Updated on Jan. 23, 2025
"Integrating a wake word engine is expensive, involves upfront cost, and takes time. Although affordable for big companies this can be a show-stopper for startups who want to join the voice-enabled revolution." This is a snippet of Picovoice's first article when we launched Porcupine (co-incidentally our first product). Fast-forward a few years, and we are even more committed to the democratization of voice AI. Before wrapping up 2021, we take a significant leap towards this goal.
TLDR
Anyone with an email address, GitHub, or Google account can train on-device AI models and deploy them for free. Picovoice's Free Plan grants access to all on-device AI engines:
- Leopard Speech-to-Text
- Cheetah Streaming Speech-to-Text
- Koala Noise Suppression
- Eagle Speaker Recognition
- Falcon Speaker Diarization
- Orca Text-to-Speech
- Porcupine Wake Word
- Rhino Speech-to-Intent
- Cobra Voice Activity Detection
Free Plan for Non-Commercial Projects
No credit card is required. Picovoice is free for personal non-commercial projects! We make money from large-scale enterprise deployments. If you are working on a small personal project, you can train custom on-device AI models Picovoice Console, and deploy them enterprise-grade on-device AI engines on your target platform using our intuitive SDKs in a few lines of code.
Free Trial for Commercial Endeavours
No credit card is required. The Free Trial grants access to the Foundation Plan usage rights. To start your trial, simply create an account and request a trial. After reviewing your request, our team will activate your trial in a few hours.
Commercial Explorations
Picovoice offers Foundation and Enterprise plans for commercial projects.
Both commercial plans, Foundation and Enterprise, grant access to all Picovoice engines at the same usage levels, allowing enterprises to evaluate, develop, and test before committing to large volumes.
The Foundation Plan is available under the standard Picovoice Terms of Use with commercial usage rights and click-thru credit card payment. Eliminating the lengthy enterprise sales process helps both parties save overhead costs, and we pass our savings onto the customers. While aiming to minimize legal and administrative costs, we understand some enterprises must follow certain processes or have certain custom development and support requests. Enterprise Plans allow prospects to adjust the Foundation Plan terms as needed.
Closing Remarks
If you would like to learn more, check the pricing page for details of the above plans. Ready to build? You are just a few clicks away! Docs is a great start.
