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Best AI APIs for text to speech
Models you can call through a paid API, ranked from public benchmarks, with their price in this task’s unit.
STop ranked: Eleven v4 Turbo (ElevenLabs), 1,329 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices).31 options listed · data verified 19 Oct 2026
Ranked list
| Tier | Name | Approach | Runs | Rated by | Price | Skill | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S |  Eleven v4 TurboElevenLabs | Models | Cloud | 1,329 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $40/M characters | — | |
| S | Eleven v4 ElevenLabs | Models | Cloud | 1,328 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $80/M characters | — | vs Eleven v4 Turbo |
| S |  Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | Models | Cloud | 1,296 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $19/M characters | — | vs Eleven v4 Turbo |
| A |  Sonic 3.6Cartesia | Models | Cloud | 1,287 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $49/M characters | — | vs Eleven v4 Turbo |
| A |  Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle | Models | Cloud | 1,278 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $16/M characters | — | vs Eleven v4 Turbo |
| A |  Realtime TTS-2Inworld AI | Models | Cloud | 1,262 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $21/M characters | — | |
| A | Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS Google | Models | Cloud | 1,248 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $11/M characters | — | |
| A |  Simba 3.2Speechify | Models | Cloud | 1,245 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $6.58/M characters | — | |
| A |  Fish Audio Drama 3 (Preview)Fish Audio | Models | Local | 1,244 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~48 GB VRAM | — | |
| B |  Breeze TTS 2BreezeBlue | Models | Local | 1,222 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~12 GB VRAM | — | |
| B |  Luna TTSVUI Labs | Models | Cloud | 1,217 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $15/M characters | — | |
| B |  StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)StepFun | Models | Cloud | 1,216 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $85/M characters | — | |
| B |  Fish Audio S2.1 ProFish Audio | Models | Cloud | 1,190 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $15/M characters | — | |
| B |  Soniox TTS Real-Time v2Soniox | Models | Cloud | 1,179 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $14/M characters | — | |
| B |  Gradium TTS (Sep 2026)Gradium | Models | Cloud | 1,174 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $48/M characters | — | |
| B |  Speech 2.8 HDMiniMax | Models | Cloud | 1,174 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $100/M characters | — | |
| B |  Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)Smallest.ai | Models | Cloud | 1,170 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $20/M characters | — | |
| B |  Falcon 2Murf AI | Models | Cloud | 1,154 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $10/M characters | — | |
| C |  SpaceXAI TTS (AA name)xAI | Models | Cloud | 1,146 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $15/M characters | — | |
| C |  Async Flash v1.5Async | Models | Cloud | 1,141 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $10/M characters | — | |
| C |  Azure HD 2.5Microsoft | Models | Cloud | 1,137 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $22/M characters | — | |
| C | Async Pro v1.0 Async | Models | Cloud | 1,129 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $20/M characters | — | |
| C |  Voxtral TTS (4B, 2603)Mistral AI | Models | Local | 1,089 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~10 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Kokoro-82M v1.0hexgrad | Models | Local | 1,064 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~1 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Polly GenerativeAmazon | Models | Cloud | 1,064 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $30/M characters | — | |
| C |  CodaRime | Models | Cloud | 1,057 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $50/M characters | — | |
| C |  Octave 2 (preview)Hume AI | Models | Cloud | 1,055 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $88/M characters | — | |
| C |  Flux TTSDeepgram | Models | Cloud | 1,052 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $45/M characters | — | |
| C |  Higgs TTS 3 (4B)Boson AI | Models | Local | 1,042 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~12 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Bland Speech v3Bland AI | Models | Cloud | 1,039 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $40/M characters | — | |
| C |  MAI-Voice-1Microsoft AI | Models | Cloud | 1,031 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $22/M characters | — |
Tiers come only from public benchmarks (Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices)); tools without a result of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer. How we rank.