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Vendor intelligence

Cartesia

Speech models for teams assembling a voice stack, with a separate managed-agent product.

At a glance / documented capabilities

Read the signals. Keep the scope.

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Voice

Conditional
Scope & source
YesConditional · 2026-09-28

Telephony / SIP

Conditional
Scope & source
YesConditional · 2026-09-28

Agent tools

Verified Yes
Scope & source
YesVerified Yes · 2026-09-28

Integrations / webhooks

Verified Yes
Scope & source
YesVerified Yes · 2026-09-28API / webhook

Enterprise / HIPAA path

Vendor claim
Scope & source
YesVendor claim · 2026-09-28Cartesia vendor statement; specific service/contract scope must be confirmed
Voice Engines

A place in your stack.

Best for

  • Developers choosing a streaming TTS layer
  • Teams that need a dated speech-model version

Watch-outs

  • A speech credit plan is not a complete phone-call bill.
  • Confirm the LLM promotion and carrier charges before budgeting managed agents.
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Product evidence coverage

Documented claims, not tested performance.

11 / 23 fields

Product specification

What the evidence says.

Unknown means we have not established it. It does not mean No. Compliance claims require plan and contract review.

White label

UnknownUnknown after research

No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.

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Client tenancy

UnknownUnknown after research

Shared organization resources and email-domain verification do not establish agency tenant isolation or branded customer domains.

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Client billing

UnknownUnknown after research

No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.

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ISO 27001

Unknown

Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.

No verified source

BAA availability

DocumentedConditional

Enterprise plan offers DPA/BAA; covered services and executed agreement require confirmation.

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SIP

DocumentedConditional

Managed numbers, imported Twilio numbers or customer SIP carrier; configuration and geographic limits apply.

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Warm transfer

UnknownUnknown after research

Generic transfer tool is documented, but this page does not establish warm briefing or cold-mode semantics. Do not infer a transfer type.

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Cold transfer

UnknownUnknown after research

Generic transfer tool is documented, but this page does not establish warm briefing or cold-mode semantics. Do not infer a transfer type.

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Batch calling

Unknown

Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.

No verified source

MCP tools

UnknownUnknown after research

Developer MCP supports Cartesia API operations; no current Managed Agents runtime MCP client established.

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Webhooks

DocumentedVerified Yes

Cartesia calls customer HTTPS tool endpoints; response timeouts and size limits apply.

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Calendar

UnknownUnknown after research

No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.

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CRM

UnknownUnknown after research

No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.

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Bring your carrier

DocumentedConditional

Managed numbers, imported Twilio numbers or customer SIP carrier; configuration and geographic limits apply.

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Bring your model

DocumentedConditional

Legacy self-hosted Line uses buyer provider keys; Managed Agents selects Cartesia-managed catalog.

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Bring your voice

UnknownUnknown after research

Managed Agents specifies Sonic and Ink; historical partner pipeline mentions do not establish current arbitrary replacement endpoints.

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HIPAA / BAA

DocumentedVendor claim

Supplier compliance statement links to Trust Center; independent report and buyer deployment not reviewed.

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SOC 2

DocumentedVendor claim

Supplier compliance statement links to Trust Center; independent report and buyer deployment not reviewed.

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GDPR

DocumentedVendor claim

Supplier compliance statement links to Trust Center; independent report and buyer deployment not reviewed.

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Languages

DocumentedConditional

One TTS voice can synthesize supported languages; Managed Agents still uses one primary language per agent.

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Voices

Unknown

Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.

No verified source

Realtime audio

Streaming speech and transcription

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Voice cloning

Instant and professional cloning

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Architecture & connections

Understand the moving parts.

STT

Cartesia Ink-2

LLM

Runtime provider options not established by current research

TTS

Cartesia Sonic-3.6

TELEPHONY

Cartesia-provided numbers (Managed Agents)

Integrations

Unknown — provider details not established by reviewed evidence.

Cartesia pricing (opens in new tab)Cartesia product overview (opens in new tab)Cartesia Sonic 3.6 model documentation (opens in new tab)Cartesia trust center (opens in new tab)
Research outcomes / sources / limitations

Evidence you can inspect.

A documented feature, a supplier claim and an unanswered question are different kinds of evidence.

Buyer-relevant evidence114 / 114 applicable P0 fields researched

38 strong-source resolved · 34 unknown after research

Evidence coverage details
Strong-source resolved
38
Vendor-claim only
4
Conditional
38
Other sourced outcomes
0
Unknown after research
34
Conflicting evidence
0
Not applicable
0
Not researched
0

P1: 157 / 157 researched · Relevant P2: 27 / 27 researched.

Checked 2026-09-28. P0 means buyer-critical. Research coverage measures the work completed, not product quality, trust, or a benchmark score. A researched field can still be Unknown.

Inspect detailed evidence, sources and research gaps

September 2026 remains the historical baseline. A new research date does not mean a feature launched that day. Unknown after research and not researched are separate states.

Official documentation establishes what the supplier documents. No paid calls, independent product benchmarks or compliance audits were performed in this research pass. Coverage measures research work, never product quality.

Buyer intelligence / September 2026 baseline

The operating decision.

Price structure

Component stack

V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate

component-stackVerified Yes · 2026-09-28

TTS/STT credit subscriptions and Managed Agents minute charges remain separate.

Human fallback

Unknown — no established fallback mode

UnknownUnknown after research · 2026-09-28

No individually verified capability establishes this selection. Conditional support and vendor claims do not satisfy Strict Must-have.

Documented transfer is not a staffed human service. Verify who answers, when they answer and what happens if they do not.

Try it yourself

Unknown — no independently checked public demo entry is attached.

External signals

No dated external signal in this record. Missing evidence is not a negative review.

Underlying model context: the documented stack above does not establish an exact benchmark checkpoint or its deployed settings. Public model results cannot become a Cartesia score.

Append-only price history

Every capture leaves a trace.

A new check creates a new snapshot. Deltas appear only for the same currency, unit, model and scope.

Checked datePrevious → currentDeltaEvidence
No earlier capturePro $5/month

Tracked: $5 / month · Pro speech plan

First captureCartesia pricing (opens in new tab)
Pro $5/monthManaged Agents $0.06/min; Cartesia-provided-number telephony $0.014/min

Tracked: $0.06 / minute · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate

Evidence improvedCartesia | Pricing (opens in new tab)
Managed Agents $0.06/min; Cartesia-provided-number telephony $0.014/minManaged Agents $0.06/min; Cartesia-provided-number telephony $0.014/min

Tracked: $0.06 / minute · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate

Evidence improvedCartesia | Pricing (opens in new tab)
Managed Agents $0.06/min; Cartesia-provided-number telephony $0.014/minManaged Agents $0.06/min; Cartesia-provided-number telephony $0.014/min

Tracked: $0.06 / minute · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate

Evidence improvedCartesia | Pricing (opens in new tab)pricing (opens in new tab)migrate from line sdk (opens in new tab)

New research observations preserve earlier captures. “Evidence improved” records what we learned; it does not claim the market changed on that date. September 2026 is the historical baseline.

Cost estimator

Price the actual workflow.

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

Carry the current source into your estimate, then enter the model, voice, carrier and fixed fees your configuration needs.

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Alternatives by category

Other voice engines to inspect.

Alphabetical alternatives within the same category. An editorial starting point, not a performance ranking.

ElevenLabsVoice Engines

Teams wanting speech and agent tooling from one vendor

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Fish AudioVoice Engines

Developers prototyping expressive speech

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Murf AIVoice Engines

Builders comparing a character-metered speech layer

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Evidence archive

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Cartesia pricingreviewed

Free has 20K monthly credits and $1 agent credit. Pro costs $5/month with 100K credits and $5 agent credit; commercial use and instant cloning are listed. Managed agent calls are separately $0.06/minute plus $0.014/minute for Cartesia numbers; UI-created agent LLM use is temporarily free. Enterprise lists DPAs and BAAs.

v2-voice-cartesia-price · official · Captured 2026-09-27T02:53:32Z

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Cartesia product overviewreviewed

Cartesia provides Sonic streaming text-to-speech, Ink real-time transcription, voice cloning and Managed Agents. Managed Agents combines Ink, a selected LLM, Sonic, tools and telephony. This overview still references Sonic 3.5; the dedicated current model page identifies Sonic 3.6.

v2-voice-cartesia-product · official · Captured 2026-09-27T02:53:32Z

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Cartesia Sonic 3.6 model documentationreviewed

Sonic 3.6 supports 44 named languages. Its dated 2026-08-27 snapshot is stable; the undated model alias may receive updates. Older professional voice clones work with Sonic 3.6.

v2-voice-cartesia-model · official · Captured 2026-09-27T02:53:32Z

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Cartesia trust centerreviewed

The public trust center lists HIPAA, SOC 2 Type 2 and GDPR. Audit reports and scope require access. This is vendor-published compliance evidence, not our audit.

v2-voice-cartesia-trust · vendor-claim · Captured 2026-09-27T02:53:32Z

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Evidence describes documented scope, not a tested platform score. Unknown means a conclusion has not been established; API connectivity does not establish a native integration. Read our research methodology →

Commercial transparency

Public affiliate terms and API eligibility were not verified. No approved tracking link is on file.

Partner eligibility and commercial terms are Unknown in this review.

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