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TTS API Cost Calculator: Compare Speech Generation Pricing

Estimate text-to-speech API costs by characters, voice provider, and monthly usage.

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Recommended Starting Points

Lowest listed unit cost

OpenAI TTS-1

$15 per 1M characters.

Balanced comparison pick

Google Cloud TTS Neural2 voices

$16 per 1M characters.

Useful alternative

Amazon Polly Neural voices

$16 per 1M characters.

Pricing Details

ProviderModelCategoryPricingContextCapabilities
OpenAI TTS-1 tts $15 / 1M chars Plan based Plan based
ElevenLabs Eleven Multilingual v2 tts $180 / 1M chars Plan based Plan based
Google Cloud TTS Neural2 voices tts $16 / 1M chars Plan based Plan based
Amazon Polly Neural voices tts $16 / 1M chars Plan based Plan based

Limits and Notes

Prices can change and rate limits are often account-tier specific. Use this calculator for planning, then confirm final numbers on the official provider pages before committing budget.

FAQ

How is monthly cost calculated?

For token APIs, monthly cost is input tokens times input price plus output tokens times output price. For TTS, it uses monthly characters. Vector database estimates depend more heavily on storage and read/write usage.

Why are some models excluded?

The calculator excludes models that do not satisfy required context window, requests per minute, streaming, JSON mode, or tool calling constraints.

Are these prices guaranteed?

No. The dataset is designed for comparison and should be checked against official pricing pages before production decisions.

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