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Deepgram speech API

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs. New accounts get $200 free credit without a card.

Researched · not yet run liveLast researched 25 October 2026 · Deepgram · provider site

Researched, not yet run live. Built from the provider’s official pages (linked below). A person hasn’t walked this flow end to end yet, so check each step against the source.
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Steps

Steps marked “human step” are ones only you can do: verapli never signs in, submits, pays or accepts terms for you.

  1. Sign in or create a Deepgram account

    Sign in to Deepgram. If you have no account yet, you create it yourself; verapli does not create accounts.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You sign in

    Where: https://console.deepgram.com/

  2. Create an API key

    Select the project, go to Settings > API Keys, Create a New API Key, choose a role. Save the secret now; it is shown only once.

    • Guided by hand
    • Human step: You press submit
    • After: Sign in or create a Deepgram account

    verapli captures DEEPGRAM_API_KEY here by plain code: encrypted in your browser, never shown to AI.

Terms and gotchas

Plain-English summary, not legal advice. Each card links its source.

Can cost moneyThe rules say

Use restrictions

No illegal or abusive use, reverse engineering, scraping at scale, stand-alone resale or competitive use such as model training; do not present generated audio as human-made and include legally required AI notices. [4]

What you end up with

Env varSecretFormatWhat it is
DEEPGRAM_API_KEYsecretDeepgram API key

Pricing

  • Free tier: $200 free credit for every new account, no credit card required.

Source [3]

For agents

The same entry as JSON: /api/v1/entries/deepgram/api · requirements /api/v1/requirements/deepgram/api · terms /api/v1/terms/deepgram/api.

Remote MCP (read-only, no auth)
claude mcp add --transport http verapli https://verapli.com/mcp

> "What do I need for Deepgram speech API, and how long will it take?"
  → tools/call requirements { "provider_id": "deepgram/api" }

Sources

  1. Deepgram docs - Create additional API keys Console project Settings > API Keys > Create a New API Key; role per key; secret shown only once; create-key API after first key · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  2. Deepgram docs - Pre-recorded audio DEEPGRAM_API_KEY in SDK examples; packages @deepgram/sdk, deepgram-sdk · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  3. Deepgram pricing $200 free credit for every new account; Pay As You Go needs no credit card · accessed 25 October 2026 · official
  4. Deepgram Terms of Service Section 2.4 restrictions (illegal or abusive use, reverse engineering, scraping, stand-alone resale, competitive use such as model training, credential sharing); section 3.5 AI audio disclosure · accessed 25 October 2026 · official

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