Google Cloud TTS Standard · $4 per 1M characters after monthly free allowance · last source review 2026-09-26
Google Cloud · Voice & TTS

Google Cloud TTS Standard Pricing

$4 per 1M characters after monthly free allowance per million characters
Free tier
4 million characters/month, then paid usage.
Commercial use
Check the provider's current API terms.
Billing unit
per million characters

Advantages

  • The listed billable unit is explicit and the provider source is linked.
  • Test voice quality, latency, language, and terms on your own workload.

Disadvantages

  • Included plan credits, commercial terms, and voice rights vary by account.
  • Actual costs can depend on plan and usage conditions.

Example workload cost

For 250,000 characters, the estimate is $0 at the listed rate, assuming the recorded monthly free allowance has not been used.

This is an estimate from the listed rate, not a vendor quote. Actual charges can vary with model options, discounts, minimums, retries, and plan terms.

4 million characters are free per month, then $4 per million. Spaces and most SSML tags count.
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The date marks the latest check of the model and displayed rate against the linked source; other plan and regional conditions may differ. How pricing data is collected.

Compare with other Voice & TTS tools
ToolPriceFree tier
OpenAI TTS-1OpenAI $15 per 1M input characters No recurring API allowance confirmed in this comparison.
OpenAI TTS-1 HDOpenAI $30 per 1M input characters No recurring API allowance confirmed in this comparison.
Google Cloud TTS StandardGoogle Cloud $4 per 1M characters after monthly free allowance 4 million characters/month, then paid usage.
Google Cloud TTS Chirp 3 HDGoogle Cloud $30 per 1M characters after monthly free allowance 1 million characters/month, then paid usage.
ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 / TurboElevenLabs $0.05 per 1,000 characters (API pay-as-you-go) Free account plan exists; API usage and rights vary by plan.
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2ElevenLabs $0.10 per 1,000 characters (API pay-as-you-go) Free account plan exists; API usage and rights vary by plan.
Deepgram Aura-1 TTSDeepgram $0.015 per 1,000 characters (pay-as-you-go) No recurring API allowance confirmed in this comparison.
Deepgram Aura-2 TTSDeepgram $0.030 per 1,000 characters (pay-as-you-go) No recurring API allowance confirmed in this comparison.
Deepgram Flux TTSDeepgram $0.045 per 1,000 characters (standard rate) No recurring API allowance confirmed in this comparison.
Grok Voice API TTSxAI $15 per 1M characters No recurring API allowance confirmed in this comparison.