Vendor intelligence
Cartesia
Speech models for teams assembling a voice stack, with a separate managed-agent product.
Read the signals. Keep the scope.
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.
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
No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Client tenancy
Shared organization resources and email-domain verification do not establish agency tenant isolation or branded customer domains.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Client billing
No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)ISO 27001
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceBAA availability
Enterprise plan offers DPA/BAA; covered services and executed agreement require confirmation.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)SIP
Managed numbers, imported Twilio numbers or customer SIP carrier; configuration and geographic limits apply.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Warm transfer
Generic transfer tool is documented, but this page does not establish warm briefing or cold-mode semantics. Do not infer a transfer type.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Cold transfer
Generic transfer tool is documented, but this page does not establish warm briefing or cold-mode semantics. Do not infer a transfer type.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Batch calling
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceMCP tools
Developer MCP supports Cartesia API operations; no current Managed Agents runtime MCP client established.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Webhooks
Cartesia calls customer HTTPS tool endpoints; response timeouts and size limits apply.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Calendar
No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)CRM
No supporting statement located in the bounded official corpus; confirm scope with vendor. Unknown is not No.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Bring your carrier
Managed numbers, imported Twilio numbers or customer SIP carrier; configuration and geographic limits apply.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Bring your model
Legacy self-hosted Line uses buyer provider keys; Managed Agents selects Cartesia-managed catalog.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Bring your voice
Managed Agents specifies Sonic and Ink; historical partner pipeline mentions do not establish current arbitrary replacement endpoints.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)HIPAA / BAA
Supplier compliance statement links to Trust Center; independent report and buyer deployment not reviewed.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)SOC 2
Supplier compliance statement links to Trust Center; independent report and buyer deployment not reviewed.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)GDPR
Supplier compliance statement links to Trust Center; independent report and buyer deployment not reviewed.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Languages
One TTS voice can synthesize supported languages; Managed Agents still uses one primary language per agent.
Source ↗ (opens in new tab)Voices
Not established by the evidence reviewed. This does not mean unsupported.
No verified sourceRealtime audio
Voice cloning
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.
Evidence you can inspect.
A documented feature, a supplier claim and an unanswered question are different kinds of evidence.
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
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.
The operating decision.
Price structure
Component stack
V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate
TTS/STT credit subscriptions and Managed Agents minute charges remain separate.
Human fallback
Unknown — no established fallback mode
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.
Tracked: $5 / month · Pro speech plan
Tracked: $0.06 / minute · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate
Tracked: $0.06 / minute · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate
Tracked: $0.06 / minute · V3.3 evidence review · Managed Agents base rate; carrier/model charges and prepaid plan balances separate
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.
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.
Alternatives by category
Other voice engines to inspect.
Alphabetical alternatives within the same category. An editorial starting point, not a performance ranking.
Historical capability and pricing research
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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.
Inspect official source ↗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.
Inspect official source ↗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.
Inspect official source ↗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.
Inspect official source ↗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 →
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.