deepgram vs Whisper Transcribe
deepgram is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑11‑04.
deepgram is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by deepgram. No marketplace we read lists it any more. Whisper Transcribe is an MCP server published by ZahiriNatZuke. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, PyPI (MCP servers)). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-10. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Whisper Transcribe | |
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace deepgram/skills | Removed on 2026-11-04 Version: not stated Forks (GitHub): 7 Stars (GitHub): 26 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 399 Downloads/week (PyPI): 117 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
| PyPI (MCP servers) | Not listed | Listed Version: 1.1.3 Downloads/month (PyPI): 399 Downloads/week (PyPI): 117 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | deepgramno longer listed · | Whisper Transcribe |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 26 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 7 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (whisper-transcribe-mcp) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 3, secrets among them: 1 |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 14 | Not a bundle |
| Licence (differs) | Not stated | MIT |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/deepgram/skills | github.com/zahirinatzuke/whisper-transcribe-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-11 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of deepgram
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Add Grok voice to an app: realtime speech-to-speech, speech-to-text dictation, text-to-speech read-aloud, and a log-driven fix loop for voice sessions.
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User-approved phone calls, speech, transcription and voice agents with PyAI OAuth.
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Transcribe local files and URLs with SpeechWeave's OpenAI-compatible Speech-to-Text API.
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Audio processing suite covering the full speech pipeline: ASR transcription (Qwen3, StepFun) with batch-mode guards against music-only repetition-loop hallucinations, speaker…
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Telnyx Speech-to-Text — transcribe audio to text via OpenAI-compatible endpoint with model, language, and keyword biasing
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voicemode dev.voicemode/voicemode
Natural voice conversations for AI assistants - STT/TTS via MCP
What each says it does
deepgram
Deepgram skills for AI coding tools: speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice-agent, audio-intelligence, text-intelligence, and browser-agent on-ramps, plus API reference, documentation, starter apps, recipes, integration examples, the CLI, MCP server setup, and self-hosted deployment
Whisper Transcribe
Transcribe audio locally with faster-whisper or through the OpenAI Whisper API.
How to run each
deepgram
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Whisper Transcribe As a local MCP server: PyPI package
claude mcp add --env "OPENAI_API_KEY=<YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY>" --transport stdio whisper-transcribe-mcp -- uvx whisper-transcribe-mcpRequires: OPENAI_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of deepgram publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: deepgram · What it can do: Whisper Transcribe · Compare two other plugins
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