DeepInfra (Whisper)

by DeepInfra

Don’t want to wire up the DeepInfra API? Drop the file here.

The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free: a recording up to 20 minutes transcribes in full, a longer one is previewed, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, and credits never expire.

DeepInfra's hosted Whisper endpoint with per-second GPU pricing.

API  ·  per-Deepinfra pricing

TL;DR

Best for indie devs and startups seeking cheap hosted Whisper with low ops burden. Pricing: per-Deepinfra pricing.

Category
Transcription APIs
Pricing
per-Deepinfra pricing
Platforms
API

What it is

DeepInfra is an inference platform hosting open-source models, including Whisper-large-v3 and variants. Endpoints are OpenAI-compatible where applicable. Pricing is per-second compute. Useful as a cost alternative to OpenAI's hosted Whisper for batch transcription. Best fit: indie devs and startups seeking cheap hosted whisper with low ops burden. Caveats: smaller vendor; sla and roadmap are limited compared to hyperscalers. Pricing as listed: per-Deepinfra pricing. Feature flags from vendor docs: word-level timestamps. Directory tags: commercial-api, model-host. Last vendor-page check: 2026-05-12. The product slots into the broader voice-AI tooling landscape and is best evaluated head-to-head with adjacent vendors in its subcategory; verify current language coverage, region availability, and compliance terms on the vendor's public docs at time of build.

Best for: Indie devs and startups seeking cheap hosted Whisper with low ops burden.
Watch out for: Smaller vendor; SLA and roadmap are limited compared to hyperscalers.

Install / use

What people actually do with DeepInfra (Whisper)-style transcription

The tool is the means. These are the jobs — each one priced at published rates, each one wired up on its own page.

Wire it into Amazon S3n8nMake.comGoogle DriveZapierSlack

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsYes
Streaming / real-timeNo
Languages supported99
HIPAA eligibleNo

DeepInfra (Whisper) vs Whipscribe

FeatureDeepInfra (Whisper)Whipscribe
CategoryTranscription APIsTranscription APIs
PricingNot verified$6–$24 one-time packs (credits never expire) · first 20 minutes free
Speaker identificationNot verifiedNamed in the summary, key quotes and chapters
Word timestampsNot verifiedYes
StreamingNot verifiedNo
Languages9999
PlatformsAPIWeb, API, MCP

Alternatives to DeepInfra (Whisper)

Frequently asked about DeepInfra (Whisper)

How much does DeepInfra (Whisper) cost?

DeepInfra (Whisper) is a paid product — published pricing: per-Deepinfra pricing. Pricing changes; verify on the vendor's own page before budgeting.

What platforms does DeepInfra (Whisper) support?

DeepInfra (Whisper) is an API — you call it from whatever you build, on any platform with an HTTP client.

How do I get started with DeepInfra (Whisper)?

DeepInfra (Whisper) is used through its API: get a key from the vendor, then call it from your own code. There is no desktop app to install.

How many languages does DeepInfra (Whisper) support?

DeepInfra (Whisper) lists 99 languages. That is the Whisper-family multilingual set, so quality varies by language — English and the large European languages are strongest.

What are the limitations of DeepInfra (Whisper)?

Smaller vendor; SLA and roadmap are limited compared to hyperscalers.

Who is DeepInfra (Whisper) best for?

Indie devs and startups seeking cheap hosted Whisper with low ops burden.

Is DeepInfra (Whisper) open source?

No. DeepInfra (Whisper) is a proprietary API. If you need source you can read and run yourself, the open-source tools in this directory are the place to look.

What kind of tool is DeepInfra (Whisper)?

In this directory DeepInfra (Whisper) is filed under commercial api, model host as a API.

What are the alternatives to DeepInfra (Whisper)?

There is a side-by-side page at /tools/deepinfra-whisper-alternatives comparing DeepInfra (Whisper) with the closest tools in the same category on price, platform and features.

Can I automate DeepInfra (Whisper)-style transcription without running it myself?

Yes. If what you want is transcripts rather than the tool itself, Whipscribe does the same job as a hosted API: submit a file or URL, poll a job id, pull the result as txt, json, srt, vtt or docx. $0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. The automation recipes on this site show it wired to Drive folders, Zoom recordings, S3 buckets and no-code platforms.

How is Whipscribe different from DeepInfra (Whisper)?

DeepInfra (Whisper) is another vendor's product; Whipscribe is a per-minute transcription service. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training, and every job returns five formats plus an AI summary, quotes and topics. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export.

What does transcription cost if I use Whipscribe instead of DeepInfra (Whisper)?

$0.012 a minute — about $0.72 an audio hour — bought as credits that never expire. There is no subscription and no monthly minimum: a 3-hour recording is about $2.16, a thousand-hour archive is about $720 once. The first 20 minutes of any recording are transcribed free, and a pack from $6 (500 minutes) transcribes the rest and opens every export, so you can see what your recording holds before paying anything.

Where is the DeepInfra (Whisper) category heading?

Three things are moving across the whole speech-to-text market right now: summaries, action items and speaker insights generated on top of the transcript rather than sold separately; private, secured deployment where the audio never leaves a boundary you control; and agent access — transcription exposed as a tool that Claude, Cursor or a workflow runner can call directly. Whipscribe ships all three today: per-job insights, our own servers, and an MCP server.

Whipscribe is a hosted transcription service. If you want transcripts without running infrastructure, paste a URL or drop a file in the form below — you'll have a transcript in seconds.

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