Scribie vs Simon Says Comparison 2026
Both cover transcription & show notes. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Scribie | Simon Says | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not listed | From $20 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing (they differ) | Usage-based | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Transcription & Show Notes | Transcription & Show Notes, Captions & Subtitles |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Scribie
Human transcription by the minute
Scribie sells transcripts rather than software: audio goes up, people check what the machine produced, and a document comes back. Pricing is per minute of audio with no subscription, which suits somebody who needs three interviews transcribed properly and nothing next month. Accuracy guarantees, faster turnaround and difficult audio are priced as separate additions. Anybody who wants a live editor and a searchable archive should buy one of the subscription tools instead.
Our note
Add the surcharges you actually need before comparing this against the automated services, because the base rate and the delivered price are different numbers on anything harder than a clean studio recording. For clean audio and no rush it remains one of the cheapest human-checked options here.
Simon Says
Transcription built to land in an edit
Simon Says transcribes and translates, then exports into the editing software the footage is already in rather than handing back a text file to retype. The transcript editor pairs with a visual subtitle editor for checking how captions sit on the picture. An assembly mode on the paid tiers lets a rough cut be built by selecting lines of the transcript, which is the feature documentary editors buy it for.
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