One price per audio minute

Text to Speech and Clarity are priced per audio minute and billed by the second.

Every new account starts with €5 of Text to Speech credit, at least 70 minutes of audio with any model. No credit card, no expiry.

Text to Speech

kugel-3

Our most natural model, for live calls and voice agents.

€0.07

per minute of generated audio

excl. VAT · €0.0833 incl. 19% VAT

  • IPA notations
  • Precise on numbers, emails and phone numbers
  • Guaranteed EU hosting
  • EU Sovereign Cloud (EU/EEA)
  • Voice cloning
  • REST and WebSocket streaming
  • Word-level timestamps
  • Integrated normalizer
  • Dictionaries
  • Speed control
  • Break tokens

Text to Speech Turbo

kugel-2-turbo

Lower cost for high volumes, without IPA notations and less precise on numbers and codes.

€0.035

per minute of generated audio

excl. VAT · €0.04165 incl. 19% VAT

  • IPA notations: Not available
  • Precise on numbers, emails and phone numbers: Not available
  • Guaranteed EU hosting
  • EU Sovereign Cloud (EU/EEA)
  • Voice cloning
  • REST and WebSocket streaming
  • Word-level timestamps
  • Integrated normalizer
  • Dictionaries
  • Speed control
  • Break tokens

Clarity

clarity-1

Removes background noise and other voices from calls and recordings.

€0.0015

per minute of input audio

excl. VAT · €0.001785 incl. 19% VAT

Enterprise

On-premise hosting, SLAs and committed rates.

Custom

agreed in an Enterprise contract

  • On-premise hosting
  • Service level agreements (SLAs)
  • Custom data processing agreement (DPA)
  • Terms for professional secrecy holders (§ 203 StGB)
  • Dedicated account manager
  • 24/7 support
  • Higher custom concurrency limits
  • Lower rates with committed usage

Consumers in other EU countries pay their local VAT rate, shown before payment.

Your monthly cost in seconds

Enter your minutes per month. The total is minutes times the rate, excluding VAT.

Start from an example

Examples assume 2 minutes of generated speech per call.

Model

Estimated cost per month

€350.00

excl. VAT, billed by the second

Text to Speechkugel-35,000 min × €0.07
€350.00

Everything else comes with an Enterprise contract

On-premise hosting, SLAs, a custom DPA and committed rates are all possible. We agree them in an Enterprise contract.

  • On-premise hosting
  • Service level agreements (SLAs)
  • Custom data processing agreement (DPA)
  • Terms for professional secrecy holders (§ 203 StGB)
  • Dedicated account manager
  • 24/7 support
  • Higher custom concurrency limits
  • Lower rates with committed usage

The features are in the price

Every Text to Speech model includes everything listed here. They differ in price, IPA support and precision on numbers and codes.

  • Guaranteed EU hosting
  • EU Sovereign Cloud (EU/EEA)
  • Voice cloning
  • REST and WebSocket streaming
  • Word-level timestamps
  • Integrated normalizer
  • Dictionaries
  • Speed control
  • Break tokens
The models compared
kugel-3kugel-2-turbo
Price per minute€0.07€0.035
Per 1M characters, approx.€84.85€42.42
IPA notationsIncludedNot available
Precise on numbers, emails and phone numbersIncludedNot available

Character prices assume about 825 characters per minute. Billing is by audio duration.

How billing works

How is Text to Speech billed?

Per second of generated audio, at the per-minute rate of the model you use, excluding VAT.

How is Clarity billed?

Per second of input audio, rounded up, with a one second minimum per request. The rate is €0.0015 per minute, excluding VAT. A request that fails with an error is not billed.

Do the prices include VAT?

No, the prices are net. Next to each price you see the amount including 19% German VAT. Consumers in other EU countries pay their local VAT rate, shown before payment.

What do a million characters cost?

It depends on the model: the comparison above lists the price per million characters for each one, assuming about 825 characters per minute of speech. Billing is always by audio duration.

Do EU hosting or voice cloning cost extra?

No. EU hosting, voice cloning, streaming and word-level timestamps are included with every Text to Speech model. Customers in the EU and EEA get the EU Sovereign Cloud at the same rate.

Are there lower rates for high volumes?

Yes, with committed usage on an Enterprise agreement. Talk to us and bring your expected minutes per month.

Can I try it for free?

Yes. Every new account gets €5 of Text to Speech credit once, enough for at least 70 minutes of audio with any model. No credit card is needed, and the credit does not expire.