Voice and text-to-speech / Cartesia vs WellSaid
Both columns are the ledger's stored values. Open the tool page for the full quote and source link. This page does not invent a winner.
Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
| Fact | Cartesia | WellSaid |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Cartesiaverified Free is $0/mo with 20K credits per month. | WellSaidverified The free trial needs no credit card and allows 3 download minutes per month, with no commercial rights. |
| Commercial use | Cartesiaverified A commercial use license is listed under Pro, in the 'Everything in Free, plus' block, not in the Free feature list above it. | WellSaidverified The free trial's download minutes are labeled 'no commercial rights', so trial audio should not ship in a game. |
| Ownership of outputs | Cartesiaunverified Unverified. | WellSaidunverified Unverified. |
| License caveat | Cartesiaverified Docs say credits are only used by successful requests, and that managed agents are billed per minute in USD rather than credits. A terms page for output ownership was not fetched. | WellSaidverified The listed prices apply to new customers; existing customers on other plans are told to contact support to change plans. Paid plans meter downloaded minutes, not generation. |
| Steam disclosure | Cartesiaverified Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor. | WellSaidverified Voice lines made with this tool and shipped in the game are the kind of content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor. |
| Engines and export | Cartesiaunverified Unverified. | WellSaidunverified Unverified. |