Nova-3 API pricing
Nova-3 by Deepgram, priced on Deepgram API (pay as you go). Price for pre-recorded audio.
Nova-3 API pricing starts at $0.258/hour (official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026).
| Tier | Price | 1 hour | 100 hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single price | $0.258/hour | $0.258 | $25.80 |
Verified against the official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page
Prices here are converted to one unit per category so models can be compared; the official figures are below. The official list price is $0.0043 per minute.
Examples are unit price × length or count. They do not include retries, free allowances, or inputs and options that the official page prices separately.
Other speech-to-text models
- Universal-2 · $0.15/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Universal-3.5 Pro · $0.21/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Scribe v2 · $0.22/hour · pre-recorded audio
- GPT-Transcribe · $0.27/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Nova-3 Multilingual · $0.312/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Whisper · $0.36/hour · pre-recorded audio
- Scribe v2 Realtime · $0.39/hour · realtime (streaming)
- GPT-Live-Transcribe · $1.02/hour · realtime (streaming)
Starting prices from each model's official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026. Every tier and its source are on the model's own page.
Questions
- How much does Nova-3 cost per hour of audio?
- Nova-3: $0.258/hour.
- How much does it cost to transcribe 100 hours of audio with Nova-3?
- At the listed price, 100 hours of audio with Nova-3 cost $25.80, before any separately priced inputs, options or retries.
- Are there lower-priced alternatives to Nova-3?
- Among the models listed on modelpick, these start lower: Universal-2 ($0.15/hour), Universal-3.5 Pro ($0.21/hour), Scribe v2 ($0.22/hour) (official pricing pages, verified Oct 9, 2026). Starting prices can be for a different tier, and output quality differs; compare the same tier and samples before switching.