Deepgram Expands Aura TTS Growth Plan with Major Increase to 80 Concurrent WebSocket Connections
What happened
Between the Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Deepgram's pricing page, Pulse recorded 3 changes: 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 WebSocket API increased from 2 concurrent requests to 80 concurrent connections; 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). Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, limit increase) 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 Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans" (Q2 2024). 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 · FeatureAdded
BeforeNo Entity Detection feature
AfterEntity Detection feature
- Growth · LimitChanged
Before2 concurrent requests
After80 concurrent connections
- Growth · Limit+50%23
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay As You Go, Growth | Feature | No Entity Detection feature | Entity Detection feature | Added |
| Growth | Limit | 2 concurrent requests | 80 concurrent connections | Changed |
| Growth | Limit | 2 | 3 | +50% |
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 Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked on the page, where Entity Detection feature now appears.
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Deepgram, the last 90 days
Full history- Q3 2025packagingDeepgram Restructures Voice Agent API Pricing to Per-Minute Model, Introducing New Tiers and Significant Cost Savings
- Q1 2025improvedDeepgram Raises Enterprise Plan Pricing by 50% to $15k+ Annually Amid New Model Launch and Feature Additions
- 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 · this change
- Q2 2024improvedDeepgram Introduces Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans
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 October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, limit increase.
What changed on Deepgram's pricing page between Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Pay As You Go, Growth feature: No Entity Detection feature → Entity Detection feature, added; Growth limit: 2 concurrent requests → 80 concurrent connections, changed; Growth limit: 2 → 3 (+50%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 1, 2024 and Oct 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 Self-Service Rate Limit Requests for Aura TTS API in Pay As You Go and Growth Plans" in Q2 2024; Deepgram has been tracked since 2023-11-14.