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.
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 OpenAI's optimized faster-whisper fork (3–7% error rate) with pyannote speaker diarization and Claude Haiku AI summaries. Launched as CloviTek platform service, native to DeckSpeaksAI (auto-captions), SpectroScience (lesson transcripts), AudiobookSmith (chapter QA), and CloviLeads CRM (action items).
Built to win, not to blend in
Self-hosted/on-premise deployment at $29/month (competitors require $5K+ contracts or prohibit it entirely)
Zero per-minute billing — flat-rate, predictable costs on already-provisioned VPS hardware
White-label embed capability for SaaS builders (Business tier, $79/month) — no competitor offers this at SMB pricing
Speaker diarization (up to 8 speakers) included on Pro tier; competitors charge $18–$30/seat or $0.65/min surcharge
Full-stack CloviTek ecosystem integration — auto-captions DeckSpeaksAI/NIR course, feeds CloviLeads CRM, replaces custom pipelines
Key features
A glimpse of CloviTranscribe
CloviTranscribe ships as a fully branded, production-grade product on the CloviTek platform — integrated auth, billing, and a polished interface your team and customers can use from day one.
Built on the CloviTek stack
CloviTranscribe composes shared platform infrastructure and sibling products — the integrated ecosystem that makes each new product faster to build and stickier to keep. Linked tiles open that platform's page.
Connects to your stack
Designed for these teams
Maya — Operations Manager at mid-sized food distributor; 15 vendor calls/week, compliance-sensitive, IT blocks cloud transcription; values self-hosted, structured export for audits.
Jordan — Indie podcast producer; 3 B2B podcasts, clients demand private transcripts not on third-party SaaS; needs white-label option and no per-minute overage.
Arjun — CTO of HR compliance SaaS; needs to embed transcription inside product, customers require on-premise data, AssemblyAI $2,200/mo is not viable; needs API and DPA.
Investors
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 Descript 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, Stripe 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, Stripe 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, OpenAI 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 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 Growth/Scale plans.
Plans & tiers
30 min/month, file upload only, TXT export, no timestamps or diarization. No credit card. Evaluators and one-off users.
5 hours/month, URL transcription, SRT/VTT/TXT export with timestamps. Individuals with light-moderate volume.
Unlimited minutes, 8-speaker diarization, AI summary, full-text search, JSON export, 90-day history. Core offering for ops managers and podcasters.
Pro + REST API, webhooks, custom vocabulary, white-label domain, OpenAI fallback, 365-day retention, priority queue, SLA support.
On-premise deploy, HIPAA BAA, SOC 2, custom SLA, multi-user/team accounts. Annual starting $5K+. Scoped by volume and infrastructure.
Pricing reflects planned standalone tiers. Platform tenants are billed through their CloviTek subscription.
Get early access to CloviTranscribe
CloviTranscribe is part of the CloviTek platform — request access and we'll provision a fully branded instance for your team and customers.