MiniMax Speech

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Text-to-speech, voice cloning, and audio generation API.

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ledger entry · observed by @whysanesanders

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.

Strengths

Strong Chinese voice quality and expressive speech.
Budget character-based pricing.
Voice cloning available via fal.ai.

Known 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.

Use it when

Chinese TTS and voice-clone projects.
Budget speech generation where character pricing fits.

Skip it when

You need broad Western language coverage.
Token-based pricing is cheaper at your scale.
Direct Western access without resellers is required.

Buy-check

·Price — paid, Turbo $60/M characters, HD $100/M characters; subscription plans $5–$150/month on some aggregators; voice clone $1.5/clone on fal.ai as of 2026-08-19. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
·Who skips it — Also skipped when: You need broad Western language coverage.; Token-based pricing is cheaper at your scale..

Price trailchangelog →

No price move in this repo yet.

Facts

pricing: paid¹
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: yes — paid to keep using
open source: no
api: yes
self-host: no
category: audio
evidence: source-verified