 upload minutes, once.
• Exports limited on cheaper plans: all 15+ export formats start at Pro.
• Seats cost extra: additional seats on Pro and Business are $19 a month each.

HappyScribe is a polished all-in-one choice for multilingual transcripts, subtitles and meeting notes, with strong privacy credentials.

Pick the plan by upload minutes, not features, and take yearly billing if you know you will use it every month.