Pricing
Pay once. Next payment: never.
Hukum is a one-time purchase, with no subscription and no account. The price will be announced at launch. Offline speech models are free to run on your own computer. If you choose a cloud model, you use your own API key and the provider bills you directly, from about $0.04 per hour of audio. Hukum adds nothing on top.
Last updated 29 September 2026
What you pay for
Three costs, and two of them can be zero.
- The app
- One-time purchase. Price announced at launch.
- Offline models
- Free. They run on your computer.
- Cloud models (optional)
- Billed by the provider to your own key.
- AI clean-up (optional, off by default)
- Billed by the language-model provider you choose. Text only.
Cloud, if you want it
What an hour of dictation costs in the cloud.
| Model | Per hour of audio | Provider's price |
|---|---|---|
| Whisper on Groq | $0.04 | $0.04 per hour |
| ElevenLabs Scribe | $0.22 | $0.22 per hour (Scribe v2 API price) |
| Deepgram Nova-3 | $0.26 | $0.0043 per minute, pre-recorded, English |
| OpenAI Whisper | $0.36 | $0.006 per minute |
| Sarvam Saaras v3 | ₹30 | ₹30 per hour; new accounts start with free credits |
Pay-as-you-go list prices, checked 29 September 2026. Providers change prices; their own pages are the final word.
Questions
People also ask.
Is there a dictation app with a one-time purchase instead of a subscription?
Yes. Hukum is a one-time purchase for Mac, Windows and Linux. Offline models are free to run, and cloud models, if you use them, are billed by the provider directly to your own API key.
How much will Hukum cost?
The price will be announced at launch. Join the waitlist and we will email you once, when Hukum is ready to download.
Do I have to pay for speech models?
Not for offline models: Parakeet, Whisper, Moonshine and the others run on your computer for free. Cloud models cost what the provider charges, from about $0.04 per hour of audio with Whisper on Groq.
Does Hukum take a cut of cloud usage?
No. You use your own key with the provider, and the provider bills you directly. Hukum never sees your bill or your audio.