ANALYSIS VERDICT
Cartesia leads on autonomy (70 vs 67), while ElevenLabs starts at $0/mo. Select Cartesia for unmatched sub-100ms audio generation speed; consider ElevenLabs if you prioritize industry-best voice expressiveness and natural human inflection.
| Metric / Feature | Cartesia Visit cartesia.ai ↗ | ElevenLabs Visit elevenlabs.io ↗ |
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| Autonomy Score (AES) | 70/100 Core 80 · -10 setup | 67/100 Core 72 · -5 setup |
| Value-to-Cost Ratio | 5.01 | 6.26 |
| Starting Price | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Pricing Model | freemium | freemium |
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Pricing tier comparison
Cartesia tiers
Free
$0 /month
- 20K credits / month
- $1 prepaid agents / month (~33 agent minutes)
- Text to Speech (Sonic-3.6, ~27 min)
- Speech to Text (Ink-2, ~1h 51m)
- 2 concurrent TTS requests, 8 concurrent STT requests
Pro
$5 /month
- 100K credits / month
- $5 prepaid agents / month (~2h 47m)
- Commercial use license
- Instant voice cloning
- 3 concurrent TTS requests, 12 concurrent STT requests
Startup
$49 /month
- 1.25M credits / month
- $49 prepaid agents / month (~27h 13m)
- Pro voice cloning (2 slots)
- Organizations support
- 5 concurrent TTS requests, 20 concurrent STT requests
Scale
$299 /month
- 8M credits / month
- $299 prepaid agents / month (~166h 7m)
- Priority support
- High concurrency limits (15 TTS, 60 STT)
- Pro voice cloning (4 slots)
Enterprise
Custom /custom
- Custom credits & agent usage
- Volume pricing
- Custom concurrency limits
- DPAs and BAAs for compliance
- Shared Slack channel & SSO
ElevenLabs tiers
Free
$0 /month
- 10k credits per month
- Text to Speech & Speech to Text
- Sound Effects, Voice Design, Music
- 3 Projects in Studio
Starter
$6 /month
- 30k credits per month ($1 for first month)
- Commercial License
- Instant Voice Cloning
- 20 Projects in Studio
- Music commercial use & Dubbing Studio
Creator
$22 /month
- 121k credits per month ($11 for first month)
- Professional Voice Cloning
- Additional Credits
- Commercial License
Pro
$99 /month
- 600k credits per month
- 44.1kHz PCM audio output via API
- 192kbps quality audio
- Everything in Creator
Scale
$299 /month
- 1.8M credits per month
- 3 Workspace seats
- Team Collaboration
- 3 Professional Voice Clones
Business
$990 /month
- 6M credits per month
- Low-latency TTS as low as 5c/minute
- 10 Professional Voice Clones
- 10 Workspace seats
Enterprise
Custom /custom
- Custom number of credits and seats
- Custom terms & assurance around DPA/SLAs
- BAAs for HIPAA customers
- Custom SSO & priority support
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