Deepgram Playground
by Deepgram
Browser playground for testing Deepgram Nova STT and Aura TTS.
TL;DR
Browser playground for testing Deepgram Nova STT and Aura TTS.
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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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.
Watch out for: Audio leaves the browser to Deepgram's cloud; API key needed for high volume.
Install / use
open https://playground.deepgram.com/Features
| Speaker diarization | Yes |
| Word-level timestamps | Yes |
| Streaming / real-time | Yes |
| Languages supported | 36 |
| HIPAA eligible | Yes |
Deepgram Playground vs Whipscribe
| Feature | Deepgram Playground | Whipscribe |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Products | Transcription APIs |
| Pricing | free / API billed | free beta |
| Speaker diarization | Yes | Yes |
| Word timestamps | Yes | Yes |
| Streaming | Yes | No |
| Languages | 36 | 99 |
| Platforms | Web | Web, API, MCP |
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