AssemblyAI

PASS consensus from 3 PASS.

The quickstart links to the dashboard, installs the Python SDK, runs a sample file, and prints the transcript text. One quickstart gives the key location, the pip install, a five-line Python script against a hosted sample file, and the equivalent raw HTTP flow in the same page. One clear path from API key (dashboard) to working transcription via SDK using a hosted sample file.

PASS consensus from 2 PASS, 1 PARTIAL.

The rate-limit page says excess HTTP traffic returns 403, but the common-errors page associates excess requests with 429. One page carries both numbers (5 parallel transcriptions free, 200+ paid, plus the 20,000-per-five-minutes HTTP ceiling) and every other page that restates them uses identical figures. Rate limits documented consistently: 5 parallel transcriptions (free), 200+ (paid), plus an HTTP ceiling of 20,000 requests per 5 minutes returning 403.

PARTIAL consensus from 2 PARTIAL, 1 FAIL.

The 429 entry gives no correction, while the actionable HTTP-limit guidance describes a 403 response. A complete 429 remedy exists only for LLM Gateway; on the transcription side the error table lists 429 with no fix while the rate-limits page states the HTTP ceiling returns 403, so a 429 on /v2/transcript has no documented cause or correction. The generic error table identifies 429 as 'Too many requests,' but the rate-limits page states the HTTP ceiling breach returns 403, not 429. The fix (honour Retry-After, exponential backoff) appears only in the agent instructions page, not in the main error handling guide.

PASS consensus from 3 PASS.

The guide documents URL setup, POST delivery, 2xx acknowledgment, retries, payload retrieval, and a custom authentication header. The page covers setting webhook_url, the delivery payload shape, the 10-second/10-attempt retry policy, the two static sender IP addresses, and the webhook_auth_header_name and webhook_auth_header_value shared-secret pair. Complete end-to-end guide: set webhook_url and auth header on the transcription request, validate the custom header on receipt, return 2xx within 10 seconds, with documented retry behaviour and static source IPs.

PASS consensus from 2 PASS, 1 PARTIAL.

The Python example installs assemblyai, transcribes the same sample URL, and the REST example submits that URL as audio_url. The SDK example matches the REST form shown on the same quickstart page, but the docs teach two incompatible Python import styles side by side, so an agent copying from the wrong page writes code against a different API surface. Official Python SDK on PyPI with a minimal working example; the pattern (set api_key, create Transcriber, call transcribe(audio_url)) matches the REST endpoint (POST /v2/transcript with audio_url) consistently across SDK and HTTP examples.