# DeepInfra (ASR) Review

> DeepInfra (ASR) review: Low-cost hosted ASR inference. Verified pricing, features, and the strongest alternatives in Speech-to-text APIs.

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Low-cost hosted ASR inference

See pricing · facts verified Jul 20, 2026

## What we know about DeepInfra (ASR)

This is our verified profile of DeepInfra (ASR), a speech-to-text apis platform - low-cost hosted ASR inference. Every fact about DeepInfra (ASR) below carries the source it came from and the day we checked it.

DeepInfra (ASR) does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current DeepInfra (ASR) quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, DeepInfra (ASR) covers language auto-detection, word-level timestamps, speech translation, and soc 2 type ii, and does not offer custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting, entity detection, and sentiment analysis. Each of those is verified against DeepInfra (ASR)'s own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with DeepInfra (ASR): SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with DeepInfra (ASR) before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

In total we track 20 verified facts for DeepInfra (ASR) today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the DeepInfra (ASR) fact sheet below.

## DeepInfra (ASR) pricing

Published rates: batch $0.0004/min · streaming $0.0002/min, verified Jul 20, 2026 ([source](https://deepinfra.com/openai/whisper-large-v3)).

| Monthly volume | Batch bill | Streaming bill |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1K min/mo | $0.45 | $0.20 |
| 10K min/mo | $4.50 | $2 |
| 100K min/mo | $45 | $20 |

Sticker rates only; diarization and PII redaction add-ons price in the stack builder.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Batch price per audio minute | 0 $/audio-min | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/openai/whisper-large-v3) |
| Streaming price per audio minute | 0 $/audio-min | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/models/automatic-speech-recognition) |
| Pricing model | usage | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/pricing) |
| Concurrency on base plan | 200 concurrent req/model | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/account/rate-limits) |
| Extra concurrency cost | Free increase on request | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/account/rate-limits) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Language auto-detection | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/openai/whisper-large-v3-turbo) |
| Speaker diarization | ✗  Not available | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/apis/speech) |
| PII redaction | ✗  Not available | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/apis/speech) |
| Word-level timestamps | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/api-reference/audio/openai-audio-transcriptions.md) |
| Custom vocabulary / keyterm boosting | ✗  No | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/openai/whisper-large-v3) |
| Entity detection | ✗  No | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/apis/speech) |
| Sentiment analysis | ✗  No | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/apis/speech) |
| Summarization endpoint | ✗  No | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/apis/speech) |
| Speech translation | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/openai/whisper-large-v3) |
| Priced audio-intelligence add-ons | Voxtral audio-LLM Q&A via chat | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/models/automatic-speech-recognition) |

### Compliance & trust

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOC 2 Type II | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/privacy) |
| GDPR / EU data residency | ✗  No | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/privacy) |
| Self-host / on-prem option | ✗  No | Jul 20 | [source](https://deepinfra.com/pricing) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Official SDKs | OpenAI-compatible API (Python, JS, cURL) | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/) |
| Supported audio formats | MP3, WAV | Jul 20 | [source](https://docs.deepinfra.com/apis/speech) |

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