ElevenLabs Too Expensive? Cheaper TTS API Alternative with NexaAPI (70% savings)

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by nickyni - opened

ElevenLabs Alternative: NexaAPI TTS

ElevenLabs charges $22/month for 100K characters. NexaAPI offers pay-per-use TTS at ~$0.001–0.003 per 1,000 characters.

Quick Start

pip install nexaapi
from nexaapi import NexaAPI

client = NexaAPI(api_key='YOUR_API_KEY')

response = client.audio.text_to_speech(
    text='Hello! High-quality AI voice via NexaAPI.',
    voice='en-US-female-1',
    model='tts-multilingual-v2'
)

with open('output.mp3', 'wb') as f:
    f.write(response.audio_content)

JavaScript

import NexaAPI from 'nexaapi';
const client = new NexaAPI({ apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY' });

const response = await client.audio.textToSpeech({
  text: 'Hello! High-quality AI voice via NexaAPI.',
  voice: 'en-US-female-1',
  model: 'tts-multilingual-v2'
});

Pricing Comparison

  • ElevenLabs Creator: $22/month for 100K characters
  • NexaAPI: ~$0.001–0.003 per 1K characters (pay only what you use)

Links

Code: https://github.com/diwushennian4955/elevenlabs-alternative-tts

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