Deepgram Launches Text-to-Speech Product Aura with Competitive Pricing at $0.0150/1k Characters for Pay As You Go
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024 captures of Deepgram's pricing page, Pulse recorded 5 changes: Text-to-speech (Aura) product launched with pricing at $0.0150/1k characters (Pay As You Go) and $0.0135/1k characters (Growth); Redaction pricing changed from hourly ($0.26/hr Pay As You Go) to per-minute ($0.0020/min 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; Growth plan discount wording updated from "Save 20%" to "Save up to 20%"; 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). Pulse files it as a pricing change (feature added, package change, threshold added, discount change) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Sep 21, 2026) lists Growth at $333.33 and Pay As You Go at $0 per 1,000 input tokens (Audio Intelligence) + $0.01 per minute (STT Flux English pre-recorded).
Deepgram's previous recorded change was "Deepgram Introduces New Redaction Feature for Audio Intelligence at $0.26/hr, Removing It from Included Speech-to-Text Services" (Dec 2023). Deepgram has been tracked since 2023-11-14.
In the same window Otter, OpenAI and Assemblyai also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pay As You Go, Growth · FeatureFeature addedNot listed$0.0150
- Pay As You Go · PackagingPackage change
Redaction pricing changed from hourly ($0.26/hr Pay As You Go) to per-minute ($0.0020/min Pay As You Go)
- Pay As You Go · LimitAdded
BeforeNot listed
AfterAura text-to-speech concurrency limits
- Growth · DiscountRewordedSave 20%Save up to 20%
- Pay As You Go · PackagingPackage change
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)
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay As You Go, Growth | Feature | Not listed | $0.0150 | Feature added |
| Pay As You Go | Packaging | Redaction pricing changed from hourly ($0.26/hr Pay As You Go) to per-minute ($0.0020/min Pay As You Go) | Package change | |
| Pay As You Go | Limit | Not listed | Aura text-to-speech concurrency limits | Added |
| Growth | Discount | Save 20% | Save up to 20% | Reworded |
| Pay As You Go | Packaging | 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) | Package change | |
Values as written on Deepgram's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Deepgram's pricing page (deepgram.com) from Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where "Not listed" becomes "$0.0150".
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Deepgram, the last 90 days
Full history- Q4 2024packagingDeepgram Unveils New Pricing Structure: Growth Plan Now Open-Ended Starting at $4k+/Year, Enterprise Plan Minimum Set at $10k+/Year
- Q3 2024improvedDeepgram Expands Aura TTS Growth Plan with Major Increase to 80 Concurrent WebSocket Connections
- Q2 2024improvedDeepgram Introduces Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans
- Q1 2024improvedDeepgram Launches Text-to-Speech Product Aura with Competitive Pricing at $0.0150/1k Characters for Pay As You Go · this change
- Dec 2023improvedDeepgram Introduces New Redaction Feature for Audio Intelligence at $0.26/hr, Removing It from Included Speech-to-Text Services
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- OtterJan 12Otter Decreases Pro Plan Price to $8.33/user/month and Increases Annual Billing Discount to 51%
- OpenAIJan 12OpenAI Announces Dramatic 87% Price Drop for Flagship Reasoning Model Outputs During Transition to o3
- AssemblyaiJan 11Assemblyai Reduces Streaming Speech-to-Text Pricing by 68% from $0.47/hr to $0.15/hr, Enhancing Accessibility for Users
Questions about this change
Did Deepgram raise prices in April 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: feature added, package change, threshold added, discount change.
What changed on Deepgram's pricing page between Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024?
Pay As You Go, Growth feature: Not listed → $0.0150; Redaction pricing changed from hourly ($0.26/hr Pay As You Go) to per-minute ($0.0020/min Pay As You Go); Pay As You Go limit: Not listed → Aura text-to-speech concurrency limits, added; Growth discount: Save 20% → Save up to 20%, reworded; 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). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2024 and Apr 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Deepgram change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Deepgram in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Deepgram Introduces New Redaction Feature for Audio Intelligence at $0.26/hr, Removing It from Included Speech-to-Text Services" in Dec 2023; Deepgram has been tracked since 2023-11-14.