CloviTranscribe
Transcription that stays on your side.
$8.6B global ASR market (growing 17% CAGR) is dominated by cloud-only, per-minute pricing models. 15–20% of that market (400K+ SMBs in food, ag, legal, HR) has data sovereignty requirements that make cloud forbidden. CloviTranscribe is category-of-one at SMB pricing ($29/month) for self-hosted, white-label, API-embeddable transcription — capturing a structurally under-served niche with 41% gross margins and predictable unit economics.
CloviTek AI vs category alternatives.
An overview of CloviTranscribe
CloviTranscribe turns any audio or video file into a searchable, speaker-labeled transcript on your own infrastructure — no cloud upload, no per-minute fees, complete data privacy. Core engine is a major LLM provider's optimized faster-whisper fork (3–7% error rate) with pyannote speaker diarization and CloviAI Engine AI summaries. Launched as CloviTek AI platform service, native to DeckSpeaksAI (auto-captions), SpectroScience (lesson transcripts), AudiobookSmith (chapter QA), and CloviLeads CRM (action items).
Where CloviTranscribe plays
Market scale
- TAM$8.6B
- SAM15–20% of segment
- SOM · base Y3$1.2M ARR (base Y3) — modeled
TAM = total addressable · SAM = serviceable addressable · SOM = serviceable obtainable (modeled base-Y3 ARR). Market sizes are third-party estimates.
Modeled opportunity · base Y3
Modeled 3-year ARR
Modeled estimate · pre-revenue · not a forecast of actual results. Forward figures are modeled estimates for a pre-revenue company — not booked revenue or a guarantee. TAM/SAM/SOM are market-sizing estimates; ARR is projected bottom-up from listed prices.
Built to win, not to blend in
Self-hosted/on-premise deployment at $29/month (competitors…
Self-hosted/on-premise deployment at $29/month (competitors require $5K+ contracts or prohibit it entirely)
Key features
From start to result in 4 steps
Upload audio or video files, paste a public media URL, or connect a meeting recording integration. CloviTranscribe accepts all major formats including MP3, MP4, MOV, WAV, and M4A.
Select your language, enable speaker diarization, choose summary generation, and set the output format. CloviTranscribe queues your job and processes it within minutes.
Get a timestamped, speaker-labeled transcript alongside an AI-generated summary highlighting key decisions, action items, and topics discussed — ideal for meetings and interviews.
Full-text search across all transcripts. Export as TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT, or JSON with timestamps. Use the transcript API to pull results into your own apps or knowledge management workflow.
That's the complete CloviTranscribe loop — no manual steps, no tab-switching.
CloviTranscribe vs the alternatives
| Feature | CloviTranscribe | Alternative A | Alternative B |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI meeting summary with action items and decisions | |||
| Full-text search across all transcript archive | |||
| REST API with webhook delivery | |||
| Speaker diarization included at all plan tiers | |||
| Batch processing for transcript archives |
Comparison based on publicly available plans and features as of 2026. Competitor info may change.
Common questions about CloviTranscribe
CloviSpeech focuses on real-time and short-form speech-to-text with browser recording. CloviTranscribe is optimized for longer-form media files — meeting recordings, interview archives, video content — with batch processing and deeper summarization.
A glimpse of CloviTranscribe
CloviTranscribe ships as a fully branded, production-grade product on the CloviTek AI platform — integrated auth, billing, and a polished interface your team and customers can use from day one.
Real screenshots — no mockups
What you see is what you get. Every screenshot below is from the live CloviTranscribe product.
Works with CloviTek AI platforms
CloviTranscribe integrates with sibling CloviTek AI products — each connection makes the whole platform more powerful for you.
CloviVoice
CloviTranscribe uses CloviVoiceConnects to your stack
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Put to work
Operations managers automating vendor/client call documentation (food distribution, legal, HR, field services) — 15+ calls/week, compliance-sensitive, IT blocks cloud.
Podcast producers and freelance content creators needing client-private transcripts with diarization and show-note export — avoid AI video tool minute caps and cloud privacy concerns.
SaaS builders embedding transcription inside products (HR platforms, compliance tools, meeting intelligence) — need API, webhooks, no per-minute cost surprises.
Audiobook/training video producers generating closed captions and searchable transcripts from narration — ACX SRT export, accuracy QA via transcript diff.
Researchers and academics transcribing interviews, lectures, focus groups — need affordable bulk transcription with structured export and full-text search.
Food and agriculture companies processing call recordings for USDA/FSMA compliance — data residency-locked, require self-hosted, searchable audit trail.
Where it's going
Q1 (Days 1–15): P0 core engine (faster-whisper subprocess, 4 export formats, CloviPay billing gates, brand fixes). P1 diarization reliability, job queue transparency, email notifications. Target: Free tier MVP, 15 paying customers, $500 MRR.
Q2 (Months 4–6): Full-text search (FTS5), AI summary UI polish, CloviPay billing upgrade flows, URL transcription (yt-dlp). Webhook framework for B-tier. Target: 60 paying customers, $2,100 MRR, 400 free users.
Q3 (Months 7–9): Business tier REST API + HMAC webhooks, white-label subdomain config, custom vocabulary hints, Whisper fallback. AppSumo lifetime deal ($69 Pro). Target: 200 paying customers, $7,500 MRR.
Q4 (Months 10–12): DeckSpeaksAI auto-caption pipeline, SpectroScience NIR integration, AudiobookSmith QA, multi-language UI. CloviTek AI per-company quota in admin. Target: 450 paying customers, $18,000 MRR, 2,500 free users.
Year 2: Multi-user team accounts, enterprise on-premise with HIPAA BAA, calendar/Zoom link detection, real-time streaming transcription. CloviTranscribe as platform-layer service bundled into CloviTek AI Growth/Scale plans.
Plans & tiers
Pricing is fetched live from our billing system and reflects current published rates.
Start building with CloviTranscribe today
CloviTranscribe ships production-ready with your branding, domain, and billing wired up in under 24 hours. No infrastructure work required.