VoxLive vs. Aurelo: flat plans vs. per-language hour meters.

Aurelo is, on paper, the most credible new competitor we have written about. It puts translated audio and captions on every tier — including a free tier with no card. It prices all of its languages flat, with no per-language add-on. Listeners scan a QR code and hear the sermon in the browser, nothing to install — the same instinct we have. And billed annually its entry tier lands at about $49 a month — the same place our Starter lands. Monthly, ours is cheaper at $59 to their $79. Those are real strengths, and they come first. Then there is one line in Aurelo's own pricing fine print that, for most multilingual churches, decides the whole comparison — and this page is mostly about that line.

01 — Credit firstWhat Aurelo is genuinely good at.

• Audio and captions on every tier, including free. The free tier gives 2 hours a month with translated audio and subtitles, in all of its 60+ languages, with no card. That is a genuinely generous front door — most platforms we have compared gate audio behind paid plans.
• Flat all-languages pricing. No per-language fees on any tier. We have written a whole post against per-language add-ons, so credit where due: Aurelo made the same call we did.
• An entry price that ties ours. Like for like: monthly, Basic is $79 against VoxLive Starter at $59 — we are cheaper. Billed annually, both land at about $49 a month (their $49 against our $590/yr, which works out to $49.17). On the entry axis, call it a tie.
• QR-code listener flow, no app. Listeners scan and listen in the browser. Same design conviction we hold: the congregation should never have to find an app store during the announcements.
• An Enterprise lane. A custom-priced tier lists unlimited hours, multi-campus support, voice cloning, custom integrations, dedicated support, and an SLA — a real top end for larger organizations.

02 — The one questionEvery language at once — but what does the meter say?

First, a correction that is also a compliment. When we first published this comparison (July 17, 2026), Aurelo's own FAQ said the product translated one language pair at a time, with multiple simultaneous translations coming soon. That was the line this page turned on. As of August 10, 2026, it has shipped: their FAQ now answers the multi-language question with a plain yes — "With Internet listener access, Aurelo can translate one service into multiple languages at the same time" — and every paid tier lists "Multiple languages at once." Credit where due: they closed their biggest gap, and this page now reflects that.

The question that decides the comparison moved one line down their pricing page, into the footnote: "Usage for an additional language is metered only while that language has active listeners." Read that twice. Every language you run adds its own burn against the tier's hour meter — the meter counts language-hours, not service-hours. A 90-minute service in three languages, each with listeners the whole time, meters roughly four and a half hours. Two smaller prints from the same FAQ while you plan: simultaneous languages need internet listener access — "Local WiFi listening continues to carry the primary language" — and music is not supported.

On VoxLive, simultaneous languages are the product, not a multiplier. Growth runs 2 spoken languages and 8 caption languages at once; Pro runs 4 and 12; Scale runs 6 spoken with captions in any of the 60 supported languages. Each listener picks their own from their phone, live, mid-sermon — and the third language costs the same as the first: nothing. Running languages at the same time has a second use besides one language per pew: someone who half-understands the preaching can hear it in one language and read the captions in the other, put the words together, and learn as the service runs.

Both products now run every language at once. Only one of them charges the meter for each. On ours it is the routine of every service.

03 — The pricingHour meters, run through one real church.

Aurelo's published ladder, unchanged between our July 17 and August 10, 2026 checks: Free (2 hours a month), Basic $79 a month or $49 billed annually (10 hours), Pro $129 or $89 (20 hours, marked POPULAR), Ultra $249 or $199 (50 hours), and custom-priced Enterprise. One change since July: the separate "ultra-low-latency hours" sub-meter their cards used to show is gone — latency is now advertised flat across their site at about one to two seconds. What replaced it in the fine print is the per-language metering above.

Benchmark church: two services a week (about 9 a month, ~90 minutes each), 2 translated languages, about 100 people following along — roughly 13.5 broadcast hours a month. Full methodology in the seven-service comparison.

• Aurelo at the benchmark: their pricing footnote now documents per-language metering, so the benchmark's 2 translated languages burn the meter twice over. Counted as active speech (~9 hours × 2 languages ≈ 18 metered hours — the reading our methodology credits metered platforms with), the fit is Pro at $129 a month, or $89 billed annually, against its 20-hour meter with little to spare. Counted wall-clock (13.5 × 2 = 27 hours), Pro's meter is blown and the fit is Ultra at $249/$199. Basic no longer fits under either reading. Whether the base hours count wall-clock or only translated speech is still not stated on their page — ask them which way the meter runs before you budget.
• VoxLive at the benchmark: Growth at $199 a month, flat — 2 spoken plus 8 caption languages running simultaneously, 22 broadcast hours against the benchmark's 13.5, up to 250 listeners, recordings, transcripts, human-interpreter mode, and Bible verse cards included.
• The honest hour comparison: Aurelo's Ultra includes 50 hours — more than any VoxLive tier's included hours (Scale includes 36) — but remember those are language-hours under their footnote. If you broadcast far beyond your weekly services in one language, read their ladder carefully; it may fit you. What our hours do differently: they are soft, and languages never multiply them. A broadcast in progress always finishes — we do not cut a service the moment the meter runs out — and there is no overage line item on any plan — the bill is the plan price, every month.

04 — The differencesFour calls the two products made differently.

Browser studio vs. desktop app. Aurelo's operator side runs as a desktop application you install. VoxLive's studio runs entirely in the browser — the AV volunteer opens a tab on whatever machine the booth has that week, including a locked-down church PC, a borrowed laptop, or an iPad. No install policy fights, nothing to update before the service.

Interpreter-augment vs. interpreter-replacement. Aurelo's site lists no mode for a live human interpreter — the model its site presents is AI doing the translating. VoxLive is built to keep your interpreters: your volunteer speaks, their live voice reaches every listener's phone, and AI covers only the languages no human on your team speaks — the way a real bilingual church runs it in our case study. If your church has a translation ministry, this is the difference that decides it.

Bible verses, rendered. When the preacher references John 3:16, each VoxLive listener sees the verse from a published Bible translation in their own language, automatically, on every plan (on free, during its AI trial). Aurelo's site lists no Bible features. For a product aimed at churches, we think Scripture deserves better than being machine-translated like the rest of the sentence.

Hard meters vs. soft hours. Aurelo's tiers are hour-metered (2, 10, 20, and 50), and the pricing footnote meters each additional simultaneous language separately while it has active listeners. Their page does not say what happens when the meter runs out mid-service, so we make no claim about that. We can only tell you our behavior, because we designed it deliberately: a broadcast in progress always finishes when the hours run out, there is no overage charge on any plan, and languages never multiply the count. One practical note from their site while you plan: music is not supported on Aurelo; budget your hours around speech.

05 — Ours to concedeWhere Aurelo has the better of us, and who should pick which.

The scale has weights on both sides. VoxLive is a newer product than the incumbents in this market, and Aurelo's verifiable public footprint is small as well — so on track record, ask hard questions of both of us. Our plans carry listener caps (75 on Starter, 250 on Growth, 350 on Pro, 450 on Scale). And individual audio on VoxLive needs listeners to have phones; captions on a projector cover the room, but not each ear. Our free tier is also shaped differently from theirs: ongoing live audio streaming (8 hours a month) plus one-time trials of AI captions (2 hours) and one spoken translation language (60 minutes) — Aurelo's free tier resets its 2 hours monthly with translation included, which is the more generous recurring free door. Theirs is the better free tier for indefinitely testing translation; ours is built to carry your audio every week and give the AI one honest audition.

So: if your church has exactly one language gap, no interpreter team, a preference for their tier shape, and an operator who does not mind a desktop install, Aurelo is a credible choice — one language keeps its meter honest, and its free tier costs nothing to try. If your congregation speaks three languages at once — which under their footnote means three meters running — if you have interpreters you want to keep in front of the people they serve, if you want Scripture rendered rather than machine-translated, or if you want a meter that lets the sermon finish — that is the shape VoxLive is built around, at flat published prices from $59 to $789 a month.

The cheapest way to know is not this page — it is one real service. The $5 First Sunday Pass unlocks the whole product for one full service, and you decide from your own congregation's experience. If it doesn't work in your sanctuary, the $5 comes back.

06 — FAQHonest questions, honest answers.

How much does Aurelo cost for a church?

As of August 10, 2026, Aurelo publishes five tiers: Free (2 hours a month, no card), Basic at $79 a month or $49 a month billed annually (10 hours), Pro at $129 or $89 (20 hours), Ultra at $249 or $199 (50 hours), and a custom-priced Enterprise tier. Every tier includes all of its 60+ languages. VoxLive publishes a flat ladder: Free, Starter $59, Growth $199, Pro $449, and Scale $789 a month, each all-inclusive with no per-language or per-hour add-ons.

Can Aurelo translate into multiple languages at the same time?

As of July 17, 2026, Aurelo's own FAQ says it translates one language pair at a time, with multiple simultaneous translations described as coming soon. VoxLive delivers simultaneous multi-language translation today: on the Growth plan a congregation can hear spoken translation in 2 languages and read live captions in 8 languages at once, with each listener choosing their own from their phone.

What is the difference between VoxLive and Aurelo?

Both send live translated audio and captions to listeners' phones through a QR code with no app to install. The differences: as of July 17, 2026, Aurelo translates one language pair at a time per its own FAQ, runs its operator side as a desktop application, and lists no mode for human interpreters or Bible verse rendering. VoxLive translates into many languages simultaneously, runs entirely in the browser, carries a live human interpreter's voice alongside AI languages, and shows detected Bible verses in each listener's language on every plan.

Does Aurelo work with human interpreters?

Aurelo is an AI translation product; as of August 10, 2026 its site does not list a mode that carries a live human interpreter's voice to listeners. VoxLive has one: your interpreter speaks, their live voice reaches every listener's phone, and AI covers only the languages no human on your team speaks.

Do listeners need to install an app for VoxLive or Aurelo?

No on both counts. Aurelo and VoxLive each let listeners scan a QR code and listen or read in the browser with nothing to install. The operator side differs: Aurelo's broadcaster runs as a desktop application, while VoxLive's studio runs entirely in the browser.

SourcesEvery number, dated.

• Aurelo website and pricing — aurelolive.com and aurelolive.com/#pricing, checked July 17 and re-verified August 10, 2026: Free tier 2 hours/month, all 60+ languages, audio + subtitles, no card; Basic $79/month or $49/month billed annually (10 hours); Pro $129/$89 (20 hours, marked POPULAR); Ultra $249/$199 (50 hours); Enterprise custom-priced (unlimited hours, multi-campus, voice cloning, custom integrations, dedicated support, SLA); prices display in dollars or euros with identical digits depending on the visitor's region; "Yearly billing saves up to 40%" claim; QR-code listener access with no app; desktop application for the broadcaster side; music not supported. The per-tier "ultra-low-latency hours" sub-meters shown at the July check are gone from the cards as of August 10; latency is advertised at about 1–2 seconds site-wide.
• Multiple languages at once, metered per language — Aurelo's own FAQ and pricing footnote on aurelolive.com, checked August 10, 2026: "Yes. With Internet listener access, Aurelo can translate one service into multiple languages at the same time… Local WiFi listening continues to carry the primary language." Pricing footnote: "Every paid plan can broadcast multiple languages at once. Usage for an additional language is metered only while that language has active listeners—not simply because it is enabled, and not per listener." (At our first check, July 17, 2026, the same FAQ said one language pair at a time with multiple simultaneous translations coming soon — the change shipped between our checks.)
• Footprint figures — Aurelo homepage, checked August 10, 2026: visible copy states "300+ churches across 46 countries" (250+/42 at the July check); the same page's embedded structured-data markup declares reviewCount 4 with ratingValue 4.9. Both are their own page's statements, reported side by side.
• Yearly-savings arithmetic — computed from the published prices above: Basic $79 to $49 is about 38%, Pro $129 to $89 about 31%, Ultra $249 to $199 about 20%.
• Benchmark methodology (two services a week, two languages, ~100 listeners) — the seven-service cost comparison.
• VoxLive pricing — voxlive.app/pricing.

Aurelo is a trademark of its respective owner. VoxLive is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Aurelo. Prices and features change — always confirm on the vendor's own site before deciding. Corrections welcome: hello@voxlive.app.