What Is ElevenLabs Scribe v3? Batch and Live Pricing (2026)
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TL;DR
Scribe v3 (batch, model ID scribe_v3) and Scribe v3 Live (realtime, scribe_v3_live) launched November 10, 2026. Official API list prices, checked November 12, 2026 (Taipei), are $0.20 per hour for v3 and $0.22 per hour for v3 Live, billed per audio minute, matching the v2 and v2 Realtime cards. Accuracy percentages on the launch blog are vendor-reported, not our benchmarks.
How this article was made: This article is research-based. Launch claims come from ElevenLabs' blog Introducing Scribe v3 and v3 Live (November 10, 2026). List prices, add-on rows, and metering language come from the official API pricing page. Product-page details come from the Speech to Text API page. Error-rate percentages are vendor-reported, not our benchmarks. We did not invent an ElevenLabs affiliate link or run a live billing test. Checked November 12, 2026 (Taipei time). Display name: CommX.
Scribe v3 and Scribe v3 Live are ElevenLabs speech-to-text models launched November 10, 2026. Official list prices are $0.20 per hour for batch (Scribe v3) and $0.22 per hour for realtime (Scribe v3 Live), billed per audio minute.
If you only need the buy path: pick batch or Live from the table below, then change the model ID to scribe_v3 or scribe_v3_live.
What is ElevenLabs Scribe v3?
ElevenLabs introduced two Speech to Text models on November 10, 2026:
- Scribe v3 (
scribe_v3): recorded, batch audio - Scribe v3 Live (
scribe_v3_live): realtime audio
The launch blog says both models are available in ElevenAPI, Scribe v3 Live is also in ElevenAgents, and both are the default in the ElevenLabs app. Existing API integrations switch by changing the model ID.
The same blog reports vendor benchmarks, including 27% fewer word errors than Scribe v2 across a 102-language FLEURS eval, and 43% fewer errors for v3 Live than Scribe v2 Realtime. Treat those figures as ElevenLabs' results, not ours.
Scribe v3 announcement (official)
How much does Scribe v3 cost?
Rates below are from the official API pricing page. Checked November 12, 2026 (Taipei). Currency is USD. Prices exclude tax. ElevenLabs is not in our affiliate list; links are plain official URLs.
List cards (price per hour):
| Model | Model ID | Job | List price | Same card price as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scribe v3 | scribe_v3 |
Batch / recorded audio | $0.20 / hour | Scribe v2, Scribe v2 Medical |
| Scribe v3 Live | scribe_v3_live |
Realtime | $0.22 / hour | Scribe v2 Realtime |
The pricing FAQ on that page says Speech to Text is billed per audio minute, even though the cards are labeled per hour. At those list rates, 30 minutes of batch audio is $0.10, and 30 minutes of Live audio is $0.11, before tax and before add-ons. That is arithmetic from the official hourly prices, not a bill we generated.
Add-on rows from the same page's Model pricing table (do not use the FAQ summary for Live add-ons; that blurb still quotes prompting at $0.05 and editing at $0.07 without splitting Live):
| Group | Models in this row | Keyterm prompting | Keyterm library | Transcript editing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batch | Scribe v3, Scribe v2, Scribe v2 Medical | $0.050 / hour | Not listed on this row | $0.070 / hour |
| Realtime | Scribe v3 Live, Scribe v2 Realtime | $0.080 / hour | $0.080 / hour (Scribe v3 Live only) | $0.120 / hour |
The same table also lists included hours by subscription tier. Under Free / Pay as you go it lists 4 hours 30 minutes for the $0.20 batch models and 2 hours 30 minutes for the $0.22 realtime models. Higher tiers list larger bundles. We did not find a separate public volume-discount dollar table; the Speech to Text product page says volume discounts and enterprise plans are available through sales.
Pricing cards also say 90+ languages supported. That is a different official figure from the blog's 102-language FLEURS eval. Do not treat them as one number.
ElevenLabs API pricing (official)
How do you switch from Scribe v2?
On ElevenAPI, the launch blog says you upgrade by changing the model ID to scribe_v3 or scribe_v3_live. The list-card prices we checked match the v2 and v2 Realtime cards, so the choice is which job you are running (batch vs realtime), plus the add-on rows if you use prompting, the v3 Live keyterm library, or transcript editing.
How should you read the accuracy claims?
The launch blog's error-rate and diarization percentages are vendor-reported. This page does not reproduce the full eval tables, and we have not run a bake-off.
Keep the language counts separate: 102 is the FLEURS eval cited on the blog; 90+ is the figure on the pricing cards and the Speech to Text API page.
What this page does not cover
We are not inventing an ElevenLabs affiliate link, a cloud-host CTA, or a public enterprise/volume price list that the pages we checked did not show.
We are not giving medical or compliance advice. The launch blog states that both models are HIPAA-eligible with a Business Associate Agreement, and that a version of Scribe v3 Live optimized for medical conversations is available in ElevenAgents. The public API pricing table we checked still lists Scribe v2 Medical at $0.20 per hour. We did not find a separate public list-price row for a medical v3 SKU.
We also are not claiming hands-on latency, accuracy, or billed-cost outcomes.
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Sources (checked November 12, 2026, Taipei)
- https://elevenlabs.io/blog/scribe-v3
- https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api
- https://elevenlabs.io/speech-to-text-api
FAQ
What is ElevenLabs Scribe v3?
Scribe v3 is ElevenLabs' November 10, 2026 speech-to-text model for recorded (batch) audio. Scribe v3 Live is the realtime variant. Model IDs are scribe_v3 and scribe_v3_live. Both are on ElevenAPI; v3 Live is also in ElevenAgents; the launch blog says both are the default in the ElevenLabs app.
How much does Scribe v3 cost?
On the official API pricing page (checked November 12, 2026, Taipei), the list cards are $0.20 per hour for Scribe v3 and $0.22 per hour for Scribe v3 Live, the same card prices as Scribe v2 and Scribe v2 Realtime. The Model pricing table lists add-ons separately: batch keyterm prompting $0.050/hour and transcript editing $0.070/hour; realtime keyterm prompting $0.080/hour, keyterm library (Scribe v3 Live only) $0.080/hour, and transcript editing $0.120/hour. Prices exclude tax.
How is Speech to Text billed?
The pricing FAQ says Speech to Text is billed per audio minute, while the list cards are priced per hour. At those list rates, 30 minutes of batch audio is $0.10 and 30 minutes of Live audio is $0.11, before tax and add-ons. That is arithmetic from the official hourly prices, not a bill we generated.
Do Scribe v3 and Scribe v2 cost the same?
On the cards we checked, yes for the base list rates: Scribe v3 and Scribe v2 are both $0.20 per hour; Scribe v3 Live and Scribe v2 Realtime are both $0.22 per hour. Add-on rows still differ between the batch group and the realtime group.
How many languages does Scribe v3 support?
Keep two official figures separate. The launch blog's FLEURS evaluation is reported across 102 languages. The pricing cards and the Speech to Text product page say 90+ languages supported. They are not the same claim.
Are the 27% and 43% fewer-error figures our tests?
No. Those percentages come from ElevenLabs' November 10, 2026 launch blog and are vendor-reported, not our benchmarks.
Key takeaways
- Scribe v3 (batch, model ID scribe_v3) and Scribe v3 Live (realtime, scribe_v3_live) launched November 10, 2026.
- Official API list prices, checked November 12, 2026 (Taipei), are $0.20 per hour for v3 and $0.22 per hour for v3 Live, billed per audio minute, matching the v2 and v2 Realtime cards.
- Accuracy percentages on the launch blog are vendor-reported, not our benchmarks.
SourcesScribe v3 announcement (official) · API pricing · Speech to Text API
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