Cartesia vs MiniMax Speech vs ElevenLabs vs OpenAI TTS

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Cartesia
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MiniMax Speech
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ElevenLabs
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OpenAI TTS
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Cartesia
cartesia.ai
Cartesia is a voice AI company that provides one API for speech generation, transcription and production voice agents fast enough for live conversation.
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Competitor MiniMax Speech
minimax.io
MiniMax Speech, also presented as MiniMax Audio, is a text-to-speech service that converts written text into lifelike audio.
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Competitor ElevenLabs
elevenlabs.io
AI voices that actually sound like real people
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Competitor OpenAI TTS
platform.openai.com
OpenAI TTS is the text-to-speech feature of the OpenAI Audio API, exposed through a speech endpoint that converts written text into lifelike spoken audio.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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6.6Mvisits/mo
36.4Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▲ 6.3%
▲ 5.6%
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6-month growth
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-5.1%
+13.1%
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Global rank web
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#9,873
#1,132
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Avg. last 3 months
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6.4M
34.8M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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41%
41%
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Pages / visit
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4.2
6.3
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Visit duration
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4m 48s
4m 47s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 7%
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CartesiaMiniMax SpeechElevenLabsOpenAI TTS
09.1M18.2M27.3M36.4MMiniMax Speech · 5.5MMiniMax Speech · 5.5MMiniMax Speech · 6.2MMiniMax Speech · 7MMiniMax Speech · 6.5MMiniMax Speech · 5.3MMiniMax Speech · 6.3MMiniMax Speech · 6.2MMiniMax Speech · 6.6MElevenLabs · 23.4MElevenLabs · 27MElevenLabs · 30.8MElevenLabs · 27.8MElevenLabs · 32.2MElevenLabs · 33.3MElevenLabs · 35.1MElevenLabs · 33.6MElevenLabs · 34.5MElevenLabs · 36.4M1M10M100MMiniMax Speech · 5.5MMiniMax Speech · 5.5MMiniMax Speech · 6.2MMiniMax Speech · 7MMiniMax Speech · 6.5MMiniMax Speech · 5.3MMiniMax Speech · 6.3MMiniMax Speech · 6.2MMiniMax Speech · 6.6MElevenLabs · 23.4MElevenLabs · 27MElevenLabs · 30.8MElevenLabs · 27.8MElevenLabs · 32.2MElevenLabs · 33.3MElevenLabs · 35.1MElevenLabs · 33.6MElevenLabs · 34.5MElevenLabs · 36.4MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$5per month · free tier available
Free tier
$6per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $5/moStartup $49/moScale $299/mo+1 more
Usage-based $0.04
Free FreeStarter $6/moCreator $22/moPro $99/mo+3 more
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Capabilities input → output
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AudioText
Text
AudioTextVideo
Text
Output
AudioText
Audio
AppsAudioTextVideo
Audio
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Business & MarketingVoice & SpeechAI Call CenterAI Text-to-Speech+2 more
Voice & SpeechAI Text-to-SpeechAI Voice Cloning
Audio & MusicBusiness & MarketingVoice & SpeechAI Call Center+8 more
Development & CodeVoice & SpeechAI APIAI Text-to-Speech
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Text to speech
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Speech synthesis
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Voice
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Call center automation
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Developer tools
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Voice assistance
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Music
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Music creation
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Audio
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Call answering
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Speech recognition
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