How much does OpenAI TTS cost?

OpenAI TTS costs $15/1M characters ($0.000015/character). A 1,000-word article (~5,000 characters) costs $0.075. High-definition voices (tts-1-hd) cost $30/1M characters.

How does ElevenLabs compare in cost to OpenAI TTS?

ElevenLabs: $5/month for 30,000 characters (Creator plan). At scale, their API costs $0.00024/character — 16x more expensive than OpenAI TTS but with superior voice quality and cloning.

What is the cheapest TTS option for high volume?

AWS Polly Standard voices: $4/1M characters after free tier. Google Cloud TTS Standard: $4/1M characters. For >100M characters/month, self-hosted Coqui TTS or Bark is most cost-effective.

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How It Works

Calculate text-to-speech API costs across OpenAI TTS, ElevenLabs, Google Cloud TTS, and AWS Polly. Estimate monthly spend for voice applications

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OpenAI TTS — The openai tts recorded for the scenario being assessed.
ElevenLabs — The elevenlabs recorded for the scenario being assessed.
Google Cloud TTS — The google cloud tts recorded for the scenario being assessed.
AWS Polly — The aws polly recorded for the scenario being assessed.

Note: Interpret the tts api cost result against the thresholds and context described above.

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Enter the OpenAI TTS, ElevenLabs, Google Cloud TTS, AWS Polly for the scenario you are assessing. Calculate text-to-speech API costs across OpenAI TTS, ElevenLabs, Google Cloud TTS, and AWS Polly. Estimate monthly spend for voice applications. Use the tts api cost result to inform your calculation.

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