Pricing leaderboard
AI Audio Model Pricing Leaderboard
Compare text-to-speech and speech-to-text price rankings without mixing their billing units or treating price as a capability benchmark.
Data as of 2026-09-08
TTS price per 1M characters Ranking
This pricing leaderboard orders listings in USD per one million input characters. Tiers remain separate rows when a provider publishes more than one option.
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Price rank | Model | TTS price per 1M characters | Provider | Tier | Updated |
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| Price rank01 | ModelMI | TTS price per 1M characters$7.5 | ProviderMiniMax (minimax.io) | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank02 | ModelMI | TTS price per 1M characters$10 | ProviderMiniMax (minimax.io) | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank03 | ModelMI | TTS price per 1M characters$15 | ProviderMiniMax (minimax.io) | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank04 | ModelOP | TTS price per 1M characters$15 | ProviderOpenAI | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank05 | ModelMI | TTS price per 1M characters$20 | ProviderMiniMax (minimax.io) | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank06 | ModelOP | TTS price per 1M characters$30 | ProviderOpenAI | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank07 | ModelPL | TTS price per 1M characters$50 | ProviderGroq | TierStandard | Updated |
Speech-to-text price per minute Ranking
This pricing leaderboard orders listings in USD per input audio minute. Tiers remain separate rows when a provider publishes more than one option.
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Price rank | Model | Speech-to-text price per minute | Provider | Tier | Updated |
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| Price rank01 | ModelOP | Speech-to-text price per minute$0.0007 | ProviderGroq | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank02 | ModelOP | Speech-to-text price per minute$0.0018 | ProviderGroq | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank03 | ModelGO | Speech-to-text price per minute$0.005 | ProviderGoogle | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank04 | ModelGO | Speech-to-text price per minute$0.009 | ProviderGoogle | TierStandard | Updated |
| Price rank05 | ModelMA | Speech-to-text price per minute$0.067 | ProviderMistral | TierStandard | Updated |
Pricing Leaderboard Overview
The lowest current listing in each native billing unit. This leaderboard ranking keeps capability and benchmark evidence separate from price.
Priced models12
Price listings12
Providers5
Billing units2
Capability vs. Price
Models farther up and to the left combine a higher independent capability rating with a lower listed price. The benchmark or Arena signal does not change the price leaderboard order.
Comparable capability data is not available yet
Current audio price listings do not map to a shared TTS or speech-to-text capability benchmark, so this page does not calculate a synthetic value score.
The Top AI Models for Text-to-Speech Pricing
A data-backed guide to the lowest current per one million input characters listings in this pricing leaderboard.
The Top AI Models for Speech-to-Text Pricing
A data-backed guide to the lowest current per input audio minute listings in this pricing leaderboard.
How to Read This Pricing Leaderboard
A lower leaderboard position by price does not imply lower capability.
Image, video, text-to-speech and speech-to-text products use different native billing units. This ranking keeps those units separate, does not calculate a combined price rank, and does not substitute price for a quality benchmark.
FAQ
Common questions about native media and audio pricing rankings.
Which model has the lowest per one million input characters price?
Speech 02 Turbo has the lowest current per one million input characters listing at $7.5 / 1M characters via MiniMax (minimax.io).
Which model has the lowest per input audio minute price?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo has the lowest current per input audio minute listing at $0.0007 / minute via Groq.
What are the three lowest-priced models?
The lowest current entries are Speech 02 Turbo ($7.5 / 1M characters for per one million input characters), Speech 2.5 Turbo ($10 / 1M characters for per one million input characters), Speech 02 HD ($15 / 1M characters for per one million input characters), Whisper Large V3 Turbo ($0.0007 / minute for per input audio minute), Whisper Large ($0.0018 / minute for per input audio minute), and Gemini 3.5 Transcribe ($0.005 / minute for per input audio minute).
Can image, video and audio prices be compared directly?
No. Each product keeps its native billing unit, such as per image, per second, per character or per minute. The leaderboard ranks within each unit separately.