The Best Deepgram Alternative for Real-Time Voice Agents
Compare Pulse STT by Smallest AI vs Nova 3 on latency, WER, language support, on-premise deployment, and pricing for real-time voice agents.
The Best Deepgram Alternative for Real-Time Voice Agents
Compare Pulse STT by Smallest AI vs Nova 3 on latency, WER, language support, on-premise deployment, and pricing for real-time voice agents.
Why teams switch to Pulse Speech to Text
Here's what that difference looks like in production.
Why teams switch to Pulse Speech to Text
Here's what that difference looks like in production.
Why teams switch to Pulse Speech to Text
Here's what that difference looks like in production.
Industry-lowest Word Error Rate
Lowest WER across 30+ languages-on real-world audio with noise, accents, and overlapping speakers.
Industry-lowest Word Error Rate
Lowest WER across 30+ languages-on real-world audio with noise, accents, and overlapping speakers.
Auto Language Detection & Code Switching
Identifies language and switches mid-sentence.
Auto Language Detection & Code Switching
Identifies language and switches mid-sentence.
Profanity Filtering & Word Boosting
Censor what shouldn't be there. Prioritise what should.
Profanity Filtering & Word Boosting
Censor what shouldn't be there. Prioritise what should.
Speech intelligence built in
Speaker diarization, real-time sentiment analysis, emotion detection, and automatic language identification
Speech intelligence built in
Speaker diarization, real-time sentiment analysis, emotion detection, and automatic language identification
Pulse vs Nova
A factual, model-level comparison on the metrics that matter in production.
Pulse vs Nova
A factual, model-level comparison on the metrics that matter in production.
Pulse vs Nova
A factual, model-level comparison on the metrics that matter in production.
Features
Pulse
Nova 3
Time to First Transcript
70 ms
100ms
Streaming WER
Industry-lowest across 30+ languages
6.84%
Compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR
SOC 2
Pricing
~$0.008/min
$0.0059/min
Features
Pulse
Nova 3
Time to First Transcript
70 ms
100ms
Streaming WER
Industry-lowest across 30+ languages
6.84%
Compliance
SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR
SOC 2
Pricing
~$0.008/min
$0.0059/min
Certified & Compliant
Guarding your data with enterprise security
Certified & Compliant
Guarding your data with enterprise security
Proactive Defense
Anticipating threats before they emerge, thanks to our advanced monitoring.
Proactive Defense
Anticipating threats before they emerge, thanks to our advanced monitoring.
Proactive Defense
Anticipating threats before they emerge, thanks to our advanced monitoring.
Frequently
asked questions
Can Pulse STT run on-premise?
Does Deepgram support emotion recognition?
How does Pulse STT's latency compare to Deepgram Nova-3?
What does switching from Deepgram to Pulse STT involve?
Build the future of voice agent orchestration
Build the future of voice agent orchestration
Build the future of voice agent orchestration
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311, California Street, 320 Suite
San Francisco, CA, 94104
Documentation
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311, California Street, 320 Suite
San Francisco, CA, 94104
Documentation
Initiatives