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Provider comparison / speech

Text-to-speech APIs, without the pricing-page scavenger hunt.

TTS pricing is per input character, with a 3–4× spread between premium voices and fast production tiers.

All comparisonsText-to-speech APIs
Lowest priceDeepgram Aura

$0.03 / 1k characters

$
Lowest latencyDeepgram Aura

700ms typical

Highest qualityElevenLabs

93 / 100 score

Price spread

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Side-by-sidePrices verified in the open catalog
Provider List price / 1k characters Via Route Tools Quality Typical latency
01Deepgram Aura $0.03 $0.04 78 700ms
02LMNT $0.05 $0.06 81 900ms
03ElevenLabs $0.10 $0.12 93 1.5s
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