# Deepgram vs SpeechBrain

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Deepgram

| Attribute | Deepgram | SpeechBrain |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 68.3 (43% (low)) | 26.8 (23% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 11 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 11,785 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A framework for developing conversational AI with support for speech recognition, synthesis, enhancement, and language understanding. Designed with flexibility and transparency for research and production use. |
| integrations.count | 7 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Genesys"},{"name":"Cisco"},{"name":"Avaya"},{"name":"Nuance"},{"name":"UniMRCP"},{"name":"Y Combinator"}]` | `[{"name":"HuggingFace"},{"name":"Orion"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","GB","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Pay As You Go","summary":"From $0.0048/min STT, $0.015/1k chars TTS. $200 free credit.","features":["Speech-to-text (45+ languages)","Text-to-speech","Voice Agent API","Speaker diarization","Smart formatting","Entity detection","Automatic language detection","Keyterm prompting","PII redaction"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0048,"currency":"USD","description":"Nova-3 Monolingual STT (baseline)"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0065,"currency":"USD","description":"Flux English STT"},{"per":{"qty":1000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.015,"currency":"USD","description":"Aura-1 TTS"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.056,"currency":"USD","description":"Voice Agent API Standard tier"}],"description":"Metered usage with initial $200 free credit","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"initial_credit":"$200"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing. Contact sales.","features":["Custom trained models","On-premises or private cloud deployment","Dedicated support","HIPAA Business Associate Agreement","Data Processing Agreement"],"description":"Custom solutions for high volumes, specialized deployment, or compliance requirements","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Redaction","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.002,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Keyterm Prompting","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"minute"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.0013,"currency":"USD"}]},{"name":"Entity Detection"},{"name":"Speaker Diarization"}],"summary":"From $0.0048/min for speech-to-text, $0.015/1k characters for text-to-speech. Free tier with $200 credit.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://deepgram.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:33:14.342Z","billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source (Apache License)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://speechbrain.github.io/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T14:05:43.501Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 110 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2026-03-30T14:41:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.3","date":"2025-04-07T17:05:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.2","date":"2024-10-31T10:06:07Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.1","date":"2024-10-01T10:55:15Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2024-10-01T10:54:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.16","date":"2023-11-22T02:28:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.15","date":"2023-07-22T18:07:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.14","date":"2023-03-24T17:40:58Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.13","date":"2022-08-29T16:25:16Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.12","date":"2022-06-26T20:19:45Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.11","date":"2021-12-20T04:22:27Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/0.5.10","date":"2021-09-11T22:34:16Z","type":"stable","version":"0.5.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.9","date":"2021-06-17T01:25:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/v0.5.8","date":"2021-06-06T01:42:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.5.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/speechbrain/speechbrain/releases/tag/0.5.7","date":"2021-04-29T17:12:43Z","type":"stable","version":"0.5.7"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fspeechbrain%2Fspeechbrain&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Speech To Text)

| Capability | Deepgram | SpeechBrain |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Real time streaming | - | - |
| Speaker diarization | - | - |
| Custom vocabulary | - | - |
| Fine tuning | - | - |
| Word timestamps | - | - |
| Punctuation formatting | - | - |
| Pii redaction | - | - |
| Vertical model | - | - |
| Offline on device | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:59:40.700Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*