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Deepgram

Deepgram provides an AI-driven speech recognition API that enables developers to integrate high-quality voice-to-text capabilities into applications.

Entry price

$333.33

Growth · /mo, billed annually + usage

Plans tracked

no add-ons

Pricing changes

Latest Wk 39 '26

Pricing model

Subscription + usage

No free tier

Pricing Change History

17 changes

202617 changes

Sep 21, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Deepgram: Flux TTS promo shifts from free trial to buy-get-credits

Flux TTS 'free until 9/14, then $0.0450/1k chars' promo expired as scheduled; a new promo appeared: 'Buy Flux TTS, get matching credits' (spend $1 get $1 in credits, up to $500) on Pay As You Go and Growth, through Dec 31, 2026.

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Sep 14, 2026

Packaging

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Deepgram: Flux TTS free-trial period extended 2 days (Sept 12 → 14)

Flux TTS free-access promo period extended: was free through Sept 12, 2026 (standard pricing from Sept 13); now free through Sept 14, 2026 (standard pricing from Sept 15).

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Aug 17, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Deepgram: Flux TTS launches with free promo pricing through Sept 12

Added new Flux TTS model to Text-to-Speech, free through Sept 12, 2026 (up to 45 concurrent streams); then $0.045/1k chars PAYG, $0.0405/1k chars Growth. Also free in Voice Agent API through Sept 12, then billed at BYO TTS rates.

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Aug 5, 2026

Packaging

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Deepgram: Growth plan overage billing FAQ discloses 10% fee

Added FAQ entries disclosing a 10% overage fee for usage beyond the Growth plan's included capacity, plus guidance on how Growth plan overages are billed

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Jul 2, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Deepgram: STT concurrency cut, model lineup restructured, promo streaming rates

Speech-to-Text model lineup restructured: "Flux" split into separate "Flux English" and new "Flux Multilingual" line items (Multilingual priced at $0.0078/min Pay-As-You-Go, $0.0068/min Growth); Nova-1 & 2, Enhanced, and Base models removed from the main public pricing table (a new FAQ entry "Are older models (Nova-2, Enhanced, Base) still available?" was added, but their pricing is no longer shown in the comparison table); new "Limited-time promotional rates on streaming" discount reduced streaming prices for Flux English, Nova-3 Monolingual, and Nova-3 Multilingual (old prices now shown struck through next to lower promotional prices, e.g. Flux English Pay-As-You-Go $0.0077/min → $0.0065/min) Speech-to-Text REST API concurrency limit cut in half for both the Pay As You Go plan and the Growth plan: "Up to 100 for the REST API" reduced to "Up to 50 for the REST API"

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May 4, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Deepgram overhauls STT lineup with Flux Multilingual, retires Nova models

STT model lineup overhauled: Flux renamed to Flux English; Flux Multilingual added; Nova-1 & 2, Enhanced, Base removed; limited-time promotional streaming rates noted.

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Apr 27, 2026

Packaging

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Deepgram halves speech-to-text API concurrency limits for starter plans

Speech-to-Text REST API concurrency limit reduced from 100 to 50 for both Pay As You Go and Growth plans.

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Apr 1, 2026

Price decrease

Weekly

Deepgram slashes Voice Agent API prices across all tiers

Voice Agent API price reductions across multiple tiers [Standard PAYG: $0.0800->$0.075/min (-6.25%); Standard Growth: $0.0700->$0.068/min (-2.86%); Custom BYO LLM PAYG: $0.0700->$0.056/min (-20%); Custom BYO LLM Growth: $0.0600->$0.059/min (-1.67%); Advanced Growth: $0.1500->$0.146/min (-2.67%)]

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Apr 3, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Deepgram Cuts Voice Agent API Rates, Triples Concurrency Limits

Voice Agent API prices changed across all tiers: Standard PAYGO $0.0800->$0.075, Custom-BYO LLM PAYGO $0.0700->$0.056, Advanced PAYGO $0.1600->$0.163. Enterprise column removed from pricing table. Concurrency limits increased for STT WSS (50->150/225), TTS REST+WSS (15->45/60), and Voice Agent API WSS (15->45/60) for Pay As You Go and Growth plans respectively.

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Feb 16, 2026

Packaging

Weekly

Deepgram triples concurrency limits across all API tiers

Growth: Speech-to-Text WSS API 50→225 (4.5x) Pay As You Go: Speech-to-Text WSS API 50→150 (3x)

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Jan 11, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Deepgram Introduces New Flux Model Pricing: $0.0077/min for Pay As You Go and $0.0065/min for Growth Plan After Free Promotional Period Ends

Flux model pricing introduced after promotional period ended: $0.0077/min for Pay As You Go and $0.0065/min for Growth plan (was 'Free through October')

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Jan 11, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Deepgram Restructures Voice Agent API Pricing to Per-Minute Model, Introducing New Tiers and Significant Cost Savings

Nova-3 (English) model renamed to Nova-3 (Monolingual) Keyterm Prompting add-on price decreased from $0.0020/min to $0.0013/min (Pay As You Go, 35% decrease) and from $0.0017/min to $0.0012/min (Growth, 29% decrease)

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Jan 11, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Deepgram Raises Enterprise Plan Pricing by 50% to $15k+ Annually Amid New Model Launch and Feature Additions

Speech-to-text concurrency limits clarified: Now explicitly separates 100 concurrent requests for pre-recorded models and 50 concurrent requests for streaming (previously grouped as '100 concurrent requests for Deepgram speech-to-text models') Nova-1 and Nova-2 models consolidated into single 'Nova-1 & 2' tier for Pre-Recorded Speech to Text

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Jan 11, 2026

Packaging

Quarterly

Deepgram Unveils New Pricing Structure: Growth Plan Now Open-Ended Starting at $4k+/Year, Enterprise Plan Minimum Set at $10k+/Year

Enterprise plan minimum price disclosed: $10k+/year (previously labeled 'Exclusive' with no price shown) Growth plan pricing changed from '$4k-10k/year' range to '$4k+/year' open-ended minimum (removed upper bound)

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Jan 11, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Deepgram Expands Aura TTS Growth Plan with Major Increase to 80 Concurrent WebSocket Connections

Entity Detection feature added to Speech-to-Text Pre-Recorded and Streaming at $0.0013/min (Pay As You Go) and $0.0011/min (Growth) Growth plan Aura TTS batch API increased from 2 to 3 concurrent requests, 480 to 720 requests/min, and 120 to 180 concurrent conversations (implicit baseline)

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Jan 11, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Deepgram Introduces Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans

Enterprise plan support description changed from 'Premium SLAs, dedicated support teams, and email support' to 'Paid Support plans available' Added self-service form link for requesting higher rate limits for Aura text-to-speech API (available in Pay As You Go and Growth plans)

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Jan 11, 2026

Improvement

Quarterly

Deepgram Launches Text-to-Speech Product Aura with Competitive Pricing at $0.0150/1k Characters for Pay As You Go

Aura text-to-speech concurrency limits added: up to 2 concurrent requests and 480 requests/min for Pay As You Go plan Audio Intelligence Summarization pricing changed from per-minute ($0.0044/min Pay As You Go) to token-based ($0.0003/1k input tokens, $0.0006/1k output tokens)

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