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Same recordings.Half the price.

Scribefy connects to your Plaud account and transcribes the same recordings, with speaker labels and AI meeting notes included, atup to 50% off all Plaud prices (June 2026 list). The star: Unlimited, $11.99 a month billed annually, 40% under Plaud's own annual Unlimited — your whole library and everything new, with no meter.

No credit cardConnects in about a minuteYour audio stays in your Plaud account
Recordings
Synced from your Plaud. Transcribe what matters.
2 transcripts readyImport from Plaud
Audio stays on Plaud until you hit Transcribe. Nothing is downloaded before then.
up to50%off every Plaud plan, minute for minute (June 2026 list)
100%of your library on Unlimited — no meter, old recordings included
0 minexpire. Minute packs are a one-time purchase, yours forever
$0 extrafor AI meeting notes, summaries and chat. In every plan
Works with every Plaud recorder
Plaud Note voice recorder, silver
Plaud Note
Supported
Plaud Note Pro voice recorder, black
Plaud Note Pro
Supported
Plaud NotePin wearable recorder
Plaud NotePin
Supported
The fine print you found out later

You bought the recorder.
The words still aren't yours.

The Plaud is a great little machine. That's why you carry it everywhere. The trouble starts when you want to read what it heard.

01 · The expiring minutes

Use them or lose them

Plaud's plans reset every month. Take a vacation or have a quiet stretch, and the minutes you paid for simply vanish. The meter never sleeps, even when you do.

Unused minutes, day 31gone
02 · The reading fee

The recorder was the cheap part

The device is a one-time buy. Reading what it records is $216–$360 a year, every year, forever. The audio is yours. The words are rented.

Plaud plans, per year$216–$360
03 · The flat-rate trap

Paying for silence

Busy week or quiet week, you pay for 1,200 minutes either way, whether you transcribe 200 of them or all of them. Flat rates bill you for the meetings you didn't have.

Minutes you didn't usestill billed

The recorder is great. The meter is the problem.
So we replaced the meter.

How it works

Three steps. One of them is coffee.

No terminal, no exports, no copy-paste marathon. Connect once and your recordings are simply there, waiting for your word.

STEP 01

Connect once

Grab a tiny desktop helper (about 2 MB, one click) and sign in to your own Plaud account on your own computer. Apple and Google sign-in work just like in the official app. That's the whole setup.

STEP 02

Your library fills up

Every recording appears in Scribefy as it syncs: titles, dates, durations. Just the list. Your audio keeps living in your Plaud account, and your Plaud app doesn't change at all.

STEP 03

Transcribe what matters

Pick a recording and click Transcribe. Minutes later it's words: a clean transcript, labeled by speaker, with AI meeting notes and summaries ready to copy anywhere. Recordings you skip just stay in your Plaud, untouched.

Transcription is always your call. On Unlimited, the whole library is simply included.

Not a wall of text

Who said what, labeled automatically.
Then AI drafts the notes.

Every transcript comes back separated by speaker, with timestamps you can quote. From there, one click turns it into meeting notes, a summary, or a note built from your own prompt. Included with every plan, not sold as an add-on.

Client kickoff · Meridian
A
Ana00:03

Quick recap before we dive in: scope is the fall launch, and the open question is still the onboarding flow.

B
Bruno00:41

Design is ready on my side. What I need from this call is a decision on the pricing page copy. Legal flagged two claims last week.

Y
You01:12

Let's lock the claims today, then. Ana, can your team turn the revised copy around by Thursday?

A
Ana01:26

Thursday works if we freeze scope now. I'll send the summary and action items right after this.

Speaker labelsTimestampsAI summariesMeeting notesChat with your recordingsNotes from your own promptsExport TXT · SRT · Markdown

Paid plans transcribe on our premium engine — sharper speaker separation (Unlimited: first 100 h/mo); the Free tier uses our standard engine. Either way, if a run isn't right, transcribing the same audio again is free.

And when you need answers

Chat with your recordings.
Feed it your notes.

Every transcript and every AI note becomes something you can talk to. Ask a question, attach the notes that matter as context, and get answers grounded in what was actually said.

The chat reads your transcripts and the notes you attach. Answers come from your recordings, not thin air.

The star plan

Free your entire library.

You've been recording for months. The kickoff calls, the lectures, the interviews you meant to get back to. Any plan can open any recording in your library — old or new. On metered plans each transcription spends minutes; Unlimited removes the meter entirely. Your whole archive and everything you record next, for a fixed price.

  • Every recording you've ever synced, ready to transcribe with no meter
  • Everything you record from here on, included. No meter to watch
  • Speaker labels, AI meeting notes, summaries and chat on all of it
Plaud Unlimited · annual (June 2026)$239.99/yr
Scribefy Unlimited · annual$143.88/yr
You keep$96.11/yr

Unlimited is best as a yearly plan: $143.88 a year, which works out to $11.99 a month, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Prefer month to month? It's $17.99/mo, same library, cancel anytime.

Unlock your library$11.99/mo billed annually ($143.88/yr), or $17.99 month to month · fair use applies
The honest table

Same minutes. Half the bill.

Like for like: the same volume of transcription, priced side by side. No creative accounting.

What you're buyingPlaudScribefyYou save
Free tiermonthly transcription allowance300 min/mo300 min/mosame. We didn't shrink iteven
600 minutes10 hours of transcription$12.99monthly allowance, expires$6.50one-time purchase, never expires−50%
3,000 minutes50 hours of transcription$59.99$30one-time purchase, never expires−50%
6,000 minutes100 hours of transcription$99.99$50one-time purchase, never expires−50%
Steady plan · 1,200 min20 hours, every month$17.99/moPlaud Pro, same 1,200 min$99.99/yrPlaud Pro annual, same 1,200 min$9/mo$0.45/h · billed monthly, cancel anytime$49.99/yrthe Steady plan, billed annually−50%
Unlimitedyour whole library, no meter$29.99/moPlaud Unlimited, billed monthly$239.99/yrPlaud Unlimited, billed annually$17.99/mobilled monthly · fair use applies$143.88/yr$11.99/mo equivalent · fair use applies−40%
Plaud prices as listed on plaud.ai, June 2026. Check current pricing there. Annual billing shown.Monthly billing shown.Paid plans transcribe on our premium engine; Free uses our standard engine. AI notes & chat included in every Scribefy tier.
Start free · see full pricingYour first 300 minutes each month are on us. No card.
The question you should ask

"Why is it half the price?
What's the catch?"

Fair question. A price this different needs a reason, so here's the whole arithmetic.

We didn't build a $159 recorder

Plaud did, and it's genuinely good. But hardware, logistics and a big consumer app all have to be paid for. Scribefy is software with one job: transcription. Small machine, small bill.

On demand doesn't bill your idle time

Flat monthly plans price in all the minutes people never use. Per-minute pricing doesn't have to: you pay for exactly what you run, and our costs scale the same way. The savings are structural, not promotional.

No lock-in to hide behind

Your audio stays in your Plaud account and your transcripts export freely, so we can't keep you by holding your data hostage. The price has to be the reason you stay. That's the deal we chose.

Confidential by design

Built so you can walk away whole.

Meetings, client sessions, lectures, interviews: your recordings are sensitive. Every design decision starts there.

Your audio stays home

Recordings live in your Plaud account, as always. Scribefy fetches a file only when you hit Transcribe. We don't hoard your audio, and deleting from Scribefy never touches your Plaud library.

Your words are yours

Every transcript exports as TXT, SRT or Markdown in one click. No export tax, no walled garden. Paste them into ChatGPT, Claude, Notion, your case file, anywhere.

You sign in on your machine, not ours

The ~2 MB desktop helper signs in to Plaud on your computer, with the same login you already use, Apple and Google included. It syncs your recording list; your password isn't our business.

Leave whole, anytime

No contract, no exit fee. If you cancel, or if we ever disappear, your transcripts export and your audio is still in your Plaud account. Start with a $6.50 pack; risk the price of lunch.

Who this is for

Different days, same recorder.

Back-to-back meetings

Transcribe the three that mattered

Record everything, like you already do. Then transcribe the calls that actually need words on paper, and let the rest sit for free. Selective is finally cheaper.

you choose, recording by recording
Client & patient sessions

Confidential, and it stays that way

Consultations, case notes, sessions. Your audio remains in your Plaud account; the transcript is yours to hold, export, or delete. Nothing sensitive gets a second home by default.

audio stays in your account
A semester of lectures

One pack, the whole term

A $6.50 pack covers weeks of classes at $0.65 an hour, and July can't take your minutes away. Buy once, spend them exactly as fast or as slow as the syllabus does.

packs never expire
Long interviews

Quote people, not paragraphs of mush

Two-hour conversations come back labeled by speaker with timestamps to quote from. And if a run isn't right, re-transcribing the same audio costs nothing.

speaker labels on every tier
Pricing

Pay for minutes. Keep them forever.

Start free every month. Add a pack when you need one. Prefer a rhythm? There's a plan for that. Every tier includes speaker labels, AI meeting notes, summaries and chat.

Annual billing shown. Monthly billing is also available: the Steady plan at $9/mo and Unlimited at $17.99/mo.

Free
Every month, on the house
$0
300 min free / month
  • ~5 hours of transcription monthly
  • Speaker labels & timestamps
  • AI notes & chat included
  • Standard engine — full transcripts, solid accuracy
  • Any recording in your library
  • No credit card
Plaud Starter gives the same 300 min. This is the honest baseline. Any paid plan upgrades you to our premium engine, with sharper speaker separation.
Start free
Minute packs
One-time purchase, at your own pace
600 min10 hours · $0.65/h$6.50
3,000 min50 hours · $0.60/h$30
6,000 min100 hours · $0.50/h$50
  • Premium engine — our highest-accuracy transcription
  • Never expires, no monthly reset
  • Exact cost shown before you transcribe
  • Any recording in your library
vs Plaud: same minutes at −50%, and theirs reset monthly.
Get a pack
Steady
A steady drumbeat of meetings
$9/mo$4.17/mo
1,200 min (20 h) / month · $0.45/h1,200 min (20 h) / month · billed annually as $49.99
Save $58/yr vs monthly billing
  • Premium engine — our highest-accuracy transcription
  • The cheapest rate per hour
  • Billed monthly, cancel anytime
  • One yearly payment: $49.99
  • Unused minutes roll over, up to 3,600
  • Exact cost shown before you transcribe
  • Any recording in your library
vs Plaud Pro at $17.99/mo for the same 1,200 min: −50%.vs Plaud Pro annual at $99.99/yr for the same 1,200 min: −50%.
Go Steady
The star plan
Unlimited
Your whole library, no meter
$17.99/mo$11.99/mo
billed monthly · cancel anytimebilled annually as $143.88
Save $72/yr vs monthly billing
  • Your entire library, back to day one
  • Everything new you record, included
  • Transcribe without watching the meter
  • Premium engine for your first 100 h each month, then our standard engine
  • One yearly payment: $143.88
vs Plaud Unlimited at $29.99/mo: −40%.vs Plaud Unlimited annual at $239.99/yr: −40%.
30-day money-back guaranteeGo Unlimited

Every tier includes: speaker labels · timestamps · AI meeting notes, summaries & notes from your own prompts · chat with your recordings · TXT/SRT/Markdown export · free re-transcription of the same audio.
All plans can transcribe any recording in your library, old or new. On metered plans (Free, packs, Steady) every transcription spends plan minutes; Unlimited removes the meter entirely.
Paid plans (minute packs, Steady, Unlimited) transcribe on our premium engine, with sharper speaker separation; the Free tier uses our standard engine — the same full transcript, solid accuracy. Unlimited runs premium for the first 100 h each month, then continues unlimited on the standard engine.
You're charged once per audio file. Skipped recordings cost nothing.

Before you ask

Fair questions, straight answers.

Is this safe? Will it get my Plaud account banned?

Scribefy's helper runs on your computer and signs in to your own account, the same way the official app does, then syncs your recording list. You're accessing your own recordings with your own login. We don't share credentials across users, don't scrape other people's data, and don't touch anything that isn't yours. We can't speak for another company's policies, which is one more reason we built Scribefy so your transcripts export freely and your audio keeps its home in your Plaud account — a file is only read when you ask for its transcription.

Why is it half the price? What's the catch?

No catch in the price: we don't carry hardware costs, and on-demand pricing means we don't bill you for idle minutes. Our costs scale with your actual use, so the price can too. The honest trade-off: we're a small, new product that does one thing. Plaud's app has features we don't (mind maps, a phone app). If you mainly want your words at a fair price, that trade-off is the whole point.

Is the transcription quality as good?

Yes, and there are two engines. Paid plans (minute packs, Steady, Unlimited) run on our premium engine: our highest accuracy, with sharper speaker separation (who-said-what), timestamps and strong handling of real-world audio like meetings and lectures (on Unlimited, premium covers your first 100 h each month — see the fair-use question below). The Free tier runs on our standard engine — the same full transcript, solid accuracy, just slightly less precise at telling voices apart. Your free 300 minutes each month show you the product on the standard engine; any paid plan unlocks the premium one. Either way, re-transcribing the same audio costs nothing, so if a run isn't right, run it again.

My recordings are confidential. Where does my audio go?

Your audio's home is your Plaud account. Scribefy syncs the list of recordings (titles, dates, durations). The audio itself is only fetched when you hit Transcribe on that specific file, and what we keep is your transcript. Your text is yours: export it or delete it whenever you want. We never sell or share your content.

What happens if Scribefy shuts down?

You'd walk away whole: transcripts export anytime as TXT, SRT or Markdown, and your audio is still right there in your Plaud account. There's nothing of yours we could take down with us. That's a deliberate design choice, not luck. And if you want to test the waters first, start with the free tier or a $6.50 pack.

How hard is setup? I use Apple / Google sign-in on Plaud.

One download, one click, one time. The helper is about 2 MB and opens the same Plaud sign-in you already use: email, Apple or Google all work. After that, everything happens in your browser; the helper's job is done at sign-in and sync.

I'm outside the US. Does it work?

Yes. Scribefy works wherever your Plaud does. Prices are in USD, and the transcription engine handles dozens of languages: your lectures in Portuguese and your client calls in English land in the same library.

What if I transcribe the wrong file, or a huge one by accident?

Hard to do by accident: on metered plans, every recording shows its length and estimated cost before you confirm, and nothing is downloaded or charged until you click. You're billed once per audio file, and re-running the same file later is free. On Unlimited there's no per-file cost in the first place: transcribe freely.

Do I keep using the Plaud app?

If you like it, absolutely. Nothing about your device or app changes: Scribefy is a layer on top of your recordings, not a replacement for your recorder. Keep your free Plaud minutes, too; Scribefy is for everything beyond them.

Can I transcribe recordings from before I joined?

Yes. All of them, on any plan. Free, packs, Steady, and Unlimited can open recordings from before you joined — your full library, back to your very first sync. On metered plans each transcription spends plan minutes; Unlimited removes the meter, so you transcribe the archive and everything new for a fixed price (fair use applies).

Is Unlimited really unlimited?

For a person with a calendar, yes — you never watch a meter and you never get cut off. Your first 100 hours of fresh audio each month (five hours every working day) run on our highest-accuracy engine. Past that, transcription simply continues on our standard engine: still unlimited, the same full transcript, just slightly less precise at telling voices apart. The line resets each month on your renewal date, and normal human use — even heavy use — rarely reaches it. If your work genuinely needs more premium hours, write to support@scribefyapp.com and we'll figure it out.

How does the 30-day money-back guarantee work?

It comes with annual Unlimited. If the plan isn't for you, email support@scribefyapp.com within 30 days of purchase: we refund your yearly payment minus the audio you actually transcribed, priced at our standard minute-pack rate, and support processes it within a few business days. That's the whole policy. No forms, no hoops.

Whose name shows up on my card statement?

AXM Intelligence LLC — the company that owns and operates Scribefy. Card statements show the billing company rather than the product name, so your statement is expected to read AXM Intelligence instead of "Scribefy". Same product, same team, and we repeat this note right on the checkout page so it never comes as a surprise. If a charge ever looks unfamiliar, write to support@scribefyapp.com before disputing it — we'll confirm it in minutes.

300 free minutes every month

Stop renting your own words.

Connect your Plaud in about a minute. Transcribe your first recording before your coffee cools, and keep every word.

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