Deepgram
by Deepgram •Voice & Speech Platforms
Enterprise voice AI platform for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and real-time voice-agent APIs with flexible deployment.
What is Deepgram?
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Features & use cases
Core capabilities listed for Deepgram.
API Access
Provides programmatic API access for application integration.
Real-time Streaming
Supports low-latency streaming text, audio or multimodal interactions.
Access, deployment & licensing
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Open source & license
Source check pendingProprietary
Deployment
VerifiedEnterprise / private deployment only
Commercial use
Source check pendingCommercial use allowed
Privacy, security & compliance
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Pricing overview
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Growth
USD 4,000.00 billed yearly
Starts at $4,000/year in prepaid credits; up to about 20% savings.
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- Higher concurrency and priority support
- overages follow Growth-plan terms.
- Prepaid annual credits
Nova-3 Monolingual Pre-Recorded
$0.0043/minute pay-as-you-go.
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- Pre-recorded speech-to-text rate.
Aura-2 TTS
$0.030 per 1,000 characters pay-as-you-go.
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- Text-to-speech usage rate.
Pay As You Go
$200 free credit, then usage-based pricing.
Review · verified 2 weeks ago
- No minimums
- public speech
- TTS
- voice-agent and audio-intelligence endpoints.
- $200 starting credit
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Deepgram FAQ
Quick answers based on the information currently available in this AI Orbit profile.
What is Deepgram?
Deepgram is an enterprise voice AI platform for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and real-time voice-agent applications. It provides streaming and pre-recorded transcription, low-latency TTS, audio intelligence and a unified Voice Agent API, with usage-based developer pricing and annual Growth plans. Deepgram is provided by Deepgram and AI Orbit categorizes it under Voice & Audio. Its structured capability profile includes Speech to Text, API Access, Text to Speech and Real-time Streaming; field-level verification may still be pending for some capability mappings.
Who makes Deepgram?
Deepgram is provided by Deepgram. Voice AI infrastructure company providing speech recognition, text-to-speech and conversational voice APIs. Within AI Orbit, the product is cataloged in Voice & Audio, which describes its primary product category rather than the provider itself.
What is Deepgram best for?
AI Orbit currently maps Deepgram to structured use cases including Voiceovers and Transcription. These are reviewed taxonomy mappings used for discovery and fit; field-level evidence may still be pending, so they are not presented as independently verified claims. Supporting cataloged capabilities include Speech to Text, API Access, Text to Speech and Real-time Streaming.
Does Deepgram have an API?
Yes. AI Orbit has verified official evidence that Deepgram provides API access. The profile also records official API documentation, so developers can check supported endpoints, authentication and current implementation details at the provider source. API availability can change independently from the consumer product, so production implementations should still be checked against the provider documentation.
Can Deepgram be self-hosted?
Self-hosted or private deployment for Deepgram is available only through enterprise-oriented deployment options according to the verified provider evidence. Documented deployment modes include API, Cloud, Private Cloud, On-Premises and Self-hosted. Deployment rights, infrastructure requirements and enterprise restrictions should be checked against the provider documentation before production use.
How does Deepgram handle privacy and security?
Deepgram supports an explicit Model Improvement Program opt-out for API requests and offers enterprise deployment options that keep processing in customer-controlled private-cloud or on-premises environments. AI Orbit records the data-training policy as: Training use with opt-out / controls. Deepgram documents SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliance, GDPR/CCPA support and enterprise private deployment options for sensitive workloads. Verified security certifications listed on the profile include SOC 2 Type 2.
How much does Deepgram cost?
AI Orbit currently has verified plan-level pricing data for Deepgram, including Growth, Nova-3 Monolingual Pre-Recorded, Aura-2 TTS and Pay As You Go. Exact rates, billing units, limits and verification dates are shown in the pricing section of this profile rather than compressed into a single potentially misleading price. Because providers can change prices and plan limits, check the linked official pricing source before making a purchase or production decision.