TTS API pricing comparison
29 official prices from Alibaba Cloud, Baidu AI Cloud, Tencent Cloud International, Tencent Cloud (China). Start with the overview, then drill into each provider.
Prices and offers are for reference only. The provider's official page always prevails.
Overview
| Provider | Lowest | Items | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba Cloud | ¥0.8 | 15 | |
| Baidu AI Cloud | ¥2 | 6 | |
| Tencent Cloud International | $0.125 | 2 | |
| Tencent Cloud (China) | ¥0.3 | 6 |
| Name | Price | Streaming | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3-tts-flash | ¥0.8 | — | 10k chars (90 days) |
| qwen3-tts-flash-realtime | ¥1 | ✓ | 10k chars (90 days) |
| qwen-audio-3.1-tts-plus | ¥1.4 | — | 10k chars (90 days) |
| qwen-audio-3.0-tts-plus | ¥1.4 | — | — |
| qwen-audio-3.0-tts-flash | ¥1 | — | — |
| cosyvoice-v3.5-plus | ¥1.5 | — | 10k chars (90 days) |
| cosyvoice-v3.5-flash | ¥0.8 | — | 10k chars (90 days) |
| cosyvoice-v3-plus | ¥2 | — | — |
| cosyvoice-v3-flash | ¥1 | — | — |
| cosyvoice-v2 | ¥2 | — | — |
| Sambert | ¥1 | — | 30k chars/month |
| MiniMax/speech-2.8-turbo | ¥2 | — | — |
| MiniMax/speech-2.8-hd | ¥3.5 | — | — |
| MiniMax/speech-02-hd | ¥3.5 | — | — |
| MiniMax/speech-02-turbo | ¥2 | — | — |
| Name | Model / Voice type | Price | Streaming |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streaming TTS, basic voice library (1st tier) | 基础音库 | ¥2 | ✓ |
| Streaming TTS, premium voice library (1st tier) | 精品音库 | ¥2.7 | ✓ |
| Streaming TTS, LLM & flagship voices (1st tier) | 大模型&臻品音库 | ¥3.5 | ✓ |
| Long-text TTS, basic voice library (1st tier) | 基础音库 | ¥2 | ✗ |
| Long-text TTS, premium voice library (1st tier) | 精品音库 | ¥2.7 | ✗ |
| Long-text TTS, LLM & flagship voices (1st tier) | 大模型&臻品音库 | ¥3.5 | ✗ |
| Name | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard voices | $0.125 |
| Premium voices | $0.185 |
| Name | Model / Voice type | Price | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLM voices (general synthesis, pay-as-you-go, 1st tier) | 大模型音色 | ¥1.2 | 100k chars (3 months) |
| Super-natural 2.0 voices (pay-as-you-go) | 超自然大模型2.0音色 | ¥2.5 | 20k chars (3 months) |
| Super-natural 1.0 voices (pay-as-you-go, 1st tier) | 超自然大模型1.0音色 | ¥6.5 | 20k chars (3 months) |
| Premium voices (general synthesis, pay-as-you-go) | 精品音色 | ¥0.3 | 8000k chars (3 months) |
| Long-text, LLM voices (1st tier) | 大模型音色 | ¥3.2 | — |
| Long-text, premium voices (1st tier) | 精品音色 | ¥2.8 | — |