Deepgram Pricing

Deepgram offers a free tier. Paid pricing is sales-led — the live pricing page does not list a self-serve paid plan as of 2026-05-03.

Yes — Deepgram publishes a free tier. This makes it possible to evaluate Deepgram without committing budget.

Deepgram's public pricing page lists the following per-unit pricing: $0.030/1k characters. This is the rate captured by xpay's Agent-Ready SaaS Index on 2026-05-03 and is the basis for the agent-readiness score on the linked scorecard.

Deepgram's pricing page positions itself as: "Deepgram Pricing — Straightforward costs for projects at any scale.". Per-unit pricing of $0.030/1k characters is published. For the strict definition of agent-buyable PPU — a per-task purchase that an AI agent can complete without an annual commitment — see the agent-readiness scorecard.

Yes. Every advertised Deepgram tier is self-serve via card checkout, with no sales call required.

Yes — Deepgram's API documentation is publicly accessible at https://developers.deepgram.com/. An AI agent or developer can inspect the integration surface without authentication.

xpay scored Deepgram 71 / 100 on its Agent-Ready SaaS Index, which places it in the Approaching Agent-Ready band. Deepgram's pricing URL resolves, but plan structure is not surfaced clearly enough for an agent to enumerate without hand-parsing. Per-unit pricing is published — an agent can forecast cost per task before committing. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full 6-step purchase simulation and the one-line fix that would lift this listing into the next band, see the linked scorecard.

In the Speech Transcription category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists multiple alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Deepgram to compare with 3 nearest peers, or browse the full Speech Transcription category from the index.