assemblyai-cost-tuning

# AssemblyAI Cost Tuning ## Overview Optimize AssemblyAI costs through model selection, feature-aware billing, and usage monitoring. AssemblyAI charges per audio hour with add-on pricing for intelligence features. ## Prerequisites - Access to AssemblyAI billing dashboard at https://www.assemblyai.com/app - Understanding of current usage patterns ## Actual Pricing (Pay-As-You-Go) ### Speech-to-Text (Async) | Model | Price per Hour | Best For | |-------|---------------|----------| | **Best** (Universal-3) | $0.37/hr | Highest accuracy, production | | **Nano** | $0.12/hr | High volume, cost-sensitive | ### Streaming Speech-to-Text | Model | Price per Hour | |-------|---------------| | Universal Streaming | $0.47/hr | ### Audio Intelligence Add-Ons | Feature | Additional Cost per Hour | |---------|-------------------------| | Speaker Diarization | $0.02/hr | | Sentiment Analysis | $0.02/hr | | Entity Detection | $0.08/hr | | Auto Highlights | Included | | Content Safety | $0.02/hr | | IAB Categories | $0.02/hr | | Summarization | Included (uses LeMUR) | | PII Redaction | $0.02/hr | | PII Audio Redaction | +processing time | ### LeMUR | Model | Price per Input Token | Price per Output Token | |-------|----------------------|----------------------| | Default | ~$0.003/1K tokens | ~$0.015/1K tokens | ## Instructions ### Step 1: Cost Estimation Calculator ```typescript interface CostEstimate { baseTranscriptionCost: number; featuresCost: number; totalCost: number; b...