TokelyTHE COST OF BUILDING WITH AI
Compare AI audio API costs
Explore supported speech and music-generation rates with explicit output units and request settings. Separate text-to-speech costs from music-generation jobs.
THE SHORT ANSWER
Speech and music APIs use different billing contracts. Tokely supports selected audio-generation models and a speech endpoint for supported TTS variants. The table below shows each published unit; speech transcription is not currently offered.
Speech and music are different budgets
Do not compare a music-generation job price with a speech token or character rate. Use the exact rate unit, output duration and fixed mode from the model page. A quote for one bounded job is not a per-minute price unless explicitly stated.
Check the voice and format contract
Voice controls and output formats depend on the model. Supported TTS requests use the documented fields, and some supplier-task TTS results are exposed through the speech endpoint. Native voice cloning, all vendor formats and speech-to-text are not implied.
Audio generation rates & variants
| Model | Rate & unit | Variant settings | Input contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 2.5 Pro TTSGoogle · Audio | $0.6 / maximum reservationMetered generation | voice: Kore | prompt |
| Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSGoogle · Audio | $0.0075 / generation creditMeasured speech usage | voice: Kore | prompt |
| Suno V6Suno · Audio | $0.09 / taskOne bounded generation | See model parameters | prompt |
Questions before you switch
Can I use Tokely for speech-to-text?
No supported transcription endpoint is currently offered. The enabled audio catalog covers the documented generation variants.
Do audio requests use the same account balance?
Yes. Supported audio generation uses your Tokely balance and API key, with the model's own billing unit and parameter bounds.
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