Cartesia
Ultra-low-latency voice models built on state space models.
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Cartesia vs MiniMax Speech
Cartesia (Cartesia) and MiniMax Speech (MiniMax) both sit in Audio. Cartesia is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $5/mo. MiniMax Speech shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (9 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Cartesia Cartesia | MiniMax Speech MiniMax |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | Sonic 3 | 2.8 |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $5/mo | from $30/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | Free free · API per 1M chars $30 |
| Model stack | Sonic 3 | MiniMax Music 3.0 · MiniMax Speech 2.8 · Speech 2.8 |
| Context window | — | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | China |
| Capabilities | Sub-100ms TTS, Voice cloning, Realtime API | Voice cloning, 30+ languages, Emotion control, Streaming, Speech Generation, Audio Generation, API, speech generation |
MiniMax Speech
MiniMax's speech stack covers 30+ languages with fast cloning from short samples.
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