Pick Deepgram if
voice-app and contact-center engineers who will read a $/minute row and ship an API key.
Read the Deepgram pageDeepgram vs Gladia
Our take
Pick Deepgram if voice-app and contact-center engineers who will read a $/minute row and ship an API key. Pick Gladia if voice and media teams who will spend the €50 starter credits (~312 async hours on Solaria-3) and then top up a prepaid wallet, not a team looking for a $20 meeting-notes seat. Skip Deepgram if people who want a local transcribe CLI (OpenAI Whisper) with no vendor bill.
Deepgram
**speech API
Best for
Deepgram Streaming or pre-recorded STT billed per minute
Gladia Hours of audio billed in euros
Free plan
Deepgram No free plan
Gladia No free plan
Lowest paid
Deepgram Growth $4/yr
Gladia Self-serve async €0.16
Next step up
Deepgram
Gladia Self-serve real-time €0.68
Coding agent
Deepgram Nova-3 STT
Gladia
Watch out
Deepgram Streaming is metered while the socket is open
Gladia €50 is a one-time grant
Last checked
Deepgram 2026-10-20 · deepgram.com/pricing
Gladia 2026-10-22 · gladia.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Gladia if
voice and media teams who will spend the €50 starter credits (~312 async hours on Solaria-3) and then top up a prepaid wallet, not a team looking for a $20 meeting-notes seat.
Read the Gladia page