Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API pricing
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech by Google, priced on Google Cloud.
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API pricing starts at $4.00/1M characters (official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026).
| Voice type | Price | 100,000 characters | 1,000,000 characters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard · legacy | $4.00/1M characters | $0.40 | $4.00 |
| WaveNet · legacy | $4.00/1M characters | $0.40 | $4.00 |
| Neural2 · legacy | $16.00/1M characters | $1.60 | $16.00 |
| Chirp 3: HD | $30.00/1M characters | $3.00 | $30.00 |
| Studio · legacy | $160.00/1M characters | $16.00 | $160.00 |
Verified against the official pricing page on Oct 9, 2026. Official pricing page
Examples are unit price × length or count. They do not include retries, free allowances, or inputs and options that the official page prices separately.
Other text-to-speech models
- Aura-1 · $15.00/1M characters
- TTS-1 · $15.00/1M characters
- Aura-2 · $30.00/1M characters
- TTS-1 HD · $30.00/1M characters
- Eleven Flash / Turbo · $40.00/1M characters
- Eleven v3 Conversational · $40.00/1M characters
- Eleven v4 Turbo · $40.00/1M characters
- Flux TTS · $45.00/1M characters
- MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo · $60.00/1M characters
- Eleven Multilingual v2 · $80.00/1M characters
- Eleven v3 · $80.00/1M characters
- Eleven v4 · $80.00/1M characters
- MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD · $100.00/1M characters
Starting prices from each model's official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026. Every tier and its source are on the model's own page.
Questions
- How much does Google Cloud Text-to-Speech cost per 1M characters?
- Google Cloud Text-to-Speech: Standard · legacy $4.00/1M characters, WaveNet · legacy $4.00/1M characters, Neural2 · legacy $16.00/1M characters, Chirp 3: HD $30.00/1M characters, Studio · legacy $160.00/1M characters.
- How much does it cost to turn 100,000 characters into speech with Google Cloud Text-to-Speech?
- At the lowest listed tier (Standard · legacy), 100,000 characters with Google Cloud Text-to-Speech cost $0.40, before any separately priced inputs, options or retries.
- Are there lower-priced alternatives to Google Cloud Text-to-Speech?
- Among the models listed on modelpick, none starts lower than Google Cloud Text-to-Speech.