Comparison

Deepgram vs faster-whisper

On the evidence we track, Deepgram leads this comparison with a composite score of 62/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Deepgram62

faster-whisper52

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	DeepgramLeader	faster-whisper
vioscaleAI score	62 / 100medium · 55%	52 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	open_source
Price levelpricing.price_level	high	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$4,000	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	6	5
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 Type I, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CCPA	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://deepgram.com/learn/python-script-compliance	https://github.com/security
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=faster-whisper&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	35
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	25,877
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	7
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	27
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	MIT
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Python
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	6 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Deepgram62 / 100medium · 55%

faster-whisper52 / 100low · 33%

Pricing

Free tier

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Model

Deepgramfreemium

faster-whisperopen_source

Price level

Deepgramhigh

faster-whisperfree

Starting price

Deepgram$4,000

faster-whisper–

Transparent

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Integrations

Count

Deepgram6

faster-whisper5

Security

Certifications

DeepgramSOC 2 Type II, SOC 2 Type I, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, CCPA

faster-whisper–

Gdpr

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper–

Hipaa

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper–

Pci

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper–

Soc2

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper–

Trust center

Deepgramhttps://deepgram.com/learn/python-script-compliance

faster-whisperhttps://github.com/security

Vulnerabilities

Deepgram–

faster-whisperCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=faster-whisper&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Adoption

Dependent repos

Deepgram–

faster-whisper35

Github stars

Deepgram–

faster-whisper25,877

Activity

Commits last 30d

Deepgram–

faster-whisper7

Release

Cadence days

Deepgram–

faster-whisper27

History

Deepgram–

faster-whisper20 items

License

Spdx

Deepgram–

faster-whisperMIT

Language

Primary

Deepgram–

faster-whisperPython

Market

Availability

DeepgramAvailable worldwide · Popular in US

faster-whisperAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Deepgram7 items

faster-whisper6 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Speech To Text
Capability	Deepgram	faster-whisper
Capabilities
Real time streaming	✓	✓
Speaker diarization	✓	✓
Custom vocabulary	✓	-
Fine tuning	✓	✓
Word timestamps	-	✓
Punctuation formatting	✓	-
Pii redaction	✓	-
Vertical model	✓	-
Offline on device	-	✓
Open source	-	✓

Capabilities

Real time streaming

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Speaker diarization

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Custom vocabulary

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper-

Fine tuning

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Word timestamps

Deepgram-

faster-whisper✓

Punctuation formatting

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper-

Pii redaction

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper-

Vertical model

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper-

Offline on device

Deepgram-

faster-whisper✓

Open source

Deepgram-

faster-whisper✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Deepgram

Leader

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

faster-whisper

A high-performance implementation of OpenAI's Whisper for converting speech to text, with features for word-level timing and offline processing.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Deepgram

Leader

from $4000/yrUsage-basedFree tier

From $0.0042/min STT. Free $200 credit on signup. Growth plan $4,000+/year with higher limits.

Pay As You GoFrom $0.0042/min STT or $0.045/1k chars TTS. Free $200 credit included.
- Real-time and batch processing
- 45+ languages
- Speaker diarization
- PII redaction
- Smart formatting
- +1 more
Growth$4,000+/year
- All public model endpoints
- Higher concurrency limits
EnterpriseContact sales

as of 2026-09-29verify ↗

faster-whisper

Open sourceFree tier

as of 2026-10-15verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Deepgram	faster-whisper
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✓
Air-gappedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✗

macOS

Deepgram✗

faster-whisper✓

Windows

Deepgram✗

faster-whisper✓

Linux

Deepgram✗

faster-whisper✓

CLI

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✗

Self-hosted

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

On-premise

Deepgram✓

faster-whisper✓

Air-gapped

Deepgram✗

faster-whisper✓

Integrations

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

Deepgram

Leader

9 total

Zapier
Genesys
Cisco
Avaya
Nuance
UniMRCP
Y Combinator
TensorFlow.js
AudioCodes VoiceAI Connect

Independently observed

faster-whisper

15 total

OpenAI API
OpenAI SDK
OpenAI CLI
HomeAssistant
Konele
Docker
AzureML
FastAPI
OpenAI SDKs/CLI
pyannote.audio
pyannote.ai
OpenAI SDK/CLI
Azure ML
Transformers library
OpenAI

Independently observed

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