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Deepgram

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agents, billed on use.

Use Audience fit, from public sources. Not a stock tip.

Who it is for
Developers adding transcription or a voice agent to a product.
Official site
deepgram.com
Public pricing
Pay as you go starts with $200 in free credit. Nova-3 monolingual pre-recorded is $0.0043 a minute. Aura-2 speech is $0.030 per 1,000 characters. Source
Pricing checked
2026-11-07 · a snapshot from that day, not the checkout total

What it does

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agents, billed on use. The official page is the source for this profile. This is not a hands-on review.

Who should care

Developers adding transcription or a voice agent to a product. That is the audience, not a claim that every reader should adopt this vendor.

Our take: Use

The rate card is public, including a free credit, so you can price a pilot before you talk to sales. This is an editorial recommendation for the stated use case, not an investment rating or a benchmark result.

Pricing without the confetti

Pay as you go starts with $200 in free credit. Nova-3 monolingual pre-recorded is $0.0043 a minute. Aura-2 speech is $0.030 per 1,000 characters. Source: public page, checked November 7, 2026. Where a license applies instead of a subscription, the license is the price.

Before you commit

Write down the job, what data enters it, who approves the output, and the maximum bill or license constraint you can live with. If the exit route is unclear, keep the trial small. These are recommended checks, not claims of completed testing.

Sources

A twice-a-week note, if you want it.