AI voice & speech solutions for searchable media intelligence
Veritone is an enterprise AI platform that applies speech-to-text, speaker ID, and custom voice synthesis to media workflows; it’s best for broadcasters, legal teams, and media companies needing scalable, audited voice and speech analytics, and is priced for enterprise purchases with limited free trials rather than low-cost consumer plans.
Veritone is an enterprise AI platform delivering voice & speech intelligence across media, compliance, and content workflows. It combines multi-engine speech-to-text, speaker identification, and synthetic voice capabilities under its aiWARE platform to index, search, and repurpose audio and video at scale. Veritone’s primary capability is automated transcription and metadata extraction across large media libraries; its key differentiator is a marketplace of interchangeable AI engines plus forensic-grade workflows for legal and broadcast use. The platform serves broadcasters, media companies, law enforcement, and large enterprises, and pricing is enterprise-oriented with custom plans and limited trial access rather than a broad consumer free tier.
Veritone is an AI software company built around its aiWARE operating system, first launched by Veritone, Inc. to run and orchestrate multiple machine learning models across audio, video, and text. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Veritone positions itself for enterprise and public sector customers who process high volumes of media. Its core value proposition is to turn unstructured audio and video into searchable, auditable metadata using a plug-in architecture of best-of-breed AI engines, enabling customers to index, search, translate, redact, and synthesize speech at scale.
At the feature level Veritone focuses on speech transcription (multi-engine ASR), speaker identification, sentiment and entity extraction, and synthetic voice generation. The aiWARE platform can run several ASR engines in parallel and surface the highest-confidence transcript, and it supports timestamped captions and closed-caption file export (SRT/TTML). Veritone’s speaker ID links voice segments to named individuals using enrollment workflows, useful in media logging. Its Redact application enables automated detection and redaction of PII in audio/video. For voice creation, Veritone offers Veritone Voice — a custom persona synthesis service that creates licensed synthetic voices for brand audio, delivered under contractual voice licensing and compliance processes.
Veritone’s pricing is enterprise-focused and not presented as low-cost monthly tiers on the website. There is no widely advertised fully free consumer tier; instead Veritone offers trials, proof-of-concept engagements, and usage-based/contract pricing. Public customers typically buy platform subscriptions, seat-based access for applications like Redact or Media Management, and consumption fees for transcription minutes or synthesis voice builds. Large broadcasters and legal customers negotiate annual contracts; Veritone also sells on a consumption basis for transcription minutes and custom voice projects, with separate fees for integrations and professional services.
Typical users include broadcast production managers who use aiWARE to auto-transcribe and caption 1,000+ hours of video monthly, and eDiscovery attorneys who use Redact and speaker ID to reduce review time and produce court-admissible transcripts. Digital asset managers use the platform to tag and search archive footage, while public safety units use aiWARE for investigative audio analysis. Compared with single-point transcription services, Veritone competes with enterprise media AI providers like Microsoft Azure Media Services and Google Cloud Speech, but it differentiates by offering a multi-engine marketplace and compliance-focused applications tailored to media, legal, and public sector workflows.
Three capabilities that set Veritone apart from its nearest competitors.
Current tiers and what you get at each price point. Verified against the vendor's pricing page.
| Plan | Price | What you get | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trial / Proof-of-Concept | Free (time-limited) | Limited trial access, sample transcription minutes, restricted feature set | Enterprises evaluating aiWARE and core apps |
| Consumption (Pay-as-you-go) | Custom / usage-based | Per-minute transcription and per-voice synthesis billing, volume discounts apply | Teams with variable media volumes and pilot projects |
| Enterprise Subscription | Custom / annual contract | Seat licenses, SLA, priority support, integration & professional services | Broadcasters, legal and public sector organizations |
| Custom Voice Studio | Custom (project-based) | Custom voice build plus licensing and compliance fees | Brands needing trademarked synthetic voices |
Choose Veritone over Microsoft Azure Speech Services if you need a multi-engine marketplace and compliance-focused redaction and custom voice licensing.