Deepgram vs Defapi vs Cartesia vs ElevenLabs API

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Deepgram
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DDefapi
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Cartesia
Competitor 3
ElevenLabs API
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Deepgram
deepgram.com
Deepgram is a voice AI platform that exposes speech-to-text, text-to-speech and conversational agents through APIs.
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
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Competitor Cartesia
cartesia.ai
Cartesia is a voice AI company that provides one API for speech generation, transcription and production voice agents fast enough for live conversation.
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Competitor ElevenLabs API
elevenlabs.io
ElevenLabs API is a developer interface to the company's audio models.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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2.4Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 42.6%
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6-month growth
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-86.2%
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Global rank web
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#4,650,820
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Avg. last 3 months
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4.8K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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36%
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Pages / visit
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1.4
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Visit duration
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7s
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DeepgramDefapiCartesiaElevenLabs API
04.4K8.8K13.3K17.7KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4K1K10K100KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KDec '25Jan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
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Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
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$5per month · free tier available
$5per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Pay As You Go CustomGrowth $4,000/yrEnterprise Custom
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Free FreePro $5/moStartup $49/moScale $299/mo+1 more
Free FreeStarter $6/moCreator $22/moPro $99/mo+3 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextAudio
ImagesTextAudio
TextAudio
TextAudio
Output
TextAudio
AudioImagesText
TextAudio
TextAudio
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeVoice & SpeechAI APIAI Text-to-Speech+2 more
Development & CodeAI API
Business & MarketingVoice & SpeechAI Call CenterAI Text-to-Speech+2 more
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeVoice & SpeechAI API+6 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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APIs
Text to speech
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Transcription
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Voice agents
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Developer tools
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Speech synthesis
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Voice assistance
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Speech recognition
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Call transcriptions
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API integrations
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Sound effects
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Voice cloning
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API management
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Audio generation
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Call agents
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Music
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Music creation
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Voice
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API security
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Audio separation
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Call center automation
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