Deepgram
Real-time speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agent APIs for enterprises, deployable in the cloud or self-hosted.
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Deepgram is a San Francisco-based enterprise voice AI platform providing speech-to-text, text-to-speech (Aura), a unified Voice Agent API, and audio intelligence, offered via a usage-based pay-as-you-go model with a $200 signup credit or pre-paid annual plans. It supports both cloud and self-hosted deployment on AWS/GCP/customer data centers, holds SOC 2 Type 1 and Type 2, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, and CCPA compliance, and ships official SDKs for Python, JS, Go, .NET, and Java plus an official MCP server via its CLI (`dg mcp`). Founded in 2015 (originally described as a Google for sound), it raised a $130M Series C at a $1.3B valuation.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Key features |
|---|---|---|
| Pay As You Go | Custom | Speech-to-Text streaming: $0.0048-$0.0078/min, Speech-to-Text pre-recorded: $0.0065-$0.0092/hour, Text-to-Speech: $0.015-$0.030/1,000 characters, Voice Agent API: $0.050-$0.163/minute, Audio Intelligence: $0.0003/1k input tokens |
| Growth | $4000/annual | Save up to 20% vs. pay-as-you-go |
| Enterprise | Custom | Large volume/data/deployment requirements, Self-hosted or dedicated single-tenant runtime, Custom model training |
Source: https://deepgram.com/pricing
Agent-readiness
- Discoverability
- 58/100
- Machine-readable content
- 68/100
- Programmatic access
- 88/100
- MCP / agent support
- 62/100
- Self-serve transactability
- 85/100
- Transparency
- 65/100
Security & compliance
- SSO / SAML
- Not publicly documented
- Encryption at rest
- Yes
- Encryption in transit
- Yes
- Audit log
- Not publicly documented
- Pentest report
- Not publicly documented
"Not publicly documented" means Crail found no public evidence either way — not a confirmed absence. See our methodology.
FAQ
Does Deepgram have a free tier?
Yes, Deepgram offers a free tier or free trial.
Can you buy Deepgram without talking to sales?
Yes, Deepgram can be purchased self-serve without a sales call.
Does Deepgram have an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server?
Yes, Deepgram publishes an official MCP server (https://github.com/deepgram/cli).
What compliance certifications does Deepgram hold?
Deepgram holds: SOC 2 Type 1, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR, CCPA.
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Methodology & disclosure
Data verified via agent crawled, last checked 2026-07-27. Agent-readiness methodology version crail-ar-v0.1. No vendor payment influences these scores — see our methodology page.