{"name":"MiniMax Speech","tagline":"Text-to-speech, voice cloning, and audio generation API.","url":"https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo","category":"audio","pricing":"paid","price_note":"Turbo $60/M characters, HD $100/M characters; subscription plans $5–$150/month on some aggregators; voice clone $1.5/clone on fal.ai","free_tier":true,"open_source":false,"api":true,"self_host":false,"verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"Strong Chinese voice quality and expressive speech at budget prices. Character-based pricing can get expensive at scale, language coverage is narrower than ElevenLabs, and Western access usually goes through resellers.","limitations":["Character-based pricing can be expensive at scale vs token-based TTS.","Less language coverage than ElevenLabs or Azure.","Western access is reseller-dependent.","Documentation and brand recognition outside China are limited."],"strengths":["Strong Chinese voice quality and expressive speech.","Budget character-based pricing.","Voice cloning available via fal.ai."],"use_for":["Chinese TTS and voice-clone projects.","Budget speech generation where character pricing fits."],"skip_when":["You need broad Western language coverage.","Token-based pricing is cheaper at your scale.","Direct Western access without resellers is required."],"receipts":["https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo","https://knowara.com/ai-tools/voice/minimax-speech-review/","https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/minimax/voice-clone"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"steady","featured":false,"last_verified":"2026-08-19","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"minimax-speech","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/minimax-speech/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}