Beware Hidden Costs
Like a lot of other reviewers have stated, there is a hidden cost of using the text-to-speech and a very very high cost if you want to do translation (US$45/hr).
I have rated it lower because the offer, in my opinion, is very misleading because it doesn't really give the full picture of what it will cost to utilize this software to its fullest.
I already have a Google Cloud account so the 'free $300 credit' was used up long ago and again it is misleading to use this $300 credit as a way to say that there's very little cost for using the product.
Fatima_AWS
May 9, 2024Hello,
Thank you for providing your feedback.
Please note that Streamr functions using Text to Speech, Video Translation, and Speech to Text APIs. Google Cloud offers an initial 300 USD credits free to use.
Once the free 300 USD credits are used in Streamr, you will be charged for the following:
Speech to text:
0 USD for up to 60min per MONTH; after that
0,03 USD per min (this is after the 1 hour free per month)
Translation:
First 500,000 characters FREE per month
500,000 to 1 billion characters per month 20USD
Text-to-speech cost:
Standard: 0 to 4 million characters FREE per month - Then $4.00 USD / 1 million characters
Wavenet: 0 to 1 million characters FREE per month - Then $16.00 USD / 1 million characters
This is the lowest in the market compared to other translation and transcription software. We hope this clears any confusion and will help with your decision.