Google Cloud Speech-to-Text Pricing Change — February 2026
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Google Cloud Speech-to-Text raises top-tier pricing 191.7% to $0.07/minute in February 2026

On February 4, 2026, Google Cloud Speech-to-Text raised its top plan from $0.02/minute to $0.07/minute (191.7% higher).

Before & after

Before
$0.02
Range: $0.00 – $0.02
After
$0.07
Range: Free – $0.07
Top-tier change +191.7% $0.02 → $0.07/minute

Current price (live)

Today's range
Free – Free/minute
Plans
3
Last verified
Apr 24, 2026
See Google Cloud Speech-to-Text pricing →

Note: pricing has moved again since this change was first detected. The values above reflect our most recent re-extraction.

How we detected this

This change was flagged by our agent-driven pricing pipeline on February 4, 2026. We continuously re-extract each product's public pricing page and compare against our last verified snapshot; when we detect a real price movement, a second validation layer confirms the change before it's published here. See our methodology for more.

Source

cloud.google.com Official Google Cloud Speech-to-Text pricing page

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