Deepgram free tier: quotas, limits and gotchas

Deepgram Free Tier

Last verified: 2026-11-02

What you get for free

Feature	Free tier	Notes
Free-tier allowance	Newly registered accounts receive a US$200 free usage credit (no expiration, roughly covering 41,000~46,000 minutes of transcription), and can be tested without linking a credit card.	As seen on the official site on the day of entry; see the official site for details

Limits at a glance

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Auto-admitted challenger candidate: data checked once, not yet triple-verified by a human. Treat the free allowance and commercial terms as whatever the official site says today.

When the free plan runs out, what does upgrading cost?

Plan	pricing	Description
Pay As You Go	Custom pricing (contact sales)	No minimum monthly fee; billing is based on audio seconds in real time. Nova-3 single-language streaming list price is US$0.0077/min (promotional price US$0.0048/min), pre-recorded audio is US$0.0043/min; TTS is US$0.015~0.045 per thousand characters.
Growth	US$333.33 / mo	Requires an upfront annual fee starting at US$4,000 (averaging about US$333 per month); includes approximately a 20% discount on API rates and higher concurrent connection limits (STT 225, TTS/Agent 60)

Checked 2026-11-02

Where you can use it

Platforms: web

Try it on the official site