Meet the superior Speechmatics alternative

When it comes to speech-to-text, don’t settle for supbar results. Deepgram is nearly 30% more accurate, over 30x faster, and 3x more affordable than Speechmatics. Find out why innovators are switching from Speechmatics to the most powerful speech-to-text API. Start building with Deepgram today.

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All the features. Better performance. Lower cost.

Deepgram
Deepgram
Speechmatics
Speechmatics
FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES
Pre-recording processing (1hr of audio)
~30 seconds
1800 seconds
Speed tradeoffs
None
Adding diarization doubles transcription time
Accuracy (WER)
8.4
11.3
Audio streams
unlimited
10 per second
Batch file size limit
unlimited
2 hours
# of transcription sessions at once
unlimited
100
Tailored speech models
Deep Search (audio)
Redaction
Punctuation
Profanity Filter
Numeral Formatting
Diarization
Named Entity Recognition or Custom Spelling of Entities
PRICING
Pre-recorded per minute
Starting at $0.0043
4x more expensive
Streaming per minute
Starting at $0.0059
3x more expensive

What sets Deepgram apart

Innovation Leader in Speech AI

Deepgram's proprietary deep learning models are optimized for speech data and extensively trained on diverse datasets, achieving industry-leading performance for both pre-recorded and streaming transcription.

Custom Model Training

Deepgram supports tailored ASR models optimized with customer-specific data, especially important in industries with domain-specific jargon, accents, or unique speech patterns.

Advanced Feature Support

Deepgram offers extensive multilingual support, advanced formatting features like speaker diarization, smart entity formatting, and filler words, and powerful language understanding models like summarization, sentiment analysis, and topic detection.

The industry leader in ASR accuracy, speed, and cost

Discover what Deepgram's Language AI solutions can do for you! Our speech-to-text APIs set the gold standard in the market in both performance and cost:

  • 30% more accurate than Speechmatics

  • 30 times faster transcription speeds for pre-recorded audio

  • More than 3X more affordable

Our flexible deployment options include on-premises, and private or public cloud where our GPU-optimized inference engine handles more concurrent audio streams and gives you faster results and lower cost than Speechmatics or any other provider around.

From transcription to understanding

Deepgram's Language AI models let you extract more value from your voice data without hiring additional experts across all your use cases.

  • Our Task/Domain-Specific Language Models perform downstream tasks like summarization and sentiment analysis faster and more affordably than Large Language Models (LLMs) can.

  • In the contact center domain, language understanding APIs boost user experience and agent productivity by capturing crucial conversational context, including the customer's purpose, agent's response, and follow-up actions.

Switching to Deepgram is easy

Getting started with Deepgram is easy with our API Playground, detailed guides, and clear documentation. Go ahead. Take it for a spin and get $200 in free credits.

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Don’t just take our word for it

Deepgram was named a G2 Leader in 2023, solidifying its position in the industry and making it a top choice among developers. See why.

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By choosing our services, you not only gain access to cutting-edge technology that delivers unparalleled high accuracy and high-speed performance but also secure ample room for future growth and scalability.

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