At a glance
- Cartesia is listed under Voice, alongside AssemblyAI, Deepgram and ElevenLabs.
- Cartesia has a free plan.
- Cartesia's lowest paid plan is Pro at $5 per month, as of October 20, 2026.
- Cartesia's pricing model: monthly plans with usage credits.
- Cartesia is available on API.
- Cartesia works with Twilio, LiveKit, Pipecat, Genesys, Rasa and others.
- Cartesia's main features: Sonic text to speech, Ink speech to text, Managed Agents, Instant voice cloning, Pro voice cloning.
- Cartesia's website lists SOC 2 and SSO.
- Cartesia has a public API.
- Cartesia can be self-hosted.
Facts from cartesia.ai, checked October 20, 2026.
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