

What is Cartesia?
Cartesia is an AI platform for real-time multimodal intelligence that runs on devices. It offers a low-latency voice model called Sonic, which generates lifelike speech in under 200 milliseconds across languages, enabling developers to create responsive voice agents for customer support and on-device personal assistants.
What sets Cartesia apart?
Cartesia leverages state space model technology to run AI models directly on devices, allowing for offline use and improved data privacy. This approach enables developers to create responsive applications like real-time gaming experiences and customer support tools that operate without an internet connection. Cartesia's platform opens up new possibilities for industries such as healthcare and education to build AI-powered tools that respect user privacy and work reliably in any environment.
Cartesia Use Cases
- Lifelike voice generation
- Real-time speech synthesis
- Instant voice cloning
- Multilingual text-to-speech
Who uses Cartesia?
Features and Benefits
- Generate lifelike speech with a model latency of 135ms, enabling real-time voice experiences.
Low-Latency Voice Generation
- Create speech in multiple languages with consistent quality and accuracy across all supported languages.
Multilingual Support
- Clone voices with as little as 10 seconds of audio, preserving speaker identity and rare accents.
Instant Voice Cloning
- Control voice attributes such as speed, emotion, and pronunciation for tailored speech output.
Voice Customization
- Run voice models on-device for fast, private, and offline speech generation.
On-Device Inference
Cartesia Pros and Cons
Offers a human-like voice API
Marketed as the fastest in its category
Aims to enhance productivity
Provides AI-powered voice technology
Lack of user reviews or ratings
Limited information about specific features
No details on pricing or subscription models
Unclear integration capabilities with other tools
Pricing
Generate speech in 7 languages
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10K characters
1 generation concurrency
Instant voice cloning
Output in all formats, including 44.1kHz PCM
Commercial use
100K characters
3 generations concurrency
Optional usage-based billing at $65/M characters after limit
Instant voice cloning
Output in all formats, including 44.1kHz PCM
Commercial use
1.25M characters
5 generations concurrency
Optional usage-based billing at $45/M characters after limit
Unlimited instant voice cloning
Output in all formats, including 44.1kHz PCM
Commercial use
8M characters
15 generations concurrency
Optional usage-based billing at $38/M characters after limit
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Dedicated Slack support with help migrating
Custom limits
Custom characters
Custom concurrency