Alrite review
A broad transcription and captioning toolkit with mobile, API, and self-hosted options.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Alrite is an AI speech-recognition platform for individuals, businesses, educators, media teams, and public organizations. It converts uploaded or recorded audio and video into transcripts and synchronized captions, with transcript editing, translation, speaker-related workflows, searchable archives, summaries, chapters, and transcript insights. Real-time transcription and captioning extend its use to live content, while mobile apps, API access, cloud deployment, and self-hosted options support different operating models.
The freemium structure gives new users a Starter plan with 30 minutes after registration plus 30 minutes renewed monthly, audio and video transcription, transcript editing, and seven-day file storage. Lite adds translation and one-month file storage. Plus is the caption-focused tier, adding video captioning, caption editing, burned-in captions, SRT and VTT subtitle export, and six-month file storage. This makes Starter suitable for limited transcription, Lite a fit for translated transcripts, and Plus the relevant choice for finished caption deliverables.
Alrite’s platform breadth is a notable part of its appeal. It supports web, iOS, Android, API, and self-hosted deployments, and connects with YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, and Dailymotion. Search across audio, video, and text files, visual caption customization, speaker detection and labeling, and AI-generated summaries broaden its role beyond subtitle creation. Choose Alrite when multilingual transcription, live captioning, multiple deployment options, or direct video-platform workflows matter. Choose a narrower caption editor instead if you only need basic caption adjustments and exports.
Alrite pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Supports synchronized captions, translation, summaries, and real-time captioning.
- Works across web, iOS, Android, API, and self-hosted deployments.
- Exports SRT and VTT files and can burn captions into videos.
- Where it doesn't
- Starter file storage lasts seven days.
- Captioning and burned-in export features are reserved for Plus.
- Its broad workflow may exceed the needs of basic caption-editing users.
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