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Cartesia
Cartesia is ranked #5 of 11 for AI voice and audio on AI Tool Podium.
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Real-time voice AI: fast text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice agents in 44 languages; free tier, Pro $5 a month.
Cartesia fact sheet
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- What it does
- Real-time voice AI company offering text-to-speech, speech-to-text and production voice agents in 44 languages.Source: cartesia.ai · checked
- Pricing
- Free $0 (20K credits a month). Pro $5/mo (100K credits, commercial use, instant voice cloning). Startup $49/mo (1.25M credits, pro voice cloning). Scale $299/mo (8M credits). Enterprise custom. Voice agent calls listed at $0.03 per minute (was $0.06).Source: cartesia.ai/pricing · checked
- Key features
- Sonic-3.6 text-to-speech
- Speech-to-text
- Managed voice agents with phone numbers
- Instant and pro voice cloning
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What is Cartesia?
Real-time voice AI: fast text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice agents in 44 languages; free tier, Pro $5 a month.
How much does Cartesia cost?
Free $0 (20K credits a month). Pro $5/mo (100K credits, commercial use, instant voice cloning). Startup $49/mo (1.25M credits, pro voice cloning). Scale $299/mo (8M credits). Enterprise custom. Voice agent calls listed at $0.03 per minute (was $0.06). Source: https://cartesia.ai/pricing, checked 2026-11-10.
Where does Cartesia rank?
Cartesia is ranked #5 of 11 for AI voice and audio on AI Tool Podium. Ranking last updated 2026-11-10.
What are the alternatives to Cartesia?
Other tools in our AI voice and audio ranking: ElevenLabs, Suno, Descript, Wispr Flow, Mistral Voxtral 3, Willow Voice, DictaFlow, WhisperWeb, RemoveBGNoise, SFXMint.
Where is the official Cartesia website?
The official site is https://cartesia.ai
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