Eleven v4 / v4 Turbo
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API $40–80/1M chars; plans from $5/mo
+ Strongest emotional range and language coverage
− The full v4 tier is expensive
MODEL TOOL
Voiceover, audio content, voice cloning — ranked against the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena.
1 · What are you doing?
2 · Budget tier
Recommended for · Voice & TTS · Flagship
Arena leaders: best emotional control — the commercial voiceover pick.
Eleven v4 / v4 TurboAPI $40–80/1M chars; plans from $5/mo
+ Strongest emotional range and language coverage
− The full v4 tier is expensive
HeyGen VoiceAPI $30/1M chars
+ Tops blind same-voice tests; bundled with avatar video
− Only ranked on the controlled board, not the main arena; tied to the HeyGen stack
Cartesia Sonic 3.6API $49/1M chars; free tier
+ Lowest latency — best for real-time agents
− Long-form naturalness slightly behind Eleven
Three tiers: flagship for quality-critical work, balanced for daily production, budget for bulk and experiments. Names track the current mainstream options — the landscape moves fast, so treat the tier logic (not the exact model list) as the durable part.
Rankings and prices checked — leaderboards move weekly; always confirm pricing on the official site before committing.
Sources: Artificial Analysis · LMArena · Crafiq 3D · Taxon3D