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In this article:

  • What goes into the cost of using SpeechSense
  • Prices for the Russia region
  • Conversation recording analysis
  • Chat transcript analysis
  • Cost of using models in the assistant
  • Cost calculation example for audio analysis
  • Cost calculation example for text dialog analysis
  • Cost calculation example for audio analysis using the assistant

Yandex SpeechSense pricing policy

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Yandex Cloud
Updated at December 3, 2025
  • What goes into the cost of using SpeechSense
  • Prices for the Russia region
    • Conversation recording analysis
    • Chat transcript analysis
    • Cost of using models in the assistant
    • Cost calculation example for audio analysis
    • Cost calculation example for text dialog analysis
    • Cost calculation example for audio analysis using the assistant

Tip

To calculate the cost of analytics for chat transcripts and conversation recordings, use the calculator on the Yandex Cloud website or check out the pricing below.

The prices for service products are also available in the price list.

Note

Currency of Service rates (prices) depends on the company you made a contract with:

  • Prices in US dollars are applicable to customers of Iron Hive doo Beograd (Serbia) or Direct Cursus Technology L.L.C. (Dubai).
  • Prices in Russian roubles are applicable to customers of Yandex.Cloud LLC.

All prices below do not include VAT.

What goes into the cost of using SpeechSenseWhat goes into the cost of using SpeechSense

When analyzing conversation recordings, the cost of using SpeechSense depends on the duration of two-channel audio files. Single-channel audio is converted and charged as two-channel. The billing unit is a one-second segment of two-channel audio.

When analyzing chat transcripts, the cost of using SpeechSense depends on the number of characters in such a chat. The billing unit is 10 characters. The number of characters in each chat is rounded up to the tens. The count includes all characters in the chat.

Automatic recalculation of modified and newly created dictionary and semantic tags is not charged.

Prices for the Russia regionPrices for the Russia region

Note

Yandex Cloud resources are priced differently in different regions. For more information about the available regions, see Regions.

Your payment currency is determined by your contracting legal entity. For more information on creating an account, see Registering an account in Yandex Cloud.

Conversation recording analysisConversation recording analysis

Minutes per month Audio recognition,
without VAT
Speech analytics,
without VAT
Total,
without VAT
0 to 100,000 $0.004980 $0.011520 $0.016500
100,001 to 500,000 $0.003000 $0.008520 $0.011520
500,001 to 1,000,000 $0.002520 $0.004980 $0.007500
1,000,001 to 2,500,000 $0.002520 $0.003480 $0.006000
from 2,500,000 $0.002520 $0.002520 $0.005040

Chat transcript analysisChat transcript analysis

Threshold value, thousands of characters per month Text dialog analytics,
without VAT
0 to 100,000 $0.011500
100,001 to 500,000 $0.008500
500,001 to 1,000,000 $0.005000
1,000,001 to 2,500,000 $0.003500
from 2,500,000 $0.002500

Cost of using models in the assistantCost of using models in the assistant

Model

Price per 1,000 characters,
without VAT

YandexGPT Pro

$0.001250

YandexGPT Lite

$0.000208

Cost calculation example for audio analysisCost calculation example for audio analysis

Let's assume that 115,000 minutes of audio were recognized and analyzed during one month of using SpeechSense

Recognition cost

$0.004980 × 100,000 + $0.003000 × 15,000 = $543.000000

Total: $543.000000: Cost of recognizing 115,000 minutes of two-channel audio files.

Where:

  • $0.004980: Cost per minute for the first 100,000 minutes.
  • $0.003000: Cost per minute for the next 15,000 minutes.

Analysis cost

$0.011520 × 100,000 + $0.008520 × 15,000 = $1,279.800000

Total: $1,279.800000: Cost of analyzing 115,000 minutes of two-channel audio files.

Where:

  • $0.011520: Cost per minute for the first 100,000 minutes.
  • $0.008520: Cost per minute for the next 15,000 minutes.

Total cost

$543.000000 + $1,279.800000 = $1,822.800000

Total: $1,822.800000: Cost of 115,000 minutes of using SpeechSense.

Where:

  • $543.000000: Cost of recognizing 115,000 minutes of two-channel audio files.
  • $1,279.800000: Cost of analyzing 115,000 minutes of two-channel audio files.

Cost calculation example for text dialog analysisCost calculation example for text dialog analysis

Example 1Example 1

Let's assume you analyzed 90,000,015 characters over a month of using SpeechSense. The number of characters in each chat is rounded up to the tens. This means, the billable amount is 90,000,020 characters, or 90,000.02 thousand characters.

$0.011500 × 90,000.02 = $1,035.000230

Total: $1,035.000230: Cost of analyzing 90,000.015 characters in text dialogs.

Where:

  • $0.011500: Cost of analyzing one thousand characters of text for the first 100,000 thousand.

Example 2Example 2

Let's assume you analyzed 150,000,023 characters over a month of using SpeechSense. The number of characters in each chat is rounded up to the tens. This means, the billable amount is 150,000,030 characters, or 150,000.03 thousand characters.

$0.011500 × 100,000 + $0.008500 × 50,000.03 = $1,575.000255

Total: $1,575.000255: Cost of analyzing 150,000,023 characters in text dialogs.

Where:

  • $0.011500: Cost of analyzing one thousand characters of text for the first 100,000 thousand.
  • $0.008500: Cost of analyzing one thousand characters of text for the next 50,000.023 thousand.

Example 3Example 3

Let's assume you analyzed 685,000,000 characters, or 685,000 thousand characters, over a month of using SpeechSense.

$0.011500 × 100,000 + $0.008500 × 400,000 + $0.005000 × 185,000 = $5,475.000000

Total: $5,475.000000: Cost of analyzing 685,000,000 characters in text dialogs.

Where:

  • $0.011500: Cost of analyzing one thousand characters of text for the first 100,000 thousand.
  • $0.008500: Cost of analyzing one thousand characters of text for the next 400,000 thousand.
  • $0.005000: Cost of analyzing one thousand characters of text for the next 185,000 thousand.

Cost calculation example for audio analysis using the assistantCost calculation example for audio analysis using the assistant

The filter captured audio recordings totaling 115,000 minutes. The assistant supports 3,000 characters, counted across the Instruction and Result sections.

SpeechSense recognized and analyzed audio recordings totaling 115,000 minutes. The instruction, result fields, and audio recordings were fed into YandexGPT Pro. One minute of audio equals roughly 1,000 characters (this value may vary depending on the speech rate).

Recognition cost

$0.004980 × 100,000 + $0.003000 × 15,000 = $543.000000

Total: $543.000000: Cost of recognizing 115,000 minutes of audio files.

Where:

  • $0.004980: Cost of audio recognition per minute for the first 100,000 minutes.
  • $0.003000: Cost of audio recognition per minute for the next 15,001 minutes.

Analysis cost

$0.011520 × 100,000 + $0.008520 × 15,000 = $1,279.800000

Total: $1,279.800000: Cost of analyzing 115,000 minutes of audio files.

Where:

  • $0.011520: Cost of analysis per minute of audio for the first 100,000 minutes.
  • $0.008520: Cost of analysis per minute of audio for the next 15,000 minutes.

Cost of using the assistant

(115,000 × 1,000 + 3,000) × ($0.001250 / 1,000) = $143.753750

Total: $143.753750: Cost of using the assistant integrated with the selected YandexGPT Pro model for audio files with a total duration of 115,000 minutes.

Where:

  • 115,000: Total duration of audio data in minutes.
  • 1,000: Approximate number of characters per minute.
  • 3,000: Number of characters in the instruction and the result section.
  • $0.001250: Price per 1,000 characters generated by YandexGPT Pro.

Total cost

$543.000000 + $1,279.800000 + $143.753750 = $1,966.553750

Total: $1,966.553750: Cost of analyzing 115,000 minutes of audio files through the assistant with the selected YandexGPT Pro model.

Where:

  • $543.000000: Cost of recognizing 115,000 minutes of audio files.
  • $1,279.800000: Cost of analyzing 115,000 minutes of audio files.
  • $143.753750: Cost of using the assistant integrated with the selected YandexGPT Pro model for audio files with a total duration of 115,000 minutes.

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