Google Cloud Text-to-Speech pricing
14 plans read from cloud.google.com
Standard voices$4 a month per 1 million characters after 4 million free characters0–4 million characters free Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
WaveNet voices$4 a month per 1 million characters after 4 million free characters0–4 million characters free Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Neural2 voices$16 a month per 1 million characters after 1 million free characters0–1 million characters free Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Polyglot voices$16 a month Price after free usage limit is reached1 million characters free usage Read 20 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com
Chirp 3: HD voices$30 a month per 1 million characters after 1 million free characters0–1 million characters free · low-latency streaming · expressive conversational voices Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Studio voices$160 a month per 1 million characters after 1 million free characters0–1 million characters free Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Instant custom voice$60 a month per 1 million charactersno free usage · personalized voice models Read 15 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview TTSPrice not published Input: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens · Output: $10.00 per 1 million audio tokens · No free usage limit listed Read 20 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSPrice not published Preview · Input: $1.00 per 1 million text tokens · Output: $20.00 per 1 million audio tokens · No free usage limit listed Read 20 Sep 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS / Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview TTSPrice not published Input tokens: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $10.00 per 1 million audio tokensNo free usage limit Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 2.5 Pro TTSPrice not published Input tokens: $1.00 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $20.00 per 1 million audio tokensNo free usage limit Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (Preview)Price not published Input tokens: $1.00 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $20.00 per 1 million audio tokensNo free usage limit Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS (Preview), through Dec 31, 2026Price not published Input tokens: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $6.00 per 1 million audio tokensNo free usage limit Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS (Preview), through Dec 31, 2026Price not published Input tokens: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $9.00 per 1 million audio tokensNo free usage limit Read 4 Oct 2026 · cloud.google.com
In short
- Google Cloud Text-to-Speech has a free plan (Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview TTS).
- A free trial is offered.
- Paid plans published: 7, from $4 a month.
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Magpie TTS | $375/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Voicebox | $1/mo | Yes | No |
| Speechify | $10/mo | Yes | No |
| Resemble AI | $280/mo | Yes | Yes |
| Baidu Text-to-Speech | — | Yes | Yes |
| Altered Studio | $30/mo | Yes | Yes |
| ElevenLabs | $6/mo | Yes | No |
| Acapela Group | €8.25/mo | No | Yes |