Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8Usage-based API
ToolColumn's pickSkip if: The team only needs work inside the MiniMax Audio product surface.
Includes: $60 per 1M characters
AI Voice Generators
MiniMax Audio Pricing, Plans and Limits
API-first text-to-audio, rapid voice cloning, and voice design from MiniMax.
Paid: Audio Starter $5, Audio Standard $30, Audio Pro $99, Audio Scale $249 and Audio Business $999 a month (Audio Starter $4, Audio Standard $24, Audio Pro $79.17, Audio Scale $199.17 and Audio Business $799.17 billed annually). API billed separately. Free trial.
Prices checked November 8, 2026 on platform.minimax.ioUSD as listedLatest pricing change October 17, 2026
Before you pay: Voice operations are separate
ToolColumn's pick
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8
Developer-led prototypes and product audio tests
API prototype
Who each plan suits ↓MiniMax Audio plans and prices
Source: platform.minimax.io · USD as listed
| Plan | Monthly | Billed annually | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual plans | |||
| Audio Starter | $5 | $4 | 100,000 audio points/mo |
| Audio Standard | $30 | $24 | 300,000 audio points/mo |
| Audio Pro | $99 | $79.17 | 1.1M audio points/mo |
| Audio Scale | $249 | $199.17 | 3.3M audio points/mo |
| Audio Business | $999 | $799.17 | 20M audio points/mo |
| API plans | |||
| Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8ToolColumn's pick | Usage-based | — | $60 per 1M characters |
| Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HD | Usage-based | — | $100 per 1M characters |
| Rapid Voice Clone | Usage-based | — | $1.50 per request for cloned voices |
| Voice Design | Usage-based | — | $3 per request for designed voices |
Individual plans
$4/mo billed annually · save $12 (20%)
100,000 audio points/mo
$24/mo billed annually · save $72 (20%)
300,000 audio points/mo
- Audio Pro$99
$79.17/mo billed annually · save $238 (20%)
1.1M audio points/mo
- Audio Scale$249
$199.17/mo billed annually · save $598 (20%)
3.3M audio points/mo
- Audio Business$999
$799.17/mo billed annually · save $2,398 (20%)
20M audio points/mo
API plans
- Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8Usage-basedToolColumn's pick
$60 per 1M characters
- Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HDUsage-based
$100 per 1M characters
- Rapid Voice CloneUsage-based
$1.50 per request for cloned voices
- Voice DesignUsage-based
$3 per request for designed voices
Savings are ToolColumn arithmetic from the prices above.
Ways to pay less
Annual billing can lower the monthly equivalent for fixed Audio subscription plans, while platform API usage remains a separate usage-based budget.
How each route bills
MiniMax platform API · Direct API · Primary · From $60/1M tokens
Primary route for programmatic text-to-audio, rapid voice cloning, and voice design through MiniMax platform APIs with usage-based pricing by model or voice operation.
Platform pay-as-you-go API · Recommended · Direct API · Separate API meter
Use the MiniMax platform API for programmatic text-to-audio, rapid voice cloning, and voice design with usage-based pricing.
Best for: Developers and technical teams integrating generated speech into products, workflows, or automations
Boundary: Model choice, character volume, cloned voices, and designed voices drive the API bill.
MiniMax Audio subscription · App subscription · From $4/mo
Self-serve Audio subscription packages, billed monthly, quarterly or yearly, that include monthly audio points, voice slots and RPM for the T2A v2 and T2A large v2 speech APIs.
MiniMax Audio subscription · Bundled app · Included in subscription
Use the Audio subscription route when work happens inside MiniMax Audio and the buyer wants included audio points, storage, and traffic.
Best for: Audio product users who do not need direct programmatic API billing for the main workflow
Boundary: Subscription access should not be treated as a substitute for production API usage without checking the route terms.
Enterprise or support review · Enterprise sales · Custom
Use a direct support or sales review when production volume, account controls, legal review, rights management, or service commitments exceed self-serve evaluation.
Enterprise or support review · Enterprise sales · Enterprise only
Use a direct review when production scale, account controls, support expectations, procurement, or commercial voice risk exceed self-serve evaluation.
Best for: Organizations deploying generated or cloned voices into customer-facing systems
Boundary: Public pricing may not capture support, rights, procurement, or governance requirements.
API boundary: Pay-as-you-go API calls are billed by the character, separately from an Audio subscription, whose audio points, voice slots and RPM cover the T2A v2 and T2A large v2 speech APIs.
Buyer guide
MiniMax Audio: start on Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8
MiniMax Audio sells 9 plans: 5 individual, 4 API.
Audio Starter$5/mo
Apps with predictable monthly speech volume
Skip if: Your volume varies from month to month, so paying by the character costs less than a tier.
Includes: 100,000 audio points/mo; 10 voice slots; 10 RPM
Audio Standard$30/mo
Includes: 300,000 audio points/mo; 100 voice slots; 50 RPM
Audio Pro$99/mo
Includes: 1,100,000 audio points/mo; 250 voice slots; 200 RPM
Audio Scale$249/mo
Includes: 3,300,000 audio points/mo; 500 voice slots; 500 RPM
Audio Business$999/mo
Includes: 20,000,000 audio points/mo; 800 voice slots; 800 RPM
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HDUsage-based API
Includes: $100 per 1M characters
Rapid Voice CloneUsage-based API
Approved custom voice workflows
Skip if: The team cannot document voice rights or control downstream use.
Includes: $1.50 per request for cloned voices
Voice DesignUsage-based API
Includes: $3 per request for designed voices
Notes
Pricing notes
MiniMax prices speech two ways on one platform pricing page: pay-as-you-go by the character, at $60 per million characters for Speech 2.8 Turbo and $100 for Speech 2.8 HD, or an Audio subscription that buys a monthly pool of audio points together with a fixed number of voice slots and a requests-per-minute (RPM) cap. Pay-as-you-go also charges per voice for cloning and voice design, once, when a new voice is first used to synthesize speech.
3 million characters a month costs $180 on Turbo and $300 on HD
As an illustrative workload, an app that reads out 3 million characters a month pays $180 on Speech 2.8 Turbo or $300 on HD, and HD's premium grows by $40 with every further million. A cloned voice adds $1.50 and a designed voice $3, each charged once, so a cast of 20 cloned voices costs $30 in total rather than a monthly fee. Long jobs sent to the asynchronous endpoint are billed at the same per-character rates.
On a subscription, voice slots and RPM can force the upgrade before points do
Audio tiers raise points, voice slots and RPM together. Starter allows 10 voice slots and 10 RPM, Standard 100 slots and 50 RPM, so an app that sends 30 requests a minute, or keeps 20 voices, has to buy Standard at $30 a month even if Starter's 100,000 points would cover its text. Check how many points your model and text use on MiniMax's speech pricing page before choosing a tier by points alone. Besides yearly billing, MiniMax sells three-month terms at 10% off, $13.50 for Starter and $81 for Standard, which suits a pilot that may not last a year.
Watchouts
What buyers often miss
Voice operations are separate
Rapid cloning and voice design are not the same billing event as ordinary text-to-audio generation, so include them in the forecast.
Route choice comes first
Compare an Audio subscription and pay-as-you-go billing as separate budgets before deciding whether MiniMax is cheap or expensive.
Rights can change the buying path
Commercial or public voice deployment may require human legal review, support confirmation, and route-specific terms checks before scaling.
Recent updates
Changelog snapshot
MiniMax added Scale and Business tiers to its audio subscription, at $249 and $999 a month ($2,390 and $9,590 a year), with 3.3 million and 20 million audio points a month.
More
Starter, Standard and Pro keep their prices of $5, $30 and $99 a month but now include 100,000, 300,000 and 1.1 million audio points.
Price history snapshots
How MiniMax Audio pricing has moved over time: plan lineup shifts, free access changes and starting price updates.
4 archived snapshots
First archivedWhat changed
- LatestSource page
5 plans had usage terms updated.
From $4 · Trial available · Free trial · Flat monthly
Show the 9 plans
Audio Starter
Monthly: $5/mo · Annual: $4/mo ($48 billed yearly)
Usage: 100,000 audio points/mo; 10 voice slots; 10 RPM
Audio Standard
Monthly: $30/mo · Annual: $24/mo ($288 billed yearly)
Usage: 300,000 audio points/mo; 100 voice slots; 50 RPM
Audio Pro
Monthly: $99/mo · Annual: $79.17/mo ($950 billed yearly)
Usage: 1,100,000 audio points/mo; 250 voice slots; 200 RPM
Audio Scale
Monthly: $249/mo · Annual: $199.17/mo ($2,390 billed yearly)
Usage: 3,300,000 audio points/mo; 500 voice slots; 500 RPM
Audio Business
Monthly: $999/mo · Annual: $799.17/mo ($9,590 billed yearly)
Usage: 20,000,000 audio points/mo; 800 voice slots; 800 RPM
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $60 per 1M characters
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HD
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $100 per 1M characters
Rapid Voice Clone
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $1.50 per request for cloned voices
Voice Design
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $3 per request for designed voices
Added Audio Scale and Audio Business.
Show the 9 plans
Audio Starter
Monthly: $5/mo · Annual: $4/mo ($48 billed yearly)
Usage: 100,000 audio points; 20GB storage; 100GB traffic/mo
Audio Standard
Monthly: $30/mo · Annual: $24/mo ($288 billed yearly)
Usage: 300,000 audio points; 40GB storage; 200GB traffic/mo
Audio Pro
Monthly: $99/mo · Annual: $79.17/mo ($950 billed yearly)
Usage: 1,100,000 audio points; 100GB storage; 500GB traffic/mo
Audio Scale
Monthly: $249/mo · Annual: $199.17/mo ($2,390 billed yearly)
Usage: 3,300,000 audio points
Audio Business
Monthly: $999/mo · Annual: $799.17/mo ($9,590 billed yearly)
Usage: 20,000,000 audio points
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $60 per 1M characters
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HD
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $100 per 1M characters
Rapid Voice Clone
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $1.50 per request for cloned voices
Voice Design
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $3 per request for designed voices
Pricing was reviewed with no headline change.
Show the 7 plans
Audio Starter
Monthly: $5/mo · Annual: $4/mo ($48 billed yearly)
Usage: 30,000 audio points; 20GB storage; 100GB traffic/mo
Audio Standard
Monthly: $30/mo · Annual: $24/mo ($288 billed yearly)
Usage: 200,000 audio points; 40GB storage; 200GB traffic/mo
Audio Pro
Monthly: $99/mo · Annual: $79.17/mo ($950 billed yearly)
Usage: 700,000 audio points; 100GB storage; 500GB traffic/mo
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $60 per 1M characters
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HD
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $100 per 1M characters
Rapid Voice Clone
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $1.50 per request for cloned voices
Voice Design
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $3 per request for designed voices
1 older snapshot
Earliest archived snapshot.
From $4 · Trial available · Free trial · Flat monthly
Show the 7 plans
Audio Starter
Monthly: $5/mo · Annual: $4/mo ($48 billed yearly)
Usage: 30,000 audio points; 20GB storage; 100GB traffic/mo
Audio Standard
Monthly: $30/mo · Annual: $24/mo ($288 billed yearly)
Usage: 200,000 audio points; 40GB storage; 200GB traffic/mo
Audio Pro
Monthly: $99/mo · Annual: $79.17/mo ($950 billed yearly)
Usage: 700,000 audio points; 100GB storage; 500GB traffic/mo
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $60 per 1M characters
Text-to-Audio Speech 2.8 HD
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $100 per 1M characters
Rapid Voice Clone
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $1.50 per request for cloned voices
Voice Design
Monthly: Not listed · Annual: Not listed
Usage: $3 per request for designed voices
AI Voice Generators
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About MiniMax Audio
MiniMax Audio is MiniMax's speech and music offering, sold both as a web app and as a pay-as-you-go developer API. On the API, the Speech 2.8 models cost $60 per million characters for Turbo and $100 for HD, with synchronous synthesis for short conversational audio and an asynchronous endpoint for long-form jobs of up to one million characters per request. Voice design creates a reusable voice from a text description for $3, and rapid voice cloning costs $1.50 per voice, both charged on first use; speech recognition with speaker diarization and subtitle export costs $0.38 an hour. The web app adds Speech 2.8 voices, Music 3.0, cloning from about ten seconds of audio and a voice isolator. It is best for developers and technical media teams who want a strong second model family behind their products. The caveats are that it is developer-first rather than a polished studio, and MiniMax closed its paid music APIs to new users on August 20, 2026, pointing them to the Audio app or its open-source Music 3 model.
- Best for
- Developer-led text-to-audio and speech generation inside products or automations
- Approved rapid voice cloning and voice design experiments for product, media, or localization teams
- Teams that can model API usage and manage voice rights before production deployment
- Input types
- text, audio
- Output types
- audio
- Supported platforms
- Web
- Delivery modes
- Web app, API, Developer console
- Company
- MiniMax
- Category
- AI Voice Generators
FAQ
Common questions
Does a MiniMax Audio subscription include API usage?
Yes. An Audio subscription's monthly audio points, voice slots and RPM cap apply to the T2A v2 and T2A large v2 speech APIs. Pay-as-you-go API use is billed separately, by the character.
What should be checked before scaling voice cloning?
Check the rapid voice clone price, consent and likeness rights, applicable terms, account ownership, rate limits, support expectations, and whether the workflow belongs on a subscription or on pay-as-you-go billing.
What is MiniMax Audio best for?
MiniMax Audio is best for developer-led text-to-audio, rapid voice cloning, and voice design workflows that can use the MiniMax platform API or Audio product route.
Does MiniMax Audio publish API pricing?
Yes. MiniMax publishes pay-as-you-go pricing for speech generation, rapid voice cloning, and voice design on its platform pricing page.
Is MiniMax Audio a full voice production studio?
Not by default. It is better treated as a model and API-led audio route, with extra workflow, rights review, and monitoring needed for production use.
MiniMax Audio From $4/mo billed annually
Prices checked November 8, 2026
Official sources
Editorial guidance grounded in official product sources.
Prices come from platform.minimax.io's official pricing page; the date at the top of this page is the latest check. Plan details and limits are reviewed against official pages every month. Picks are ToolColumn's judgment.
Edited byRick Finch
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