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Text to speechFree plan

Cartesia review 98/100 on verified data

Cartesia is a text to speech tool: Voice AI platform offering text-to-speech, speech-to-text and managed voice agents through one API, deployable in the cloud, on-premise or on-device.

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Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

Cartesia homepage (screenshot)
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
Score (rank 3 of 41)
98/100
Coverage (5 of 8 criteria)
75%
From, per month
$5
Free plan
Yes
CartesiaFrom $5/moVisit

Paid plans start at $5 per month billed monthly on the Pro plan, and there is a free plan.

Cartesia has a public API.

In our text to speech tools ranking Cartesia scores 98/100, rank 3 of 41, based on 5 of 8 criteria (75% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

Cartesia at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.
Pricing model
Free plan + paid plans source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan
Pro: $5/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

Cartesia plans

5 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

  • Free

    Free

    Billed monthly
    Free
    Billed yearly
    Free
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    None stated

  • Pro

    $5per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $5
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    None stated

  • Startup

    $49per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $49
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    None stated

  • Scale

    $299per month, billed monthly

    Billed monthly
    $299
    Billed yearly
    Not stated
    Charged per
    per workspace

    Published limits

    None stated

  • Enterprise

    Contact sales

    Billed monthly
    Contact sales
    Billed yearly
    Contact sales
    Charged per
    Not stated

    Published limits

    None stated

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full Cartesia pricing and plan limits

How Cartesia scores

The text to speech tools scorecard applied to Cartesia's verified data: 98/100, rank 3 of 41, based on 5 of 8 criteria.

Score

98/100

Rank #3 of 41

Coverage 75%

5 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

Full ranking of text to speech toolsHow we score

  1. Entry price

    100/100

    Weight 33%$5/month billed monthly on Pro (scored on the monthly price) source

  2. Free plan or trial

    100/100

    Weight 20%Free plan (Free) source

  3. Pricing transparency

    84/100

    Weight 13%4 of 5 plans have a public price (1 "contact sales") source

  4. Verified features

    100/100

    Weight 20%3 of 5 tracked features verified: voice cloning, commercial use on paid plans, text-to-speech api source 1source 2

  5. API, integrations and export

    100/100

    Weight 13%public API source

  6. Languagescategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

  7. Voice librarycategory criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

  8. Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion

    Excluded

    Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

Cartesia features

3 of the 7 features we compare text to speech tools on, as Cartesia publishes them.
Voice cloning
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Commercial use on paid plans
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Text-to-speech API
Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

6 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

Cartesia alternatives

The highest-scoring of 44 comparable tools.
Top Cartesia alternatives
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planPublic APIChecked
1Uberduck100/10075%5 of 8 criteriaNot offered$2/moYesYesOct 14, 2026
2Vidnoz99/10085%6 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes–Oct 14, 2026
3Fliki97/10095%7 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 3 credits per monthYesOct 14, 2026
4ElevenLabs93/100100%8 of 8 criteria$6/mo$5/moYes, 10,000 credits per monthYesOct 14, 2026
5Typecast92/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$5/moYesYesOct 14, 2026

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does Cartesia cost?

Paid plans start at $5 per month billed monthly on the Pro plan, according to Cartesia's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Cartesia have a free plan?

Yes: Cartesia has a free plan (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Cartesia have an API?

Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does Cartesia score?

In our text to speech tools ranking Cartesia scores 98/100, rank 3 of 41, based on 5 of 8 criteria (75% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best Cartesia alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Uberduck (100/100), Vidnoz (99/100) and Fliki (97/100).

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Pricing last read Oct 14, 2026. Vendors change prices; the linked page is the final word.