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Cartesia vs Cognigy
Cartesia is positioned as speech models for teams assembling a voice stack, with a separate managed-agent product. Cognigy is positioned as enterprise agent workflows and Voice Gateway for existing contact-center environments. Sta
Cartesia is positioned as speech models for teams assembling a voice stack, with a separate managed-agent product. Cognigy is positioned as enterprise agent workflows and Voice Gateway for existing contact-center environments. Start by deciding who owns the missing layers, then inspect the documented differences below.
Voice Engines and Enterprise Platforms are different product categories. An underlying engine or framework is not a complete substitute for a deployed agent workflow.
8 jointly documented catalog fields. This measures evidence coverage, not equivalent quality or an overall winner.
Test opening hours, booking conflicts and an unanswered transfer.
Start where the records differ.
Values and evidence states are compared together. Shared facts follow the differences; Unknown never means No.
| Decision point | Cartesia | Cognigy |
|---|---|---|
| Billing modelDifferent records | component-stack | custom-sales-led |
| Billing unitDifferent records | TTS/STT credits; Managed Agents conversation minutes | Unknown |
| Bring your modelDifferent records | Yes | Yes |
| WebhooksDifferent records | YesAPI / webhook | YesUnknown |
| Bring your telephonyShared state | Yes | Yes |
| Warm transferShared state | Unknown | Unknown |
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TTS/STT credit subscriptions and Managed Agents minute charges remain separate.
Sales-led enterprise component deployment; no public complete rate table in captured product documentation.
Speech model credits and selected LLM/evaluation charges have separate scope.
Exact licensed components, speech/model/carrier pass-through and enterprise minimum require a quote.
Product-specific units preserved.
Exact licensed components, speech/model/carrier pass-through and enterprise minimum require a quote.
Plan allowances include separate agent prepayment; do not double-count as universal included voice minutes.
Exact licensed components, speech/model/carrier pass-through and enterprise minimum require a quote.
Separate credit and agent budgets; no arbitrary cross-product minute conversion.
Enterprise product and trial documentation reviewed; no complete current commercial schedule/eligibility or bundled provider costs established. Trial Knowledge AI does not inherit contracted SLA.
Free allowances and product rates are available; old changelog, bandwidth trial and speech volume controls do not establish these current billing terms.
Enterprise product and trial documentation reviewed; no complete current commercial schedule/eligibility or bundled provider costs established. Trial Knowledge AI does not inherit contracted SLA.
LLM promotion ends October 1, 2026; quoted model/usage mix determines bill.
Barge-in can increase speech subscription costs; contract determines payment route.
Not yet researched against this buyer-critical field standard.
Not yet researched against this buyer-critical field standard.
Product mix, LLM promotion expiry, carrier routing and other metered components prevent a universal all-in ceiling.
Exact licensed components, speech/model/carrier pass-through and enterprise minimum require a quote.
Product mix, LLM promotion expiry, carrier routing and other metered components prevent a universal all-in ceiling.
Exact licensed components, speech/model/carrier pass-through and enterprise minimum require a quote.
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Vendor documentation establishes a claim. Public model benchmarks are separate context, not measurements of these platforms.
Open saved comparison ↗What to verify together.
Cartesia
A speech credit plan is not a complete phone-call bill.
Managed Agents $0.06/min; Cartesia-provided-number telephony $0.014/min · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate
Excluded / confirm: Complete cost cannot be established from this reference. Product mix, LLM promotion expiry, carrier routing and other metered components prevent a universal all-in ceiling. · LLM tokens after promotional coverage; telephony and evaluation usage
TTS/STT credit subscriptions and Managed Agents minute charges remain separate.
Cognigy
No public unit price was established; request itemized platform, speech, carrier and support costs.
Custom quote / current rate unresolved · V3.3 evidence review · Enterprise contract; complete public numeric schedule unavailable
Excluded / confirm: Complete cost cannot be established from this reference. Exact licensed components, speech/model/carrier pass-through and enterprise minimum require a quote. · Carrier and speech-provider subscription costs may apply
Sales-led enterprise component deployment; no public complete rate table in captured product documentation.
The evidence overlap.
Both records have documented values for Product type, Technical setup, Pricing model, Function / tool calling, Silence handling, Official product documentation, Checked within 30 days, Retained price snapshot. Matching availability does not measure behavior under your call conditions.
Run the same booking, tool failure and unsuccessful human-transfer cases. Record both outcomes and billable units before signing a deployment agreement.
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