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Steno pricing
Steno publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Steno pricing is $500/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $500/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
Steno plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $500/month | 7 | Entry tier |
| Growth | $1000/month | 8 | +$500/month, 4 more features |
| Scale | $2000/month | 9 | +$1000/month, 5 more features |
| Enterprise | On request | 9 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Starter
$500/monthThe entry tier. It covers 16,500 credits per month, 1 twin, web app deployment, authentication, email support, basic sdk access.
Growth
$1000/monthOver Starter, this tier adds:
- 40,000 credits per month
- 2 Twins
- Member syncing integration
- Monetization platform fees: 8%
Scale
$2000/monthOver Growth, this tier adds:
- 100,000 credits per month
- 3 Twins
- Plus SDK access
- 2-way CRM integrations
- Monetization platform fees: 7%
Enterprise
On requestOver Scale, this tier adds:
- 200,000+ credits per month
- 5 Twins
- Slack support (upgraded from email)
- Monetization platform fees: 6%
What the product covers
The full Steno feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- AI transcription
- Broadcast search
- Real-time monitoring
- Clip creation
- Media analysis
Integrations
- Slack
- API
Platform
- Web support
People bring Steno in for ai-powered content creation platform, voice and text content generation, multi-channel content distribution, programmatic content syndication. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Steno are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in News
Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $15/month. Steno starts at $500/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steno (this page) | $500/month | subscription | - | |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Steno |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | - | vs Steno |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | usage-based | - | vs Steno |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | freemium | - | vs Steno |
| Inoreader | Free, then $7.5/month | freemium | - | vs Steno |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Steno |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Steno badges page.
Before you pay for Steno
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $500/month and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Steno against the tools that do have one before committing.
Steno runs on web, and is published by Steno AI of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Steno review, and the rest of the category is under best news tools.
Steno pricing questions
- How much does Steno cost?
- Steno publishes 4 tiers, from $500/month for Starter up to On request for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $500/month.
- Does Steno have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Steno is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Starter and Growth on Steno?
- Growth costs $1000/month against $500/month, and adds 40,000 credits per month, 2 twins, member syncing integration, monetization platform fees: 8%.
- Is the Enterprise plan on Steno worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 200,000+ credits per month, 5 twins, slack support (upgraded from email), monetization platform fees: 6%. It costs On request against $500/month for Starter. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Steno expensive for a news tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $15/month; Steno starts at $500/month.
- Which news tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 news tools listed alongside Steno have a free tier: NetNewsWire, Reeder, ConvertKit, Inoreader, Ghost.
- What am I actually paying for with Steno?
- The record lists 9 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for ai-powered content creation platform, voice and text content generation, multi-channel content distribution.
- Does Steno charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Steno prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Steno against before paying?
- The closest news tools in this directory are NetNewsWire, Reeder, GlobeNewswire, ConvertKit. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Steno covering price, platforms and features.