MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo API pricing

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo by MiniMax, priced on MiniMax API (pay as you go). API model ID speech-2.8-turbo

MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo API pricing starts at $60.00/1M characters (official pricing page, verified Oct 9, 2026).

Voice typePrice100,000 characters1,000,000 characters
Single price$60.00/1M characters$6.00$60.00

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.

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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 MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo cost per 1M characters?
MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo: $60.00/1M characters.
How much does it cost to turn 100,000 characters into speech with MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo?
At the listed price, 100,000 characters with MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo cost $6.00, before any separately priced inputs, options or retries.
Are there lower-priced alternatives to MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo?
Among the models listed on modelpick, these start lower: Google Cloud Text-to-Speech (Standard · legacy, $4.00/1M characters), 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) (official pricing pages, verified Oct 9, 2026). Starting prices can be for a different tier, and output quality differs; compare the same tier and samples before switching.