Best AI Text-to-Speech Models
The leading text-to-speech voices, ElevenLabs, MiniMax and Fish Audio, with natural prosody and multilingual support, callable through one OpenAI-compatible API on thalam.
- 111ElevenLabs v3$0.120 / min · Fast
ElevenLabs v3, gold-standard voice synthesis.
- 211ElevenLabs Multilingual v2$0.120 / min · Fast
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2, faithful, consistent voice synthesis.
- 3FAFish Audio TTS$15.00 / 1M chars · Fast
Fish Audio TTS, multilingual voice synthesis with cloning.
- 4MMMiniMax 2.8 HD Async$100.00 / 1M chars · Fast
MiniMax audio model (TTS / STT).
- 5MMMiniMax 2.8 Turbo$60.00 / 1M chars · Fast
MiniMax 2.8 Turbo, latency-optimized variant for real-time TTS use cases.
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint for every model above. Pay per token, no subscription, credits never expire.
FAQ
What is the best AI text-to-speech API?
ElevenLabs, MiniMax and Fish Audio lead on naturalness and voice range. thalam exposes them behind an OpenAI-compatible /audio/speech endpoint, so switching voices is a parameter change.
Does thalam support Arabic text-to-speech?
Several TTS models on thalam handle Arabic; support is flagged on each model page. For Gulf and MENA products this means one API for both text and voice.