MiniMax Speech
MiniMax's speech stack covers 30+ languages with fast cloning from short samples.
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MiniMax Speech vs Deepgram
MiniMax Speech (MiniMax) and Deepgram (Deepgram) both sit in Audio. MiniMax Speech is the cheaper entry point at from $30/mo. Deepgram shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | MiniMax Speech MiniMax | Deepgram Deepgram |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | 2.8 | Nova-3 |
| Entry cost | from $30/mo | Free tier · from $4,000/min |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · API per 1M chars $30 | Free free · Pay As You Go free · Growth $4000 · Enterprise free |
| Model stack | MiniMax Music 3.0 · MiniMax Speech 2.8 · Speech 2.8 | Aura-1 · Aura-2 · Flux · Flux English · Flux Multilingual · Flux TTS · Nova-3 · Nova-3 Monolingual · Nova-3 Multilingual · Whisper · Whisper Cloud · Whisper Large |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 6 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Voice cloning, 30+ languages, Emotion control, Streaming, Speech Generation, Audio Generation, API, speech generation | Real-time streaming, Keyterm prompting, Multilingual, Voice agent API, Text to speech, Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, Voice Agent API |
Deepgram
Low-latency streaming transcription and voice agent infrastructure.
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