Cartesia vs Speechify
Cheapest paid tier each vendor publishes. Free plans are listed above; tiers priced on request are not plotted because there is no figure to plot.
Where they differ
Only on Cartesia
- Lower entry price: $5/mo against $29/mo
- Transcription
- Voice generation
- AI agents
Only on Speechify
- Dubbing
- Avatar video
- Summarization
- Also on macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and Chrome extension
From the pricing tiers and capability tags we track. A capability missing on one side means we have not recorded it there, not that the tool cannot do it.
At a glance
Cartesia and Speechify both appear in this directory's audio listings. Prices below were read from the vendors' own pages, most recently on October 26, 2026. Paid plans start at $5/mo on Cartesia and $29/mo on Speechify. We track transcription on Cartesia and dubbing on Speechify; both cover text to speech and speech to text. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Capability tags are factual labels we assign when a tool is added; they describe what a tool does, not how well it does it.
Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Cartesia on October 26, 2026 · Speechify (under review since October 5, 2026). Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
Cartesia
Real-time speech synthesis, transcription, and voice agent platform
Cartesia provides real-time voice intelligence powered by state space models, featuring Sonic-3.6 for text-to-speech and Ink-2 for transcription. Developers can build voice agents through Managed Agents or deploy custom implementations across cloud, on-premise, and on-device environments. The platform includes developer SDKs, instant voice cloning, and telephony support.
Speechify
Cloud-based text to speech platform with lifelike AI voices
Speechify is a cloud-based text to speech platform offering over 1,000 lifelike AI voices in 60+ languages across web, mobile apps, and browser extensions.
Also in audio
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- Generating realistic voiceovers
- Creating custom AI voices
- Translating spoken content
Key features
Cartesia
- Sonic-3.6 text-to-speech model
- Ink-2 streaming speech-to-text transcription
- Managed Agents for building and shipping voice agents
- Cloud, on-premise, and on-device deployment options
- Instant and professional voice cloning
Speechify
- Over 1,000 lifelike AI voices in 60+ languages
- Text highlighting and speed controls up to 5x
- Voice typing dictation across applications
- AI voice cloning, avatars, dubbing, and voice changer
What each one does well
Cartesia
- ✓ Building real-time conversational voice agents
- ✓ Low-latency streaming speech transcription and generation
- ✓ Deploying voice AI models on-premise or on-device
Speechify
- ✓ Listening to documents and books on the go
- ✓ Generating realistic voiceovers and AI podcasts
- ✓ Writing documents and emails using voice dictation
People also ask
Which is cheaper, Cartesia or Speechify?
Cartesia is cheaper: paid plans start at $5/mo for Cartesia and $29/mo for Speechify.
Does Cartesia or Speechify have a free plan?
Both Cartesia and Speechify publish a free plan.
What is the difference between Cartesia and Speechify?
Cartesia and Speechify are both tracked for text-to-speech, speech-to-text, voice-cloning. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Cartesia is tracked for transcription, voice-generation, ai-agents, and only Speechify is tracked for dubbing, avatar-video, summarization.
How much do Cartesia and Speechify cost?
Cartesia: free plan, then $5/mo. Speechify: free plan, then $29/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
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