Short verdict
Good fit for
Businesses that have interviews, recordings or videos transcribed or subtitled, including in Dutch and Flemish.
Less suited to
Anyone looking for a note-taker that joins meetings live; for that Amberscript has the separate Amber Notes app.
Key facts
- Starter €19 per month for 5 hours of transcription
- Storage and processing on EU servers
- Data processing agreement on request
What is Amberscript?
Amberscript is a transcription service from Amberscript Global B.V. in Amsterdam, with a second office in Berlin. You upload audio or video and get an automatic transcript (about 90% accurate according to Amberscript) or subtitles within minutes, which you correct in an online editor. If you want more than 99% accuracy, you have the work checked by people at a price per minute. Dutch and Flemish are among the supported languages. For meetings, Amberscript has a separate app, Amber Notes, with its own subscription.
According to the pricing page, files are processed and stored on EU servers, and Amberscript is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified. The privacy policy says data is never stored outside Europe, but also that some transcription partners are based outside the EU; that applies to the human services. Automatic transcripts are not used to train language models. You sign a data processing agreement on request through the helpdesk.
Good: clear prices per hour, monthly subscriptions you can cancel at any time and export to Word, TXT, JSON and CSV, plus subtitles in SRT or VTT. There is a Dutch-language helpdesk, a chatbot and an Amsterdam phone number for urgent questions during office hours.
Less good: unused hours expire at the end of the month. It is first and foremost a transcription service: summaries and action items from meetings are in Amber Notes, which you buy separately.
How much does Amberscript cost?
Starting price
€19 per month
Starter, €19 per month for 5 hours of automatic transcription (€190 per year billed annually). Pro €29 for 10 hours, Power €49 for 25 hours; unused hours do not carry over to the next month. Without a subscription, €10 per hour as credit. Human transcription from €1.85 per minute. You can try 10 minutes free. Not stated whether prices exclude VAT.
- No free plan
- No free trial
- The vendor does not say whether this is excl. VAT
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Cancelling and switching
What Amberscript itself says about cancelling, paying annually and taking your data with you. "Unknown" means we could not find it.
- Pay and cancel monthly
- Yes
- Notice period
- Monthly subscriptions can be cancelled at any time
- Discount for paying annually
- 17%
- One-off setup fee
- Unknown
- Exporting your data
- CSV, JSON
Source on the Amberscript site: 1. Checked on . Something no longer correct? Report an error.
The Netherlands check
Useful if you run a business in the Netherlands. "Unknown" means we could not verify it.
Support in Dutch: Yes
You would rather ask a question in Dutch, to someone who knows how things work in the Netherlands.
App in Dutch: Unknown
This is about the language of the app itself. Whether a note-taker handles Dutch conversations well is covered separately in the text for each tool.
Data in the EU: Yes
An AI note-taker or email assistant sees everything in your conversations and inbox, including from customers. Where that is stored and processed matters all the more.
More about data in the EU →Data processing agreement: Yes
If you let an AI process conversations or email from customers, the vendor is your processor and you need a data processing agreement.
More about the data processing agreement →Company in the Netherlands: Yes
A Dutch company falls under Dutch law. For some businesses that matters, for example in a dispute.
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The EU check
Where the company is based, who owns it and where your data is stored. This applies in every European country.
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the EU or EFTA.
Owner: unknown
We found no source showing who owns the company, or that it is independent.
Data in the EU: yes
A tool only gets the European badge if both its headquarters and its owner are verifiably in the EU or EFTA. All European software.
Integrations
We found no integrations on the site of Amberscript.
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Frequently asked questions about Amberscript
How much does Amberscript cost?
Paid plans for Amberscript start at €19 per month. Starter, €19 per month for 5 hours of automatic transcription (€190 per year billed annually). Pro €29 for 10 hours, Power €49 for 25 hours; unused hours do not carry over to the next month. Without a subscription, €10 per hour as credit. Human transcription from €1.85 per minute. You can try 10 minutes free. Not stated whether prices exclude VAT.
Who is Amberscript for?
Amberscript is aimed at freelancers, SMEs and large companies. Automatic transcription and subtitling from Amsterdam, with storage in the EU and optional human review.
Is Amberscript available in Dutch?
Support is available in Dutch.
Does Amberscript store my data in the EU?
Yes, Amberscript stores your data in the EU. You can sign a data processing agreement.
Does Amberscript support iDEAL and Peppol?
Amberscript does not support Peppol.