Provider pricing

Cartesia AI API pricing

Cartesia has 2 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, Sonic Turbo has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.00125, with $0.5 input and

Cartesia AI API pricing

.5 output per million tokens.

Founded2023
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA
Tracked modelsDirectory

Best for

Real-time voice agents, gaming NPCs, and any product where TTS latency defines UX.

Strengths

  • Sub-90ms TTFB on Sonic — lowest-latency TTS in production
  • Instant voice cloning from a few seconds of audio
  • State-space architecture: efficient, deterministic, and steerable
  • Multilingual support across 15+ languages

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Frequently asked questions

How much does the Cartesia API cost?

Cartesia has 2 priced models in the public snapshot. For 1,000 input and 500 output tokens, Sonic Turbo has the lowest recorded request cost at $0.00125, with $0.5 input and $1.5 output per million tokens.

Which Cartesia model is cheapest?

Sonic Turbo is the lowest-cost recorded model for the 1,000-input/500-output example. Prices are $0.5 input and $1.5 output per million tokens; different workloads may change the ranking.

Does Cartesia have cached or batch prices?

Cached input: not separately recorded. Batch: not recorded in this dataset. Eligibility and cache-write charges depend on the provider; these discounts are not automatically stacked.

How often are provider prices verified?

The live pricing table synchronizes stored model records daily; public file snapshots update when the site is rebuilt. Synchronization is not independent provider verification. Snapshot updated 2026-10-31; only explicit per-model dates are verification records.