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Cartesia pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier

Cartesia pricing as read on Oct 25, 2026: free tier: $0 a month, 20K credits and $1 prepaid agents; paid: $5/month (100K credits, $5 agents); $49/month (1.25M credits, $49 agents); $299/month (8M credits, $299 agents); Enterprise custom. Prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page. Reported, not Tested.

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Evidence: Reported. Plan names and prices were read from Cartesia's own pages on 2026-10-25 (America/Chicago). We did not buy or run any plan, so we say nothing about value or output quality. Plan details change often; confirm on the vendor's page before you pay.

Cartesia plans and prices

Realtime voice AI: text-to-speech, speech-to-text in 44 languages and voice agents, with a free plan and credit tiers. Pricing model as listed: Freemium.

Cartesia pricing as listed by the vendor (2026-10-25)
EntryWhat the vendor lists
Free tierFree: $0 a month, 20K credits and $1 prepaid agents
Paid$5/month (100K credits, $5 agents)
Paid$49/month (1.25M credits, $49 agents)
Paid$299/month (8M credits, $299 agents)
PaidEnterprise custom

Who Cartesia suits, and who should skip it

  • Good for: Developers building low-latency voice agents.
  • Skip if: You want a consumer voice-over app.

What the pricing page does not tell you

  • Credits map to usage by model.
  • Not captured: Latency claims (vendor).
  • Plans are not like-for-like across vendors (credits, seats, usage caps and models differ), so this page does not rank Cartesia against others on price.

Compare Cartesia and find alternatives

  • Cartesia vs ElevenLabs: side-by-side facts, plans and licenses.
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  • Murf AI vs Cartesia: side-by-side facts, plans and licenses.
  • Retell AI vs Cartesia: side-by-side facts, plans and licenses.
  • Vapi vs Cartesia: side-by-side facts, plans and licenses.
  • Vapi: Developer platform for voice agents; $5 free credits, then pay for the minutes you run.
  • Deepgram: Voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and agents with $200 in free credit.
  • ElevenLabs: Voice, speech, music and voice-agent platform with a detailed API changelog.

FAQ

How much does Cartesia cost?

$5/month (100K credits, $5 agents); $49/month (1.25M credits, $49 agents); $299/month (8M credits, $299 agents); Enterprise custom. Read from the vendor's page on Oct 25, 2026; prices change, so confirm before paying.

Is Cartesia free?

Free: $0 a month, 20K credits and $1 prepaid agents. Paid plans listed above add more usage or features. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

Where does this pricing come from?

The sources listed below, fetched Oct 25, 2026. Anything we could not read is marked not captured rather than guessed.

Sources

Page history

  • : First published from vendor pages read on 2026-10-25.

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