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 Speechmatics
Our take
Pick Deepgram if you're voice-app and contact-center engineers who will read a $/minute row and ship an API key. Pick Speechmatics if you're on a voice-agent and compliance team who will spend the $100 credits and then pay $/hr. Skip Deepgram if you're people who want a local transcribe CLI (OpenAI Whisper) with no vendor bill. Skip Speechmatics if you're people who want a VO file (Listnr) or MIT local STT (OpenAI
Deepgram
**speech API
Best for
Deepgram Streaming or pre-recorded STT billed per minute
Speechmatics Batch or realtime STT with a public $/hr
Free plan
Deepgram No free plan
Speechmatics No free plan
Lowest paid
Deepgram Growth $4/yr
Speechmatics TTS $0.011
Next step up
Deepgram
Speechmatics Melia 1 $0.24
Coding agent
Deepgram Nova-3 STT
Speechmatics Linden 1
Watch out
Deepgram Streaming is metered while the socket is open
Speechmatics $100 credits expire in 12 months
Last checked
Deepgram 2026-10-20 · deepgram.com/pricing
Speechmatics 2026-10-27 · speechmatics.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Speechmatics if
voice-agent and compliance teams who will spend the $100 credits and then pay $/hr.
Read the Speechmatics page