how do credits work for the speech to text realtime api?

[olive cave]

AI-generated Answer for andreistirb_2021

Short answer

• Unit of billing: Speech-to-Text (including the Realtime WebSocket API) consumes audio credits based on the number of minutes of audio you process. ElevenLabs’ credit system treats “audio” workloads as per‑minute usage. (help.elevenlabs.io)
• Realtime endpoint: You use Scribe v2 Realtime over a WebSocket (wss://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/speech-to-text/realtime). Credits are deducted for audio you stream for transcription. (elevenlabs.io)
• Add‑ons that change credit cost: Enabling Entity Detection on Speech‑to‑Text increases cost by 30%. Keyterm prompting and other advanced STT features may add cost (see pricing). (help.elevenlabs.io)
• Plan credits and overage: Each plan includes a monthly credit allotment (with up to two months of rollover). If you’re on Creator or above, you can enable usage‑based billing to buy extra credits at a fixed $/1,000‑credits rate (Creator $0.30, Pro $0.24, Scale $0.18, Business $0.12). (help.elevenlabs.io)
• Monitoring: Track your consumed credits and minutes in Developers → Usage within your dashboard. (help.elevenlabs.io)

Notes

• Exact per‑minute credit rate for STT is not listed publicly in the docs; it depends on plan and any enabled STT features. Refer to the pricing page for your plan for the current rates. (elevenlabs.io)

Docs cited

• What are credits? (definition, audio = per‑minute; rollover) (help.elevenlabs.io)
• STT overview (Entity Detection +30%; Scribe v2 Realtime recommended for live use) (help.elevenlabs.io)
• STT Realtime API reference (WebSocket endpoint) (elevenlabs.io)
• STT capabilities page (advanced features can add cost) (elevenlabs.io)
• Usage‑based billing pricing ($/1,000 credits) (help.elevenlabs.io)
• Usage analytics (see Credits and Minutes Used) (help.elevenlabs.io)
• Pricing page (plan credit allocations and current rates) (elevenlabs.io)

If you need plan‑specific credit-to‑minute figures

[blazing raptor]

actually I would very much like to know the exact per-minute credit rate, as in the pricing page you state the included number of hours, and in my account I have only credits. What is the link between them? Let's take into account only the speech to text realtime api