Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Pricing in 2026
Every plan Google Cloud Text-to-Speech publishes, with the page and date we read it from. Prices we could not find on Google Cloud Text-to-Speech's own site are marked "Not published", never guessed.
| Plan | Price | Billing | Limits | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard voices | Free | US$0.000004 per character (US$4 per 1 million characters) | 0 to 4 million characters free | cloud.google.com |
| WaveNet voices | Free | US$0.000004 per character (US$4 per 1 million characters) | 0 to 4 million characters free | cloud.google.com |
| Neural2 voices | $16 per month | Price after free usage limit is reached | 1 million characters free usage | cloud.google.com |
| Polyglot voices | $16 per month | Price after free usage limit is reached | 1 million characters free usage | cloud.google.com |
| Chirp 3: HD voices | Free | US$0.00003 per character (US$30 per 1 million characters) | 0 to 1 million characters free | cloud.google.com |
| Studio voices | Free | US$0.00016 per character (US$160 per 1 million characters) | 0 to 1 million characters free | cloud.google.com |
| Instant custom voice | Free | US$0.00006 per character (US$60 per 1 million characters) | No free usage limit | cloud.google.com |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS and Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview TTS | Not published | Input: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens · Output: $10.00 per 1 million audio tokens · No free usage limit listed | cloud.google.com | |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS | Not published | Preview · Input: $1.00 per 1 million text tokens · Output: $20.00 per 1 million audio tokens · No free usage limit listed | cloud.google.com | |
| Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS / Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview TTS | Not published | Input tokens: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $10.00 per 1 million audio tokens | No free usage limit | cloud.google.com |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro TTS | Not published | Input tokens: $1.00 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $20.00 per 1 million audio tokens | No free usage limit | cloud.google.com |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS (Preview), through Dec 31, 2026 | Not published | Input tokens: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $9.00 per 1 million audio tokens | No free usage limit | cloud.google.com |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS (Preview), through Dec 31, 2026 | Not published | Input tokens: $0.50 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $6.00 per 1 million audio tokens | No free usage limit | cloud.google.com |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (Preview) | Not published | Input tokens: $1.00 per 1 million text tokens; output tokens: $20.00 per 1 million audio tokens | No free usage limit | cloud.google.com |
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