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Every limit on this page is the limit the product actually enforces. If you hit something that isn’t listed here, that’s a bug in this page — please tell us.

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The plans

No card is needed to start. You only add payment details if you upgrade.

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The cloud word limit

The Free plan includes 2,000 words per rolling 7 days of OpenWhispr Cloud transcription. Free forever — it isn’t a trial and it doesn’t expire. Three things worth knowing, because they’re the ones people write in about: It’s a rolling window, not a weekly reset. There’s no Monday when the counter goes back to zero. Instead, each transcription stops counting once it’s more than 7 days old. So if you used your 2,000 words last Tuesday, they free up again this Tuesday. Only OpenWhispr Cloud counts. Local models and your own API keys are unlimited on every plan, and neither touches this number. If you’re regularly hitting the limit and don’t want to upgrade, switching to a local model removes it entirely — see Cloud vs local processing. We don’t cut you off mid-transcription. The check happens when a transcription starts, so a single long recording can carry you past 2,000 words rather than stopping halfway. You’ll be over your limit afterwards, not left with half a transcript. You can see where you stand in Settings → Account.

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Audio file size limits

These apply when you upload a file or paste a URL in the Upload view. They depend on how you’re processing audio, not just on your plan: A 45-minute MP3 recorded at a typical bitrate is usually 40–65 MB, so it will exceed the 25 MB limit on the Free plan and with your own API keys. A 45-minute recording is comfortably within the 500 MB limit on a paid plan. If a file is too large, OpenWhispr tells you before it uploads anything — you won’t lose a long upload to a limit you didn’t know about. URL downloads — YouTube links and direct audio or video URLs — are capped at 500 MB, and the same processing limits above then apply to the downloaded file.
Using the REST API or the CLI directly? Every request to the transcription endpoint is capped at 25 MB, on every plan. The 500 MB figure above is the desktop app’s limit: it splits large files into smaller pieces and reassembles the result for you. If you’re calling the API yourself, split the audio your side. See the API overview.

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Meeting recordings

Meeting recording allowances are 5 hours a month on Free, 20 hours a month on Pro, and unlimited on Business and Enterprise. Meeting audio processed with a local model or your own API key doesn’t use OpenWhispr Cloud, so it doesn’t count toward the cloud word limit above.

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Languages

OpenWhispr supports 100+ languages. Which ones are available depends on the model you’re using — the local Parakeet models cover a smaller set than Whisper does. You can pick a language or leave it on auto-detect; see How dictation works.

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Changing or cancelling your plan

You can upgrade, downgrade or cancel at any time. If you cancel, you keep unlimited local dictation on the Free plan — on-device transcription never stops working. To cancel or ask about a refund, email support@openwhispr.com and we’ll take care of it.