AI voiceover cost calculator
Price a narration or voiceover script on each text-to-speech service. Enter the length in words, characters or minutes of audio.
Prices last verified against official provider pages on . How we verify prices. Written by the Chelure Enterprises Editorial Team.
Two ways voices are billed
Most services charge per character. ElevenLabs v4 is $80 per million characters, OpenAI tts-1 is $15, xAI is $15 and Mistral Voxtral TTS 3 is $13. Google's Gemini voices are billed by audio tokens at 25 tokens per second, which works out to a price per minute of audio, from about $0.0090 to $0.03 per minute depending on the model. The calculator converts everything to your script length.
The conversion we use
We assume 6 characters per word (spaces included) and 150 spoken words per minute. A 1,000-word script is therefore about 6,000 characters and about 6.7 minutes of audio. Change the unit in the calculator if you already know your character count.
Plans versus pay-as-you-go
ElevenLabs also sells plans that include characters. The plan prices below work out to the same $0.08 per 1,000 characters as the API price for v4:
| Plan | Monthly price | v4 characters included |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $6 (first month $1) | 75,000 |
| Creator | $22 (first month $11) | 275,000 |
| Pro | $99 | 1,238,000 |
| Scale | $299 | 3,738,000 |
| Business | $990 | 12,375,000 |
Google's price change
Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Flash-Lite TTS prices double on January 1, 2027. The calculator applies the new price automatically from that date.
Voiceover prices per model
| Provider | Model | Price (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | OpenAI tts-1 | per 1M characters $15.00 |
| OpenAI | OpenAI tts-1-hd | per 1M characters $30.00 |
| xAI | xAI Text to Speech | per 1M characters $15.00 |
| Mistral | Voxtral TTS 3 | per 1M characters $13.00 |
| ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs v4 | per 1M characters $80.00 |
| ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs v4 Turbo | per 1M characters $40.00 |
| ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs v3 | per 1M characters $80.00 |
| ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs v3 Conversational | per 1M characters $40.00 |
| ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs v2 Multilingual | per 1M characters $80.00 |
| ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs Flash / Turbo | per 1M characters $40.00 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS | per minute of audio $0.013 | |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS | per minute of audio $0.0090 | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS Preview | per minute of audio $0.03 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash Preview TTS | per minute of audio $0.015 | |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview TTS | per minute of audio $0.03 |
Sources: OpenAI, xAI, Mistral, ElevenLabs, Google. Prices verified November 13, 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How much does an AI voiceover cost?
A 1,000-word script costs roughly a cent to about half a dollar depending on the model, using 6 characters per word.
Why do you assume 150 words per minute?
It is a common speaking pace for narration. Google bills by minute of audio, so we need a pace to convert your words to minutes.
Are subscription plans cheaper than the API?
For ElevenLabs v4 the plan prices work out to the same $0.08 per 1,000 characters as the API. Plans mainly add included amounts and features.
Cite this page: AI voiceover cost calculator. Createchz AI Tools, verified November 13, 2026. https://createchz.com/ai-voice-music/ai-voiceover-cost-calculator/