Murmel vs Happy Scribe

The facts side by side

Where Happy Scribe is stronger

• Languages and translation. Over 150 languages and translation into more than 80. Murmel does Dutch and English and does not translate.
• Subtitles. Over 15 export formats, including professional subtitle formats. Murmel has SRT and VTT.
• Note taker for Zoom too, even free. The bot works with Meet, Zoom and Teams on every plan. Murmel does not support Zoom.
• Summaries. AI summaries from Pro. Murmel delivers the transcript only.
• Apps, integrations and teams. iOS and Android apps, integrations with YouTube, Vimeo, Drive, Dropbox and Zapier, and 3 seats on Pro.
• Proofreading. Human proofreading from €1.75 per minute. Murmel does not offer that.

Where Murmel is different

Happy Scribe counts in minutes: 120 on Basic, 600 on Pro. Murmel counts in hours: 12 hours on Basic. For anyone transcribing a lot of Dutch, that is the biggest difference. On top of that, the Murmel model was trained from scratch on Dutch speech and measured on open Dutch benchmarks (the measurement). Happy Scribe was not part of that test, so this says nothing about which service is more accurate.

• Data stays in the Netherlands. Storage at Scaleway, compute at Leafcloud in Amsterdam. No transfers outside the EEA for your audio and transcripts.
• No 90-minute limit. Even a four-hour council meeting is fully processed: above three hours Murmel splits the recording into parts automatically.
• Dutch and English mixed. A meeting where people switch between Dutch and English gives one transcript.
• Custom vocabulary. Teach the model names and jargon with the vocabulary.

What it costs: two examples

10 hours a month, for example a researcher with interviews

10 hours is 600 minutes: exactly Pro at Happy Scribe, €29 a month or €19 a month billed annually. At Murmel it is Basic, €10.89 incl. VAT for 12 hours. If one month runs to 14 hours, Happy Scribe charges €0.20 per extra minute (€48 for 4 hours) and Murmel €1.45 per extra hour with credits (€5.80 for 4 hours). More on research in transcription for research.

One interview of one hour

The Happy Scribe free trial covers 10 minutes. For a full hour you need Basic: €17 for 120 minutes. At Murmel you buy €6.05 in credits, enough for over four hours, without a subscription.

Switching from Happy Scribe

1. 1
   Export what you want to keepDownload your transcripts from Happy Scribe as Word or TXT. Murmel does not import transcripts from other services.
2. 2
   Upload the original audio or videoMp3, wav, m4a, mp4, mov, mkv and more all work. Drag several files at once onto a project.
3. 3
   Connect your meetingsIf you use the note taker for Teams or Meet, paste the link in the Meetings tab. For Zoom, upload the recording.

Other alternatives to Happy Scribe

• Murmel vs Transkriptor: also 100+ languages and translation, with many hours on Pro.
• Murmel vs Notta: note taker for five platforms and a low annual plan.
• Murmel vs Amberscript: Dutch service with human transcription.

All services side by side are in the overview of transcription software for Dutch. Murmel pricing is on the pricing page.

How this comparison was made

This page was written by Murmel itself, not by an independent party. Murmel has no affiliation with Happy Scribe. On 22 October 2026 these public pages were checked: the Happy Scribe pricing page, terms and security page. Only what they state has been used. Prices and features change, so always check the Happy Scribe website itself before you decide. Murmel has not measured the accuracy of Happy Scribe, so this page makes no claim about it. How Murmel itself is measured is described in the benchmark methodology. Spotted a mistake or an outdated price? Let us know via contact and it will be corrected.

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