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Cartesia

Speech models and voice agents sold as credits.

Verdict
Watch Promising, but something is missing: access, pricing, or proof.
Maker
Cartesia
Price / access
Free is 20,000 credits a month. A $49 plan includes 1.25 million credits. Voice-agent minutes are a separate prepaid balance. Pricing source
Pricing checked
November 7, 2026
Primary source
cartesia.ai

We built this profile from public sources and didn't use the product ourselves. The price is what we saw on the day we checked, so it may have changed.

Who it’s for

Teams prototyping a voice and willing to learn two meters.

Why we said Watch

What it is

Speech models and voice agents sold as credits. See the official page. This profile describes public documentation, not a Loaded Tokens hands-on test.

Who it is for

Teams prototyping a voice and willing to learn two meters. The recommendation is scoped to that job.

The evidence behind Watch

Credits cover speech models. Agent dollars cover the agent. Phone numbers and the language model can add more. The source page is the receipt. No speed ranking or reliability score is implied.

Pricing and the catch

Free is 20,000 credits a month. A $49 plan includes 1.25 million credits. Voice-agent minutes are a separate prepaid balance. Public pricing or license checked November 7, 2026. Amounts are as stated on that page. Tax, region, annual billing, and extra usage can change the bill.

A sensible first workflow

Spend the free credits on text to speech before you turn on phone calls. This is a suggested evaluation, not a test we ran.

Bottom line: Watch the two allowances.

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