Beey

Beey is a browser-based application for converting audio and video recordings into editable text. The service also supports subtitle production, machine translation, collaborative projects, media exports, and live captioning.

NEWTON Technologies developed Beey for journalists, researchers, educators, media teams, courts, public bodies, podcasters, and video producers. The company says Beey has been developed since 2018.

The editor supports automatic timestamps, speaker handling, waveform review, searchable projects, and correction workflows. Users can process uploaded files, web media, recordings, and supported streams.

Beey transcribes audio and video in more than 30 listed languages, with the product website presenting broader support across more than 50 languages and variants.

Its editor includes synchronized playback, automatic timestamp recalculation, speaker change detection, manual speaker assignment, comments, tags, lexicons, and full-text project search.

Subtitle Mode supports timing adjustments, subtitle splitting, length and speed warnings, waveform editing, speaker color customization, background settings, and subtitle insertion into video.

Beey Translate can create translated project versions while preserving the original transcript and timestamps. The FAQ identifies DeepL as the provider for many languages and Google Translate for remaining supported languages.

Available extensions include Link, Stream, and Voice applications. The product also documents BeeyLive for real-time event captioning and translation, plus an automatic summarization extension.

Exports include DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, SSA, STL, TTML, XML, media files, and custom templates on selected plans.

Beey offers a pay-as-you-go Start plan, Plus and Business subscriptions, and a custom Enterprise plan. Listed prices include VAT.

Start has no recurring fee and charges €0.14 per transcription minute. The plan is designed for one user and includes 10 GB of storage.

Plus costs €25 per month for five hours of monthly transcription, up to five users, and 50 GB of storage. Annual Plus costs €250 and includes 60 hours yearly.

Business costs €45 per month for ten hours of monthly transcription, up to ten users, and 100 GB of storage. Annual Business costs €450 and includes 120 hours yearly.

Enterprise pricing is custom. It adds unlimited credits and users, on-premise deployment, API access, batch transcription, premium support, and other enterprise functions.

New accounts receive the first 30 minutes of transcription free without a credit card. Beey also advertises a separate trial-account request providing 60 free transcription minutes.

Pros:

• Combines transcription, subtitles, translation, and editing in one web application.
• Offers pay-as-you-go usage instead of requiring a recurring subscription.
• Provides collaboration features, shared credits, shared storage, and shared dictionaries on team plans.
• Supports common subtitle, document, media, and XML export formats.
• Provides API and on-premise options through Enterprise agreements.
• Has public ratings of 4.9 on G2 and Capterra, and 4.7 on Trustpilot.

Cons:

• API access is not included in Start, Plus, or Business plans.
• Several advanced functions, including automatic speaker identification, require Enterprise access.
• Subscription credits expire by billing period and unused credits do not carry forward.
• Automatic transcripts still require review, especially with poor audio, background noise, names, or speaker changes.
• The standard plans offer email support, while phone support and dedicated assistance require Enterprise arrangements.

Comparable products include Sonix, Transkriptor, Trint, Happy Scribe, Descript, Otter.ai, and Rev. These tools overlap with Beey across automated transcription, captions, subtitle editing, translation, or meeting documentation.

Beey is particularly relevant for buyers seeking pay-as-you-go transcription, multilingual subtitle workflows, Czech and other European language coverage, or Enterprise API and on-premise deployment.

Does Beey offer a free trial?
Yes. New users receive 30 free transcription minutes without entering a credit card. Beey also provides a request form for a 60-minute trial account.

Which platforms does Beey support?
Beey is primarily a cloud web application. Its pricing documentation lists mobile-version support. The service also offers Enterprise API and on-premise deployment.

Does Beey have an API?
Yes. Beey documents API version 2. API integration is listed as an Enterprise feature and requires an API token for requests.

What integrations does Beey support?
Beey provides internal Link, Stream, Voice, and Beey Publish extensions. Its tutorials cover workflows involving Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, YouTube, Facebook, and VLC, although these are documented workflows rather than broad native integrations.

What file formats does Beey support?
Common supported formats include MP3, WAV, M4A, MP4, AAC, VORBIS, and OPUS. Export formats include DOCX, PDF, SRT, VTT, SSA, STL, TTML, and XML.

Can Beey translate subtitles?
Yes. Beey Translate creates translated projects and can automatically translate subtitles while preserving transcript timing.