Using Deepgram? Pay 88% less for transcription with higher accuracy
Modulate's Transcription API is the #1 most accurate model across 3 transcription benchmarks, at 88% at a fraction of the cost — proven by independent benchmarks.
Modulate’s transcription model offers many benefits including:
88% less expensive ($0.03 / hr vs. $0.25 / hr)
Best-in-class accuracy on real-world speech (AMI Corpus and IHM)
Detects 20+ emotions and 20+ accents
Supports 70+ languages, PII redaction and more
Get started with 400 hours, free.
10x Lower Cost Than the Competition
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#1 Accuracy in independent
benchmarks
10x lower cost than leading competitors
Built for real production
workloads
Enterprise-ready performance
Why teams are upgrading from Deepgram
#1 Accuracy in Independent Benchmarks
Modulate consistently outperforms
Deepgram across conversational
speech, accents, and noisy
environments.
Deepgram across conversational
speech, accents, and noisy
environments.
Lower Cost. Better Results.
Get better transcripts while spending significantly less per 1,000 minutes than Deepgram. Teams switching from Deepgram save up to 90% on transcription costs — without sacrificing accuracy. In fact, they get more of it.
Built for Real Systems, Not Demos
Designed for scale, reliability, and
real-world audio — not just clean
test samples.
real-world audio — not just clean
test samples.
Modulate vs. Deepgram
A side-by-side comparison for teams evaluating transcription providers
Feature
Cost
$0.03 / hour
$0.25 / hour
Real-World Accuracy
14.9% WER on AMI Corpus
28.1% WER on AMI Corpus
Accuracy on Earnings-22
7.8% WER
15.7% WER
Emotion Detection
20+ emotions
None
Accent detection
20+ accents
None
Language Support
70 languages
50+ languages
Overlapping speakers
Handles naturally
Underperforms in complex multi-speaker audio
Training Data
500M+ hours of conversations
Primarily curated / structured datasets
Streaming Support
Real-time streaming
Real-time streaming
PII / PHI redaction
Yes
Yes
Diarization
Yes
Yes
Drop-In API. No Friction.
Integrate in minutes, not weeks.
Simple REST API
Clean documentation
Works with your existing stack
Built for real-time and batch transcription
Transcription Is Just the Beginning
Teams that start with transcription often expand into moderation, safety, and real-time voice intelligence.
Emotion detection
Deepfake detection
Accent detection
Full conversation intelligence
Start with transcription. Be ready for what's next.