Comparison

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.

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Amazon Transcribe65
Deepgram68
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Transcribe65 / 100low · 34%
Deepgram68 / 100low · 43%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Model
Amazon Transcribefreemium
Deepgramfreemium
Price level
Amazon Transcribelow
Deepgramlow
Starting price
Amazon Transcribe$0.01
Deepgram
Transparent
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Integrations
Count
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram7
Security
Gdpr
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Hipaa
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Pci
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Soc2
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Market

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for speech to text. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Real time streaming
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Speaker diarization
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Custom vocabulary
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Fine tuning
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Word timestamps
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Punctuation formatting
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Pii redaction
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Vertical model
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Offline on device
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-
Open source
Amazon Transcribe-
Deepgram-

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.

Independently observed

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.

Independently observed

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 $0.01/minuteUsage-basedFree tier

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
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Deepgram

Usage-basedFree tier

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
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
CLI
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram
Self-hosted
Amazon Transcribe
Deepgram

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Transcribe

Not documented yet.

Deepgram

7 total
  • Zapier
  • Genesys
  • Cisco
  • Avaya
  • Nuance
  • UniMRCP
  • Y Combinator
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.