Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI vs ElevenLabs vs Descript

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI
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Competitor 1
ElevenLabs
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Descript
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI: Deepgram92% Speechmatics | AI Voice Agents90% Google Cloud Speech-to-Text80% WhisperAPI80% OpenAI Whisper API78% Eden AI78% MacWhisper77% Soniox77%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI
assemblyai.com
Speech-to-text API built for accuracy at scale
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Competitor ElevenLabs
elevenlabs.io
AI voices that actually sound like real people
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Competitor Descript
descript.com
Edit media by editing text instead of timelines
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
457.8Kvisits/mo
36.4Mvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 12.0%
▲ 5.6%
▼ 10.2%
6-month growth
-16.3%
+13.1%
+2.5%
Global rank web
#87,404
#1,132
#15,466
Avg. last 3 months
518.4K
34.8M
3.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
41%
35%
Pages / visit
4.0
6.3
5.4
Visit duration
3m 12s
4m 47s
4m 03s
Traffic sources
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 9%
Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAIElevenLabsDescript
09.1M18.2M27.3M36.4MUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 568.9KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 565KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 595.5KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 506.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 547.2KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 590.1KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 628.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 577KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 520.4KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 457.8KElevenLabs · 23.4MElevenLabs · 27MElevenLabs · 30.8MElevenLabs · 27.8MElevenLabs · 32.2MElevenLabs · 33.3MElevenLabs · 35.1MElevenLabs · 33.6MElevenLabs · 34.5MElevenLabs · 36.4MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1M100K1M10M100MUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 568.9KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 565KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 595.5KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 506.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 547.2KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 590.1KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 628.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 577KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 520.4KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 457.8KElevenLabs · 23.4MElevenLabs · 27MElevenLabs · 30.8MElevenLabs · 27.8MElevenLabs · 32.2MElevenLabs · 33.3MElevenLabs · 35.1MElevenLabs · 33.6MElevenLabs · 34.5MElevenLabs · 36.4MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.3MDescript · 3.5MDescript · 3MDescript · 3.2MDescript · 3.1MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.4MDescript · 3.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$6per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Universal-2 $0.15/moPay-as-you-go Universal-3.5 Pro $0.21/mo
Free FreeStarter $6/moCreator $22/moPro $99/mo+3 more
Free FreeHobbyist $16/moCreator $24/moBusiness $50/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Audio
AudioTextVideo
AudioTextVideo
Output
Text
AppsAudioTextVideo
AudioTextVideo
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeVoice & SpeechAI APIAI Transcription
Audio & MusicBusiness & MarketingVoice & SpeechAI Call Center+8 more
Audio & MusicVideo EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & Content+12 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
16
14
Transcription
Text to speech
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Voice cloning
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Podcasts
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APIs
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Video editing
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Audio editing
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Audio enhancement
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Audiobooks
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Dubbing
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Music
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Music creation
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Podcast editing
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Sound effects
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Video dubbing
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Video subtitles
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Video translation
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Voice
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Voice changing
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Audio
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Call answering
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Call center automation
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Podcast transcription
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Screen recordings
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Video shortening
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Voice assistance
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Voice enhancement
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Writing
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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