Whisper Base
Deepgram audio transcriptionWhisper Base is a Deepgram speech-to-text model. Route Whisper Base via Future AGI's Agent Command Center for unified observability, caching, and 15 routing strategies including cost-optimized fallback.
We don't have verified per-token pricing for Whisper Base yet. If you have a source from Deepgram's documentation, help us add it — your submission gets reviewed within 48 hours.
Pricing
Per-token rates, expressed in USD per 1M tokens. Verified May 12, 2026.
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Limits
- Context window
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- Max input
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- Max output
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- Modalities
- audio, text
Capabilities
- Function calling — not advertised
- Parallel tool calls — not advertised
- Vision input — not advertised
- Audio input — not advertised
- Audio output — not advertised
- PDF input — not advertised
- Streaming ✓ supported
- Structured output — not advertised
- Prompt caching — not advertised
- Reasoning — not advertised
Benchmarks pending
We haven't logged public benchmark scores for Whisper Base yet. Have one to contribute? Submit a source — citations help us prioritise.
Call Whisper Base via Agent Command Center
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Routing, fallback, semantic caching, guardrails, and cost tracking come along for the ride. First 100K requests + 100K cache hits free every month.
agentcc / @agentcc/client). Per-call metadata — provider, cost, latency, cache hit, request id — is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers, so any HTTP client can read it.# Whisper Base via the Agent Command Center Python SDK
# pip install agentcc
import os
from agentcc import AgentCC
client = AgentCC(
api_key=os.environ["AGENTCC_API_KEY"], # from app.futureagi.com → Settings → API Keys
base_url="https://gateway.futureagi.com/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="deepgram/whisper-base",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Whisper Base!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
print(f"Tokens: {resp.usage.total_tokens}")
# Per-call gateway metadata is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers.
# When you need it programmatically, use .with_raw_response to get them:
raw = client.chat.completions.with_raw_response.create(
model="deepgram/whisper-base",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Same call, but I want the headers."}],
)
print("Provider:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-provider"))
print("Latency:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-latency-ms"), "ms")
print("Cost: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cost"), "USD")
print("Cache: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cache"))AGENTCC_API_KEY with a key fromapp.futureagi.com.Gateway docs ↗Compare with similar models
Whisper Base doesn't have a public Arena ELO score yet, so we group by provider only — quality-tier comparisons need a benchmark.
FAQ
How much does Whisper Base cost?
Public per-token pricing for Whisper Base is not yet published. Submit a source on this page to help us add it.
What is the context window of Whisper Base?
Context window for Whisper Base is not currently public.
Does Whisper Base support function calling?
Whisper Base does not currently advertise function-calling support. For agentic workloads, prefer a tool-calling-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback.
Is Whisper Base good for production?
Whisper Base is best evaluated against your own production traces. Pipe traffic through Agent Command Center to compare it head-to-head against alternatives in shadow mode.
How can I route to Whisper Base with fallback?
Use Agent Command Center: a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint that supports cost-optimized routing, latency-aware retries, model fallback, and shadow traffic. Configure once, swap models without app changes.
Useful links for Whisper Base
Official sources, independent benchmarks, and pricing aggregators — no random search-engine guesses.
Third-party evals — verify the marketing.
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