Introducing Nova-2: The Fastest, Most Accurate Speech-to-Text API

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Power your apps with world-class speech and domain-specific language models (DSLMs). Effortlessly accurate. Blazing fast. Enterprise scale. Unbeatable pricing.

Pay-as-You-Go
$200 free credit, then pay-as-you-go. No minimums. No expiration.
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Best For:Individual developers building new voice apps.
Models:
Deepgram Nova-2 (Pre-recorded)Starting at $0.0043/min
Deepgram Nova-2 (Streaming)Starting at $0.0059/min
Deepgram Whisper Cloud (Pre-recorded)Starting at $0.0048/min
Features:
Transcription (30+ languages)
Language detection
Speaker diarization
Word-level timestamps
Smart formatting
Audio waveform deep search
Rate limit (100 concurrent requests)
Add Ons:
Audio Intelligence

Pricing: $0.0043/min

Build audio understanding features with language AI models.

  • Summarization

  • Entity detection

  • PII redaction

  • Topic detection

Support:
Community Support
Growth
Save ~20% with pre-paid credits for the year. Credits are redeemed against actual usage.
Starts at $4K/year
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Best For:Teams starting to grow their voice apps.
Models:
Deepgram Nova-2 (Pre-recorded)Starting at $0.0036/min
Deepgram Nova-2 (Streaming)Starting at $0.0049/min
Deepgram Whisper Cloud (Pre-recorded)Starting at $0.0048/min
Features:
Transcription (30+ languages)
Language detection
Speaker diarization
Word-level timestamps
Smart formatting
Audio waveform deep search
Higher rate limits
Multi-channel support
Early access to new features
Add Ons:
Audio Intelligence

Pricing: $0.0035/min

Build audio understanding features with language AI models.

  • Summarization

  • Entity detection

  • PII redaction

  • Topic detection

Support:
Community Support
Enterprise
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Best For:Teams building voice-enabled products at scale.
Models:
Deepgram Nova-2 (Pre-recorded)
Deepgram Nova-2 (Streaming)
Deepgram Whisper Cloud (Pre-recorded)
Access to Fine-Tuned Models
Features:
Transcription (30+ languages)
Language detection
Speaker diarization
Word-level timestamps
Smart formatting
Audio waveform deep search
Multi-channel support
Best pricing (volume discounts)
No rate limits
Priority access to new features
Premium Integrations
On-Prem or VPC deployment
Discount off-peak processing
Premium-grade security
Add Ons:
Audio Intelligence

Build audio understanding features with language AI models.

  • Summarization

  • Entity detection

  • PII redaction

  • Topic detection

Support:
Premium-level SLAs
Dedicated Support Team
Email Support (Prioritized)
Community Support

Unmatched accuracy. Blazing fast. Most affordable.

Features and Capabilities
Deepgram
Deepgram
OpenAI Whisper
OpenAI Whisper
Large
TinyBaseSmallMediumLarge
Fully managed by Deepgram
Batch processing (1hr of audio)
12.1s
48.5s
Audio streaming processing lag
<300ms
Streaming not available
Word Error Rate (WER)
8.4%
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Language detection
Word-level timestamps
Diarization (separate per speaker)
Up to 10
Up to 10
Smart formatting

Calculate your needs with the correct plan.

Select Audio Type:
Select Model:
Deepgram Nova-2

Pricing: $0.0043

Deepgram Nova-2

Pricing: $0.0043

Whisper Large

Pricing: $0.0048

Whisper Medium

Pricing: $0.0042

Whisper Small

Pricing: $0.0038

Whisper Base

Pricing: $0.0035

Whisper Tiny

Pricing: $0.0033

Monthly Audio Volume:
0 minutes
Add on:
Audio IntelligencePricing: $0.0043 per minute

Access advanced language understanding features for true voice intelligence.

  • Summarization
  • Entity detection
  • PII redaction
  • Topic detection
Your Suggested Plan
Best Plan:Pay As You Go
Your rate is:$0/min
Monthly Estimate:$0
Additional features you get with the Pay As You Go plan:
High rate limit
Community support
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Frequently Asked Questions

Absolutely. We’ll even give you free credits to try out our transcription as well as our formatting and understanding features. No credit card required.

Nova generally has higher accuracy and is also a cost-effective choice. Some languages are only supported in Enhanced and Base. See Model Overview.

Our Growth plan offers 20% savings for pre-paying for credits. If you’re looking to transcribe over 10,000 hours of audio per year, you can save even more with a Premium plan. Contact us for more information.

We support over 40 audio and video formats, documented here.

You can purchase credits upfront with a credit card. Credits will be deducted from your balance as you use our API. Pay As You Go credits never expire. Growth plan credits expire 1 year from purchase unless you renew or upgrade.

Definitely. In fact, we’ve got the fastest real-time transcription in the biz with latency times of under 300 milliseconds.

If you’re on the Growth plan and have saved a credit card, you can continue to use our API with a 10% overage fee billed at the start of each month.

We support over 30 languages and dialects for transcription (see list here) with over 100 supported for translation.

Credits purchased on a Growth plan expire a year from purchase unless you renew or upgrade.

Sure thing. You can get help from our community over at Github Discussions. If you are subscribed to our Premium plan, reach out to our support team via email for assistance.

We bill based on usage not users. Add as many team members and collaborators as you wish!

You sure can. Contact us about getting on a Premium plan to expand your deployment capabilities.

Sign up today to get $200 in free credits.

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