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Data read October 27, 2026

All 96 TTS models in the index

The 23 ranked models come first, in ranking order; the 73 others follow alphabetically.

All TTS models
Rank Model Provider Access Speed tier From the Coval P95 P95 (ms) 1 turn in 20 is slower Languages tested Listener Elo Artificial Analysis, with 95% interval Price per 1M characters List price; a range when sources differ
1 = Gradium TTS GradiumProprietaryHeadroom104.341,174 ±13$36 to $57.80
1 = Inworld Realtime TTS-2 Flash InworldProprietaryHeadroom100.991,218 ±13$10.40 to $15
1 = Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Fast Alibaba (Qwen)Open weightsHeadroom98.80n/a$10
4 Alibaba Qwen3 TTS 1.7b Alibaba (Qwen)Open weightsFast enough136.60n/an/a
5 SpeechifyAI Simba 3.0 SpeechifyProprietaryFast enough149.441,116 ±11$6.60 to $10
6 Inworld Realtime TTS-2 InworldProprietaryFast enough194.7121,267 ±14$15 to $25
7 Palabra TTS v1 PalabraProprietaryFast enough214.30n/a$12
8 ElevenLabs Eleven v4 Turbo ElevenLabsProprietaryFast enough238.691,333 ±16$40
9 ElevenLabs Flash v2.5 ElevenLabsProprietaryFast enough255.191,076 ±11$40 to $50
10 = Soniox TTS RT v1 SonioxProprietaryVisible delay319.03n/a$13 to $14.10
10 = Soniox TTS Real-Time v2 SonioxProprietaryVisible delay324.7101,180 ±11$13 to $14.81
12 = Murf AI Falcon 2 Murf AIProprietaryVisible delay363.501,154 ±12$10
12 = Rime Mist v3 RimeProprietaryVisible delay359.90n/a$30
14 Cartesia Sonic 3.6 CartesiaProprietaryVisible delay374.491,292 ±14$39.20 to $50
15 Cartesia Sonic 3.5 CartesiaProprietaryVisible delay390.5151,190 ±11$39.20 to $50
16 = Deepdub PhantomZ 4.0 DeepdubProprietaryVisible delay430.00n/an/a
16 = Rime Coda RimeProprietaryVisible delay428.111,054 ±12$50
18 SpaceXAI Grok TTS xAIProprietaryVisible delay473.9111,155 ±13$15
19 Fish Audio S2.1 Pro Fish AudioProprietaryVisible delay533.021,184 ±13$15
20 Smallest.ai Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026) Smallest.aiProprietaryVisible delay703.301,169 ±12$19.50
21 Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Flash Realtime Alibaba (Qwen)ProprietaryVisible delay785.80n/a$13
22 Google Chirp 3: HD GoogleProprietaryVisible delay917.251,061 ±12$30
23 Fish Audio S2.1 Pro Free Fish AudioProprietaryVisible delay1,137.90n/an/a
not ranked Alibaba Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus Alibaba (Qwen)Proprietaryn/an/a81,269 ±13$19.30
not ranked Alibaba Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus Alibaba (Qwen)Proprietaryn/an/a01,306 ±15$19.30
not ranked Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Alibaba (Qwen)Proprietaryn/an/a0929 ±13$13.80
not ranked Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Flash Alibaba (Qwen)Proprietaryn/an/a3939 ±14$10 to $11
not ranked Amazon Polly Generative AmazonProprietaryn/an/a11,063 ±11$30
not ranked Amazon Polly Long-Form AmazonProprietaryn/an/a01,029 ±13$100
not ranked Amazon Polly Neural AmazonProprietaryn/an/a0894 ±14$16
not ranked Amazon Polly Standard AmazonProprietaryn/an/a0829 ±16$4
not ranked async Flash v1.0 AsyncProprietaryn/an/a01,049 ±11$10.10
not ranked async Flash v1.5 AsyncProprietaryn/an/a01,137 ±12$10.10
not ranked async Pro v1.0 AsyncProprietaryn/an/a01,127 ±12$20.20
not ranked Bland Speech v3 Bland AIProprietaryn/an/a01,033 ±12$40
not ranked Boson AI Higgs Audio V3 TTS Boson AIOpen weightsn/an/a91,045 ±13$15
not ranked BreezeBlue Breeze TTS 2 BreezeBlueOpen weightsn/an/a11,227 ±13$34
not ranked Cartesia Sonic 3 CartesiaProprietaryn/an/a91,054 ±11$49 to $50
not ranked Coqui XTTS v2 CoquiOpen weightsn/an/a7913 ±15$40.40
not ranked Deepgram Aura 2 DeepgramProprietaryVisible delay525.43n/a$30
not ranked Deepgram Aura 2 En DeepgramProprietaryVisible delay985.70n/an/a
not ranked Deepgram Flux TTS DeepgramProprietaryFast enough267.001,052 ±13$45
not ranked ElevenLabs Eleven v3 ElevenLabsProprietaryn/an/a101,184 ±10$100
not ranked ElevenLabs Eleven v3 Conversational ElevenLabsProprietaryn/an/a131,213 ±12$50
not ranked ElevenLabs Eleven v4 ElevenLabsProprietaryn/an/a91,333 ±16$80
not ranked ElevenLabs Flash v2 ElevenLabsn/an/an/a0n/a$50
not ranked ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 ElevenLabsProprietaryn/an/a81,093 ±10$100
not ranked ElevenLabs Turbo v2 ElevenLabsn/an/an/a0n/a$50
not ranked ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 ElevenLabsProprietaryn/an/a91,093 ±10$50
not ranked Fish Audio Drama 3 Preview Fish AudioOpen weightsFast enough209.321,245 ±14$15
not ranked Fish Audio OpenAudio S1 Fish AudioProprietaryn/an/a71,084 ±11$15
not ranked Fish Audio OpenAudio S1 Mini Fish AudioOpen weightsn/an/a71,043 ±20$15
not ranked Fish Audio S2 Pro Fish AudioOpen weightsn/an/a91,108 ±12$15
not ranked Fluxions vui FluxionsProprietaryHeadroom75.00n/a$9
not ranked Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTS GoogleProprietaryn/an/a01,087 ±11$9.20
not ranked Google Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS (Dec 2025) GoogleProprietaryn/an/a01,067 ±12$9.20
not ranked Google Gemini 2.5 Pro (Dec 2025) GoogleProprietaryn/an/a01,040 ±12$18.30
not ranked Google Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS GoogleProprietaryn/an/a91,212 ±11$18.30 to $33.30
not ranked Google Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS GoogleProprietaryn/an/a91,280 ±14$15 to $16.50
not ranked Google Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS GoogleProprietaryn/an/a91,256 ±13$10 to $11
not ranked Gradium TTS (Aug 2026) GradiumProprietaryn/an/a41,151 ±12$47.20
not ranked Guava Daytona TTS GuavaOpen weightsVisible delay584.80n/an/a
not ranked Hume AI Octave 2 Hume AIProprietaryn/an/a41,056 ±12$87.50 to $100
not ranked Hume AI Octave TTS Hume AIProprietaryn/an/a01,036 ±11$87.50 to $100
not ranked KugelAudio Kugel 3 KugelAudioProprietaryn/an/a0924 ±13n/a
not ranked Maya 2 Flash Maya ResearchProprietaryn/an/a01,065 ±13n/a
not ranked Maya 2 Global Maya ResearchProprietaryn/an/a01,047 ±13n/a
not ranked Maya 2 Native Maya Researchn/an/an/a3n/a$4
not ranked Maya Research Maya1 Maya ResearchOpen weightsn/an/a01,048 ±12n/a
not ranked Microsoft Azure HD 2.5 MicrosoftProprietaryn/an/a01,142 ±11$22
not ranked Microsoft Azure Neural MicrosoftProprietaryn/an/a01,032 ±20$15
not ranked Microsoft MAI-Voice-2.1 Microsoftn/an/an/a0n/an/a
not ranked Microsoft MAI-Voice-2.1-Flash Microsoftn/an/an/a0n/an/a
not ranked MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD MiniMaxProprietaryn/an/a41,126 ±11$100
not ranked MiniMax Speech 2.6 Turbo MiniMaxProprietaryn/an/a01,120 ±11$60
not ranked MiniMax Speech 2.8 HD MiniMaxProprietaryn/an/a111,174 ±10$100
not ranked MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo MiniMaxProprietaryn/an/a91,153 ±10$60
not ranked MiniMax Speech-02-HD MiniMaxProprietaryn/an/a01,108 ±11$100
not ranked MiniMax Speech-02-Turbo MiniMaxProprietaryn/an/a01,089 ±11$60
not ranked Mistral Voxtral 3 TTS MistralProprietaryn/an/a01,221 ±14$13
not ranked Mistral Voxtral Mini TTS 3 Mistraln/an/an/a0n/a$13
not ranked Mistral Voxtral TTS MistralOpen weightsn/an/a51,088 ±12$16
not ranked Nari Qwen3-TTS Alibaba (Qwen)Open weightsn/an/a0n/a$5
not ranked Neuphonic TTS NeuphonicProprietaryn/an/a0940 ±14$20.80
not ranked OpenAI GPT-4o mini TTS OpenAIn/an/an/a9n/a$20
not ranked OpenAI GPT-Realtime-2 OpenAIProprietaryn/an/a01,073 ±12$191.60
not ranked OpenAI TTS-1 OpenAIProprietaryn/an/a01,088 ±10$15
not ranked OpenAI TTS-1 HD OpenAIProprietaryn/an/a01,106 ±11$30
not ranked Out of Set Airy TTS Out of SetProprietaryVisible delay453.90n/a$3.67
not ranked Paxa TTS Flash v1 Paxan/an/an/a1n/a$10
not ranked Rime arcanav3 Rimen/an/an/a3n/a$40
not ranked Rime Mist V2 RimeProprietaryn/an/a0902 ±15$31.10
not ranked Smallest.ai Lightning v3.1 Smallest.aiProprietaryn/an/a41,020 ±12$17.50 to $25
not ranked SpeechifyAI Simba 3.2 SpeechifyProprietaryFast enough161.101,249 ±12$6.60 to $10
not ranked StepFun Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026) StepFunProprietaryn/an/a01,135 ±11$40
not ranked StepFun StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026) StepFunProprietaryn/an/a01,212 ±13$85

Frequently asked questions

How many TTS models are listed?
96 models from 35 providers; 23 are ranked on multilingual real-time speed and 73 are not.
Why are some models not ranked?
A model is ranked when Coval tags it multilingual and measures its latency. The others keep a page with every measure we hold, and what is missing is listed with the reason.