Text-to-speech

ElevenLabs API (TTS) vs Cartesia

A like-for-like per-minute price is not available for both. 21 of 33 European languages are documented by both; 11 only by ElevenLabs API (TTS), 0 only by Cartesia.

ElevenLabs API (TTS)

$0.030 /min

0.04 USD/1K chars (Flash/Turbo; v3/v4 0.08) · source · checked 2026-10-16

32/33 languages · model language table (union across models)

Try ElevenLabs API (TTS) →^*

Cartesia

— /min

— credit plans $0/$5/$49/$299 per month · source · checked 2026-10-16

21/33 languages · TTS model language list

Try Cartesia →

Both · 21

bg hr cs da nl en fi fr de el hu it pl pt ro sk es sv no uk tr

Only ElevenLabs API (TTS) · 11

et ga lv lt mt sl sr ca is bs mk

Only Cartesia · 0

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List prices, normalized to USD/min; see each provider page for assumptions. Language support from official docs. * = affiliate link; never affects comparisons.

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