Priced by the language-hour.
One language translated for one hour. Your audience is never counted — 10 or 10,000 listeners on a language costs the same. Subscribe for a room that runs every week, or pay $10 per language-hour for a one-off event.
For a room that runs every week.
Each plan prepays a bundle of language-hours at a discount off the $10 event rate. Most rooms land on Standard — start free on a real session first.
Try it
Free
Best for a one-off, or a first test on a real session.
- Up to 3 languages
- 15 minutes for testing
- Up to 25 listeners
- Need more time? Get in touch
- Captions & voice
Light monthly use
Lite
Best for one room running a short weekly session.
- 1 live session
- Up to 3 languages/session
- 12 language-hours / month
- Up to 75 listeners
Most popular
Standard
Best for regular rooms, classes, services, and internal events.
- 2 live sessions at once
- Up to 3 languages/session
- 30 language-hours / month
- Up to 400 listeners
- Screen overlays & recordings
Campuses & events
Pro
Best for multi-room operations and frequent events.
- 5 live sessions at once
- Up to 8 languages/session
- 100 language-hours / month
- Unlimited listeners
- Priority support
- Everything in Standard
Custom
For big conferences, festivals, multi-room productions, and government — higher language limits, more concurrent sessions, an SLA, and procurement support.
Prices in USD. Annual billing saves two months. Subscriptions are managed in the operator console after sign-in.
$10 per language-hour
A conference, training day, or public meeting — rooms × languages × hours, billed once. No tiers to choose, no per-seat fees, and unlimited listeners on every room.
Just translating for yourself rather than running a room? See personal plans. Running a church? Koine Church edition adds Scripture tools to any paid plan for +$39 a month. Above roughly 150 language-hours, or multi-day multi-room productions, talk to sales.
Pricing questions.
Where the cheaper tools stop.
Most live translation tools do the spoken hour, and do it well. The difference is what is still there on Tuesday.
| What happens | A typical live translation tool | Koine |
|---|---|---|
| A passage is read | Translated as speech, like any other sentence | Shown in each listener's own published Bible, approved at the booth before it appears |
| Someone misses a sentence | They wait for the next one | They rewind while the session is still live, then return to the live edge |
| A listener wants to keep something | Whatever they write down themselves | Notes, photos and highlights stay pinned to the line that prompted them |
| A week later, they have a question | Not typically offered | They ask across every session they attended and get an answer from the transcript, in their language |
| Someone needs the sound, not a translation | Not typically offered | The room's own audio on every phone — hearing assistance without a loop or receivers |
| Next week comes around | Share a new link | One address people follow, and their phone tells them when you go live |
Based on what tools in this category publish about themselves as of August 2026. Capabilities change — if you are comparing against something specific, ask us and we will give you a straight answer, including where a cheaper tool is the better fit.
How is pricing calculated?
Everything is priced in language-hours — one language translated for one hour. A one-off event pays a flat $10 per language-hour, billed once. A recurring room instead prepays a monthly bundle of language-hours at a discount off that rate. Your audience is always unlimited: 10 or 10,000 listeners on a language costs the same.
What is a "language-hour"?
One language translated for one hour. Two languages for one hour uses two language-hours — the unit that reflects actual processing.
Why does Koine cost more than the cheapest AI translation app?
Because the hour is not the whole job. The cheapest tools translate while someone is speaking and stop there. A Koine session also leaves a recording and a transcript in every language it ran, a permanent page your audience can follow so you are not re-sharing a new link each week, and study tools each listener keeps. Listeners are never counted — 10 or 10,000 on a language costs the same. The room's own audio can go to every phone, so the same setup covers hearing assistance without a loop or receivers. And for churches, spoken Bible references appear in each listener's own published translation, approved at the booth, instead of a machine paraphrase. If all you need is a translated hour, a cheaper tool will do that. What you are paying for here is the session still being useful on Tuesday.
What happens if we exceed the included usage?
A live event can use one extra language-hour so it does not stop mid-sentence. After that, add more language-hours or upgrade. Monthly quotas reset each month; unused hours do not roll over.
Do you offer non-profit or annual discounts?
Annual billing includes two months free. Non-profit and multi-campus rates are available — contact us.
Need more than eight languages?
Larger events and custom limits are handled through sales.
Can I use Koine on my own, without an organization?
Yes, and it is a separate product rather than a smaller plan. Koine Live Pro turns your own phone into the room microphone and translates for you; Koine Plus adds questions, recaps and review across everything you have heard. Prices and detail are on personal plans.