Cartesia pricing: plans, credits and voice-agent minutes
Checked Nov 6, 2026 on Cartesia’s official pages (sources below). Prices change often: confirm with the provider before you buy.
Cartesia sells real-time voice AI (text-to-speech, speech-to-text and managed voice agents). Plans bundle monthly credits plus prepaid dollars for voice agents; overages and telephony are billed on top.
Figures below are from cartesia.ai/pricing, checked Nov 6, 2026. Confirm on Cartesia’s site before you buy.
Plans
- Free
- Price / mo$0
- Credits / mo20K
- Prepaid agents / mo$1
- Pro
- Price / mo$5
- Credits / mo100K
- Prepaid agents / mo$5
- Startup
- Price / mo$49
- Credits / mo1.25M
- Prepaid agents / mo$49
- Scale
- Price / mo$299
- Credits / mo8M
- Prepaid agents / mo$299
- Enterprise
- Price / moCustom
- Credits / moCustom
- Prepaid agents / moCustom
Scale’s page copy states the $299 plan includes 8M credits plus $299 for voice agents. Checked Nov 6, 2026.
Voice agents and telephony
- Call duration (agent minutes)
- Price on cartesia.ai/pricing$0.03 per minute (page also shows a previous $0.06 rate)
- Telephony (Cartesia-provided number)
- Price on cartesia.ai/pricing$0.014 per minute
- Speech-to-text
- Price on cartesia.ai/pricing3 credits per second of audio; about $0.39 per hour on Scale
- Credit overages
- Price on cartesia.ai/pricingPro $65 / 1M credits; Startup $45 / 1M; Scale $38 / 1M
At $0.03/min, each plan’s prepaid agent dollars buy a fixed minute pool (Free ≈ 33 min from $1, Pro ≈ 167 min from $5, and so on). Confirm current rates on the pricing page.
Cartesia pricing FAQ
How much does Cartesia cost?
Self-serve plans on cartesia.ai/pricing (Nov 6, 2026) are Free $0, Pro $5, Startup $49 and Scale $299 per month, each with a credit pool and prepaid agent dollars. Voice-agent call duration is listed at $0.03 per minute.
How does Cartesia compare with ElevenLabs?
Both sell TTS and related voice products with credit-style plans. See our Cartesia vs ElevenLabs pricing comparison for side-by-side figures from each official page.
Sources (official pages, read Nov 6, 2026)
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