Amazon Transcribe vs Deepgram
No clear leader: Deepgram (68.3) and Amazon Transcribe (65.3) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for speech to text. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Amazon Transcribe
A fully managed API service that converts speech to text using advanced AI, supporting over 100 languages with features like speaker identification, custom vocabularies, and content filtering.
Deepgram
A platform providing real-time speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agent APIs with native support for understanding turn-taking, interruptions, and multi-speaker scenarios. Supports 45+ languages with features like speaker identification, smart formatting, and keyword recognition for enterprise and developer use cases.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Amazon Transcribe
From $0.006/minute for batch transcription. Free tier: 60 minutes/month for 12 months.
- Streaming Transcription$0.01/minute
- Real-time transcription
- 100+ language support
- Custom vocabulary
- Speaker diarization
- Automatic punctuation
- +1 more
- Batch Transcription$0.006/minute
- Batch audio processing
- Recorded file support
- 100+ language support
- Custom vocabulary
- Automatic language detection
- +1 more
- Call Analytics$0.03/minute (Tier 1, up to 250k minutes)
- Sentiment analysis
- Call categorization
- Call characteristics tracking
- Speaker identification
- Compliance monitoring
- +1 more
Deepgram
From $0.0048/min for speech-to-text, $0.015/1k characters for text-to-speech. Free tier with $200 credit.
- Pay As You GoFree
- Speech-to-text (45+ languages)
- Text-to-speech
- Voice Agent API
- Speaker diarization
- Smart formatting
- +4 more
- EnterpriseContact sales
- Custom trained models
- On-premises or private cloud deployment
- Dedicated support
- HIPAA Business Associate Agreement
- Data Processing Agreement
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Amazon Transcribe
Not documented yet.
Deepgram
- Zapier
- Genesys
- Cisco
- Avaya
- Nuance
- UniMRCP
- Y Combinator
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.