Trint is built for newsrooms and media organisations, and it is priced accordingly — by a wide margin the most expensive per-seat product in this directory. What you get for that is a collaborative editing environment designed around turning interviews into published stories: shared workspaces, role-based permissions, a proper editor, and Trint Live for filing from the field. As pure transcription it is very hard to justify. As newsroom workflow software it makes more sense.
At a glance
Platforms
Web, with Trint Live on mobile
Starter
~$80/seat/month, or $52/seat/month billed annually — 7 files a month
Advanced
~$100/seat/month, or $60/seat/month annually — unlimited files, single user
Enterprise
Custom, with SSO/SAML, SCIM, audit logs, custom retention, full API
Collaborative editing built for teams. Shared workspaces, role-based permissions, and a real editor where several people work on the same transcript. Nothing else in this category does newsroom collaboration properly.
Story-building, not just transcripts. The workflow assumes you're assembling quotes into a piece, which is a different job from producing a transcript file.
Trint Live on mobile. Transcribe and file from the field, which is exactly what a reporter needs.
Enterprise governance is real. SSO, SCIM, audit logs, custom retention, and full API access, for organisations with editorial and legal obligations.
Established in media. A known quantity in newsrooms, which counts for something when a whole desk depends on it.
Where it falls short
Starter's 7-file monthly limit is severe. At $52/seat/month annually, that's roughly $7.40 per file. Any journalist doing daily interviews will exhaust it in a week, which effectively pushes you to Advanced.
Advanced at $60/seat/month annually is six times Fireflies.ai Pro and vastly more than Sonix at $10/hour. You are paying for collaboration and workflow, not transcription quality.
No free tier at all. Not even a trial in the published tiers, which is unusual at this price.
Annual commitment required on most plans. Little flexibility to scale down for a freelancer between contracts.
Overkill for individuals. A solo journalist gets a fraction of the value and pays the full price. Sonix pay-as-you-go or free local tools like Vibe will serve better.
Pricing
Starter is around $80/seat/month, or $52/seat/month billed annually, and includes 7 transcription files a month with a monthly time limit. Advanced is around $100/seat/month, or $60 annually, with unlimited files, the collaborative editor, shared workspaces, role-based permissions, and Trint Live. Enterprise is custom with SSO/SAML, SCIM, audit logs, custom retention, and API access. Most tiers require annual billing.
Who it's for
Newsrooms and media teams where multiple people work on the same interview material and the workflow matters more than the per-minute cost. If you're an individual journalist, this is the wrong tool at the wrong price — Sonix at $10/hour or Vibe for free will transcribe just as well.
Last verified: 10 August 2026.
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