Speech-to-text

Deepgram vs Azure Speech (STT)

Deepgram has the lower normalized list price (3.5× cheaper). 29 of 33 European languages are documented by both; 0 only by Deepgram, 4 only by Azure Speech (STT).

Deepgram

$0.0048 /min

0.0048 USD/min (current promo, Nova-3 lowest listed; regular 0.0077) · source · checked 2026-10-16

29/33 languages · language/model table

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Azure Speech (STT)

$0.017 /min

1 USD/hr real-time standard (us-east) · source · checked 2026-10-16

33/33 languages · locale table (page covers STT+TTS tabs; not split by scraper)

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Both · 29

bg hr cs da nl en et fi fr de el hu it lv lt pl pt ro sk sl es sv no uk tr sr ca bs mk

Only Deepgram · 0

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Only Azure Speech (STT) · 4

ga mt is sq

List prices, normalized to USD/min; see each provider page for assumptions. Language support from official docs. * = affiliate link; never affects comparisons.

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