Cartesia vs ElevenLabs: voice AI pricing compared
Updated 2026-11-06 · listed A to Z, not ranked
Cartesia and ElevenLabs both sell AI voice products (TTS and related). Cartesia’s self-serve plans bundle monthly credits with prepaid agent dollars; ElevenLabs sells monthly plans with a shared credit pool across products plus API per-minute and per-character rates.
Listed A to Z. Cartesia figures from cartesia.ai/pricing and ElevenLabs from elevenlabs.io/pricing and /pricing/api, checked Nov 6, 2026.
- Self-serve plans (USD/mo)
- Free $0 · Pro $5 · Startup $49 · Scale $299
- Usage highlight
- Agent call duration $0.03/min; telephony $0.014/min
- Notes
- Credits + prepaid agent dollars per plan; STT 3 credits/sec
- Self-serve plans (USD/mo)
- Starter $6 · Creator $22 · Pro $99 · Scale $299 · Business $990
- Usage highlight
- TTS $0.04–$0.08 / 1K chars; realtime voice $0.08/min; STT $0.22/hour
- Notes
- Shared credit pool across products; API rates on /pricing/api
How we checked: Quoted from each official pricing page on Nov 6, 2026. Product catalogs differ (agents, dubbing, music, etc.), so this is not a feature shoot-out—only published price lines. Confirm before you buy.
FAQ
Which is cheaper, Cartesia or ElevenLabs?
We do not pick a winner. Plan floors differ (Cartesia Pro $5 vs ElevenLabs Starter $6 on Nov 6, 2026) and usage is metered differently (credits and agent minutes vs characters and per-minute API lines). Match your workload to each official page.
Sources (official pages, read 2026-11-06)
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