Deepgram Playground

by Deepgram

Browser playground for testing Deepgram Nova STT and Aura TTS.

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TL;DR

Best for developers benchmarking Nova-3 vs Nova-2 vs Whisper-via-Deepgram before wiring the API. Pricing: free / API billed.

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Products
License
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Last push
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Pricing
free / API billed
Platforms
Web

What it is

Deepgram Playground exposes all of Deepgram's model knobs in a browser UI — model family, language, diarization, smart formatting, sentiment, topic detection. Generates copy-paste code snippets for cURL, Node, Python.

Best for: Developers benchmarking Nova-3 vs Nova-2 vs Whisper-via-Deepgram before wiring the API.
Watch out for: Audio leaves the browser to Deepgram's cloud; API key needed for high volume.

Install / use

Go to Deepgram Playground playground.deepgram.com

Features

Speaker diarizationYes
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported36
HIPAA eligibleYes

Deepgram Playground vs Whipscribe

FeatureDeepgram PlaygroundWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$4–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · $2 single unlock · 60 min free on signup
Speaker diarizationNot verifiedYes
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages3699
PlatformsWebWeb, API, MCP

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