At a glance
- Credit
- 50 USD of free credit on sign-up
- Who qualifies
- New AssemblyAI accounts.
- Time to claim
- About 5 minutes
- Approval odds
- High: Granted on sign-up with no review.
- Offer ends
- No end date published
- Credit lasts
- Not stated on the official page
- Last checked
- 2026-10-27
Before you start
What the claim asks of you, from the official pages and our own claim run. Not stated means the official page does not say.
- Card on file: Not needed
- Paid-tier account: Not needed
- Registered company: Not needed
- Company email: Not needed
- LinkedIn profile: Not asked for
- Country limits: None stated
- Solo developer, no company: Can claim it
How to claim
Open assemblyai.com/pricing and click the sign-up button.
Create an account with an email or a Google login.
Copy the API key shown on the dashboard home.
Send a first transcript request with the key; it is paid from the free credit.
Start the claim at www.assemblyai.com/pricing.
What we hit when we claimed it
- Our team signed up with no card; a 3 minute 50 second transcript on 2026-10-24 cost 0.01 USD of the credit (credits ledger row 3).
Limits
- Free accounts get 5 new streaming sessions per minute.
Sources
Every fact above comes from these official pages, last checked on 2026-10-27. Offers change: read the official page before you claim, and trust it where it differs from this page.