ElevenLabs vs Deepgram
ElevenLabs Scribe v2 vs Deepgram Nova-3 for transcription. Price: $3.67 per 1000 min vs $4.3 per 1000 min — edge ElevenLabs WER: 2.2% vs 5.2% — edge ElevenLabs Langs: 90 vs 50 — edge ElevenLabs Computed from public benchmarks with dated sources; updated 2026-08-20.
Head to head
| Axis | ElevenLabs Scribe v2 | Deepgram Nova-3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.67 per 1000 min | $4.3 per 1000 min | ElevenLabs |
| WER | 2.2% | 5.2% | ElevenLabs |
| Langs | 90 | 50 | ElevenLabs |
| Latency | 150 ms | 300 ms | ElevenLabs |
| diarization | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| timestamps | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| vocab | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Strengths & caveats
ElevenLabsHighest accuracy on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard (2.2% WER, an English-leaning aggregate); broad language coverage with full diarization, word-level timestamps and custom vocabulary. Not the cheapest comparable option; low-latency streaming runs on a separate Scribe v2 Realtime mode that is billed higher at $0.39/hr.DeepgramStreaming-focused with per-second billing and full diarization, timestamps and keyterm support; markets sub-300 ms latency. Lowest accuracy of the group on the leaderboard (5.2% WER); the latency figure is self-reported, not an independent benchmark. Deepgram now positions a separate, dearer Flux model ($0.0077/min list) as its ultra-low-latency option for voice agents.
Sources
- Artificial Analysis — Speech to Text2026-08-20
- Open ASR Leaderboard2026-06-19