Deepgram
last releaseApril 29, 2026
powered byNova 3, Aura
goblin vibe check:
good pick if you're building a voice-driven npc or assistant and need transcription that keeps up with the player
best value stt for developers. nova 3 highly accurate with low latency. common pairing: deepgram stt + elevenlabs tts in voice agent pipelines. real-time streaming stt. also offers aura tts for full pipeline coverage from one vendor.
speed
real-time
cost
$0.0043
per min
Nova-3 and Flux models cover batch, realtime, and voice-agent sttFlux Multilingual handles 10 languages with code-switching in one streamKeyterm Prompting adapts recognition without retrainingAura voices and self-hosted deployment round out the stack
key features
Nova-3 and Flux models cover batch, realtime, and voice-agent sttFlux Multilingual handles 10 languages with code-switching in one streamKeyterm Prompting adapts recognition without retrainingAura voices and self-hosted deployment round out the stack
spec & usage
Flux Multilingual became generally available on April 29, 2026
Nova-3 supports both hosted api and self-hosted deployment paths
scope:
audiovoiceapicloudpaidreal-timefast
launchAugust 18, 2015
last releaseApril 29, 2026