Audio & Speech API Pricing

94 models — TTS, ASR, and realtime speech

This page tracks 94 audio and speech AI models. The lowest current price is $0.0004/req from suno_lyrics. 93 sources auto-scraped (Updated 9h ago); 38 manually maintained. Covers TTS, ASR, and Realtime — click Detail → for per-provider comparisons.

Leading models: quality, price and provider comparison

Rank and Elo use an Artificial Analysis snapshot (2026-08-17); price and provider coverage use current ComputeUnion records. The two evidence sets are shown separately.

#VendorModelEloMarket lowProvidersDetails
#1SpeechifyAISimba 3.21239$10.0000/1M characters1View prices →
#2Alibaba · Qwen AudioQwen Audio 3.0 TTS Plus1237$19.2530/1M chars1View prices →
#6CartesiaSonic 3.51202$49.0000/1M characters1View prices →
#10MiniMax SpeechSpeech 2.8 HD1178$0.0140/$/1K chars2View prices →
#13MiniMax SpeechSpeech 2.8 Turbo1150$0.0080/$/1K chars2View prices →

Featured model families

Readable, verifiable model names come first. Relay and endpoint naming stays out of the main list.

SpeechifyAI

Readable model names first

1 sources
Simba 3.2
$10.0000/1M characters

Alibaba · Qwen Audio

Readable model names first

1 sources
Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS Plus
$19.2530/1M chars
Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS Flash
$13.7521/1M chars

Cartesia

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1 sources
Sonic 3.5
$49.0000/1M characters

MiniMax Speech

Readable model names first

2 sources
Speech 2.8 HD
$0.0140/$/1K chars
Speech 2.8 Turbo
$0.0080/$/1K chars
MiniMax Speech 02 HD
$0.0120/$/1K chars

Google · Gemini TTS

Readable model names first

4 sources
gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview
$0.8276/token

ElevenLabs

Readable model names first

1 sources
Eleven English v2
$0.3000/1K chars
Eleven Flash v2.5
$0.0800/1K chars
Eleven Monolingual v1
$0.3000/1K chars
Eleven Multilingual v1
$0.3000/1K chars

OpenAI TTS

Readable model names first

8 sources
TTS-1
$0.0150/$/1K chars
gpt-4o-mini-tts
$0.0414/req
tts-1-hd
$4.1379/token
TTS-1 HD
$0.0300/$/1K chars

OpenAI Speech Recognition

Readable model names first

7 sources
whisper-1
$4.1379/token
whisper
$1.2414/token
Whisper 1
$0.0060/$/minute
Whisper Large
$0.0048/min

Deepgram

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1 sources
Nova-2
$0.0043/min
Nova-2 Medical
$0.0148/min
Nova-3
$0.0043/min

AssemblyAI

Readable model names first

1 sources
Universal-2
$0.0025/min
Universal-3.5 Pro
$0.0035/min
Universal-3.5 Pro Streaming
$0.0075/min
Universal-Streaming English
$0.0025/min
+64 other models (some names may come from relay providers)
gpt-4o-audio-preview
$0.5517/token
gemini-2.5-flash-preview-tts
$0.6897/token
gemini-2.5-pro-preview-tts
$1.3793/token
suno_lyrics
$0.0004/req
suno_music
$0.0110/req
GPT Audio
$10.0000/token
GPT Audio Mini
$2.4000/token
gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-12-17
$1.3793/token
gpt-audio-2025-08-28
$0.6897/token
tts-1-1106
$2.0690/token
tts-1-hd-1106
$4.1379/token
Aura Asteria
$0.0150/1K chars
Aura Luna
$0.0150/1K chars
Aura Stella
$0.0150/1K chars
Aura-2
$0.0150/1K chars
Azure TTS-1
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Base
$0.0125/min
音频模型
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Eleven Multilingual v2
$0.3000/1K chars
Eleven Turbo v2.5
$0.1500/1K chars
Enhanced
$0.0145/min
Fish Speech 1.5
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Fish Speech 1.5 Turbo
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Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS
$0.0050/$/1K chars
gemini-2.5-flash-tts
$86.2069/token
gemini-2.5-pro-tts
$82.7586/token
gemini-3.8-flash-lite-tts
$0.2483/token
gemini-3.8-flash-tts
$0.3724/token
GPT Audio (2025-08-28)
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GPT Audio Mini (2025-10-06)
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GPT-4o Audio
$0.1000/$/minute
GPT-4o Audio Preview
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GPT-4o Audio Preview (2024-10-01)
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GPT-4o Audio Preview (2024-12-17)
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gpt-4o-audio-preview-2024-10-01
$1.3793/token
GPT-4o-mini Audio Preview
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GPT-4o-mini Audio Preview (2024-12-17)
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gpt-4o-mini-audio-preview
$0.0331/token
gpt-4o-mini-tts-2025-12-15
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gpt-audio
$1.3793/token
gpt-audio-1.5
$20.6897/token
gpt-audio-1.5-2026-02-23
$20.6897/token
Kling Advanced Lip Sync
$0.0500/$/second
Kling Audio
$0.0100/$/second
Kokoro-82M TTS
$4.0000/req
Podcast Audio
$0.0025/sec
pt-4o-transcribe-2025-03-20gpt-4o-mini-tts
$10.3448/token
qwen-audio-3.1-realtime-plus
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Qwen2-Audio-7B-Instruct
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Qwen3-TTS-12Hz-1.7B-Base
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Sonic 2
$0.0650/1K chars
Sonic 2 Preview
$0.0650/1K chars
Sonic English
$0.0650/1K chars
Sonic Multilingual
$0.0650/1K chars
Sonic Turbo
$0.0300/1K chars
Suno Music
$0.0500/$/song
TTS HD
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TTS-1 (1106)
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TTS-1 HD (1106)
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Universal-Streaming Multilingual
$0.0025/min
Whisper Large v3
$0.0015/req
Whisper Large v3 (Streaming)
$0.0035/req
IndexTeam/IndexTTS-2
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FAQ

What types of audio AI APIs are available?

Three main categories: TTS (text-to-speech), ASR (speech recognition), and Realtime APIs for live voice interaction. This page covers 94 models with prices manually maintained from official provider pages.

How is audio API pricing calculated?

TTS is billed per 1K or 1M characters; ASR per minute of audio processed; Realtime per session-minute. Click "Detail →" on any model to see exact per-provider rates.

Which TTS or ASR API is best value?

Currently the lowest price is $0.0004/req from suno_lyrics. The best value depends on your volume and quality requirements — click "Detail →" to compare all providers for each model.

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Prices sourced from automated scrapers running on a six-hour schedule across 70+ platforms and manual verification of official pricing pages. Live-scraped data comes directly from provider APIs; manually maintained data is updated whenever providers announce changes.

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