Cartesia
Real-time speech synthesis, transcription, and voice agent platform
Worth knowing: Free plan: 20K credits / month
Cartesia creates foundation voice models based on State Space Models (SSMs) such as Mamba and H-Nets for low-latency live interactions. The system delivers streaming transcription via Ink, realistic speech synthesis via Sonic, and agent creation tools via Managed Agents. All plans include unlimited workspace seats, with subscription options ranging from a free tier up to $299 per month alongside custom enterprise packages.
- Category:
- Audio
- Price:
- Free plan, then $5/mo
- Free plan:
- Yes
- Works on:
- Web, API
- Integrates with:
- Slack
- Prices checked:
- , against cartesia.ai
Cartesia pricing
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At a glance
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Team plan
- Yes
- Open source
- Not listed
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Capabilities
- Text-to-speech Speech-to-text Transcription Voice cloning Voice generation AI agents
- Also listed in
- AI meeting notes tools → AI voice and speech tools →
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What Cartesia does well
- ✓ Building real-time conversational voice agents
- ✓ Low-latency streaming speech transcription and generation
- ✓ Deploying voice AI models on-premise or on-device
Key features
- 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
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- Generating realistic voiceovers
- Creating custom AI voices
- Translating spoken content
People also ask
What deployment environments does Cartesia support? +
Cartesia supports regional cloud API endpoints, on-premise servers, and on-device deployments.
What underlying model architecture powers Cartesia? +
Cartesia uses State Space Models (SSMs), including Mamba and H-Nets, for low-latency and long-context processing.
Does Cartesia support voice cloning? +
Yes, Cartesia offers instant voice cloning on Pro and higher plans, as well as professional voice cloning options.
Is Cartesia free? +
Yes, Cartesia has a free plan (20K credits / month), as of October 26, 2026. Paid plans start at $5/mo.
How much does Cartesia cost? +
As of October 26, 2026, Cartesia lists 5 plans: Free, Pro at $5/mo, Startup at $49/mo, Scale at $299/mo, Enterprise (custom pricing).
What platforms does Cartesia run on? +
Cartesia runs on Web, API.
What does Cartesia integrate with? +
Cartesia officially integrates with Slack.
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