specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
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provider: ACRCloud
providerId: acrcloud
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Audio
- Music Recognition
- Audio Fingerprinting
- Broadcast Monitoring
- Metadata
- Plans
description: >-
  ACRCloud offers usage-based pricing across its content-recognition products.
  New accounts start with a free trial, after which Music Recognition is
  typically metered per recognition/request, Custom Audio Recognition and File
  Scanning are metered per recognition or per scanned hour, and Broadcast
  Monitoring is priced per monitored channel/stream per month. ACRCloud does not
  publish a single fixed public price list; most tiers are quoted per use case.
notes: >-
  ACRCloud does not disclose a complete standardized public price table; specific
  per-product dollar amounts beyond representative examples (e.g. Custom Stream
  Monitoring around US$26/month) are quoted on request. Verify all amounts on the
  pricing page and in the console during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://www.acrcloud.com/pricing/
- https://docs.acrcloud.com
plans:
- id: acrcloud-free-trial
  name: Free Trial
  type: free
  description: >-
    Time- or volume-limited trial access to evaluate music and custom audio
    recognition before committing to a paid plan.
  entries:
  - label: Trial Recognitions
    name: trial_recognitions
    type: free
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: free during trial
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Music Recognition
  - name: Custom Audio Recognition
- id: acrcloud-music-recognition
  name: Music Recognition
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Identify recorded music from short audio samples or fingerprints via the
    HMAC-signed Identification API, metered per recognition request.
  entries:
  - label: Recognition Requests
    name: recognition_requests
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: usage-based per recognition (see pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Identification API
  - name: Metadata Enrichment
- id: acrcloud-custom-audio-file-scanning
  name: Custom Audio Recognition & File Scanning
  type: usage
  description: >-
    Recognize custom audio against your own buckets, including whole-file
    scanning through file-scanning containers, metered per recognition or per
    scanned hour.
  entries:
  - label: Custom Recognitions
    name: custom_recognitions
    type: usage
    metric: requests
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1000
    price: usage-based per recognition (see pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: File Scanning
    name: file_scanning_hours
    type: usage
    metric: hours
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: usage-based per scanned hour (see pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Buckets
  - name: File Scanning Containers
- id: acrcloud-broadcast-monitoring
  name: Broadcast Monitoring
  type: subscription
  description: >-
    Continuous monitoring of radio, TV, and custom streams, priced per
    monitored channel/stream per month.
  entries:
  - label: Custom Stream Monitoring
    name: custom_stream
    type: subscription
    metric: channels
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: approx US$26 per stream per month (representative)
    userMultiplied: false
  - label: Broadcast Channel Monitoring
    name: broadcast_channel
    type: subscription
    metric: channels
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: month
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: per monitored channel per month (see pricing page)
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Broadcast Database Projects
  - name: Custom Streams Projects
  - name: Result Callbacks
- id: acrcloud-enterprise
  name: Enterprise
  type: enterprise
  description: >-
    Volume commitments, dedicated/on-prem deployments, custom datasets, and
    negotiated terms. Contact ACRCloud sales.
  entries:
  - label: Enterprise Agreement
    name: enterprise
    type: flat
    metric: contract
    limit: -1
    timeFrame: year
    geo: global
    unit: 1
    price: contact sales
    userMultiplied: false
  elements:
  - name: Custom Volume Pricing
  - name: Dedicated Deployment
  - name: Custom Datasets
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com