# Deepgram Aura — card for AI agents

Aura-2 text-to-speech API priced per 1,000 characters.

Category: Voiceover (text-to-speech) · maker Deepgram · checked 2026-10-12

## Price
- Price: Free tier
- Free tier: $200 free credit; a promo adds credits up to $500 until 2026-12-31.
- Usage price: Pay as you go: Aura-2 $0.030/1K chars ($0.027 on Growth); Aura-1 $0.015/1K; Flux TTS $0.045/1K.
- Pricing page: https://deepgram.com/pricing

## License
Deepgram Terms of Service — https://deepgram.com/terms

- commercial: **conditions** (Commercial use with conditions)
  > you may integrate our Services into your own platform, website, application, or other product or service (your “ Application ”), provided that your Application contributes material independent functionality beyond our Services
  (https://deepgram.com/terms)
- in app: **conditions** (Ship inside your app with conditions)
  > you may integrate our Services into your own platform, website, application, or other product or service (your “ Application ”), provided that your Application contributes material independent functionality beyond our Services
  (https://deepgram.com/terms)
- youtube: **unclear** (Monetized YouTube unclear)
- ai training: **banned**
  > our Services or any Output for competitive purposes, including model training
  (https://deepgram.com/terms)
- bots: **banned**
  > as a robot, spider, scraper, data mining tool, or extraction tool
  (https://deepgram.com/terms)

## Rules to follow
- Check the Aura language list first; it covers EN, ES, NL, FR, DE, IT and JA but not Russian.

## How an agent gets files
- POST https://api.deepgram.com/v1/speak?model=aura-2-thalia-en with header Authorization: Token <API key>. (sign-in: api-key)
- Formats: wav
- Not allowed: Your app must add independent functionality; no reselling of the Services on a stand-alone basis.
- Not allowed: Do not use the Services or Output for competitive purposes, including model training.
- Not allowed: Give legally required notices that Output is artificially generated.
- Not allowed: Aura-2 languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese (no Russian).

## How to connect
- Public API
- API docs: https://developers.deepgram.com/docs/tts-models (API key needed)
- npm: `npm install @deepgram/sdk`
- PyPI: `pip install deepgram-sdk`
- Website: https://deepgram.com

## Numbers (AgentGid data)
- Used in 3 public projects set up for AI coding agents

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- Deepgram Aura (Voiceover (text-to-speech)). Aura-2 text-to-speech API priced per 1,000 characters. Price: free tier; commercial use with conditions; ship inside your app with conditions; no AI training on its content; no bots or bulk downloading.
  Connect: API docs https://developers.deepgram.com/docs/tts-models (API key needed); npm @deepgram/sdk; PyPI deepgram-sdk.
  Get files: POST https://api.deepgram.com/v1/speak?model=aura-2-thalia-en with header Authorization: Token <API key> (wav).
  Not allowed: Your app must add independent functionality; no reselling of the Services on a stand-alone basis.
  Not allowed: Do not use the Services or Output for competitive purposes, including model training.
  Not allowed: Give legally required notices that Output is artificially generated.
  Not allowed: Aura-2 languages: English, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese (no Russian).
  Rule: Check the Aura language list first; it covers EN, ES, NL, FR, DE, IT and JA but not Russian.
  License: https://deepgram.com/terms (checked 2026-10-12; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/deepgram-aura/)
```

Not verified: Commercial terms not read.

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/deepgram-aura/
- Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/deepgram-aura/commercial-use/
- Source: https://deepgram.com/pricing
- Source: https://developers.deepgram.com/docs/tts-models
- Source: https://deepgram.com/terms

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