{
  "publisher": "SpeechifyAI",
  "provenance": "SpeechifyAI's manually reviewed factual snapshot of the public Artificial Analysis leaderboard, Provider Voice view, read on 13 Oct 2026 in four passes and reconciled row by row. It records the first 25 positions of the 96 models the board listed that day, which include every model rated above Simba 3.2, plus Simba 3.0's row. This is not an official Artificial Analysis export or a new independent evaluation.",
  "capturedOn": "2026-10-13",
  "date": "13 Oct 2026",
  "sourceUrl": "https://artificialanalysis.ai/text-to-speech/leaderboard/provider-voice",
  "methodologyUrl": "https://artificialanalysis.ai/methodology/text-to-speech",
  "scope": "All provider voices (no accent filter)",
  "modelsOnBoard": 96,
  "rowsRecorded": "positions 1 to 25, and Simba 3.0 at 32",
  "uncertainty": "ci is the half-width of the 95% Elo confidence interval; band is the range of positions Artificial Analysis gives a model. Intervals overlap, so this benchmark does not establish a guaranteed quality advantage.",
  "priceUnit": "USD per 1M characters, Artificial Analysis-normalized estimate, not a provider billable rate or total invoice",
  "rows": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "provider": "ElevenLabs",
      "model": "Eleven v4 Turbo",
      "score": 1330,
      "ci": 18,
      "price": 40.0,
      "band": "1-2"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "provider": "ElevenLabs",
      "model": "Eleven v4",
      "score": 1326,
      "ci": 17,
      "price": 80.0,
      "band": "1-2"
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "provider": "Alibaba",
      "model": "Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus",
      "score": 1298,
      "ci": 17,
      "price": 19.3,
      "band": "3-4"
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "provider": "Cartesia",
      "model": "Sonic 3.6",
      "score": 1286,
      "ci": 15,
      "price": 49.0,
      "band": "3-5"
    },
    {
      "rank": 5,
      "provider": "Google",
      "model": "Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS",
      "score": 1274,
      "ci": 15,
      "price": 16.5,
      "band": "4-7"
    },
    {
      "rank": 6,
      "provider": "Alibaba",
      "model": "Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus",
      "score": 1267,
      "ci": 15,
      "price": 19.3,
      "band": "5-7"
    },
    {
      "rank": 7,
      "provider": "Inworld",
      "model": "Realtime TTS-2",
      "score": 1260,
      "ci": 16,
      "price": 20.8,
      "band": "5-8"
    },
    {
      "rank": 8,
      "provider": "Google",
      "model": "Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS",
      "score": 1246,
      "ci": 14,
      "price": 11.0,
      "band": "7-9"
    },
    {
      "rank": 9,
      "provider": "SpeechifyAI",
      "model": "Simba 3.2",
      "score": 1244,
      "ci": 13,
      "price": 6.6,
      "band": "8-9"
    },
    {
      "rank": 10,
      "provider": "BreezeBlue",
      "model": "Breeze TTS 2",
      "score": 1223,
      "ci": 15,
      "price": 34.0,
      "band": "10-15"
    },
    {
      "rank": 11,
      "provider": "Inworld",
      "model": "Realtime TTS-2 Flash",
      "score": 1219,
      "ci": 14,
      "price": 10.4,
      "band": "10-15"
    },
    {
      "rank": 12,
      "provider": "VUI Labs",
      "model": "Luna TTS",
      "score": 1218,
      "ci": 12,
      "price": 15.0,
      "band": "10-15"
    },
    {
      "rank": 13,
      "provider": "Google",
      "model": "Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS",
      "score": 1214,
      "ci": 11,
      "price": 18.3,
      "band": "10-15"
    },
    {
      "rank": 14,
      "provider": "StepFun",
      "model": "StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)",
      "score": 1213,
      "ci": 15,
      "price": 85.0,
      "band": "10-15"
    },
    {
      "rank": 15,
      "provider": "ElevenLabs",
      "model": "v3 Conversational",
      "score": 1210,
      "ci": 14,
      "price": 50.0,
      "band": "10-15"
    },
    {
      "rank": 16,
      "provider": "Cartesia",
      "model": "Sonic 3.5",
      "score": 1193,
      "ci": 12,
      "price": 49.0,
      "band": "16"
    },
    {
      "rank": 17,
      "provider": "Soniox",
      "model": "Soniox TTS Real-Time v2",
      "score": 1180,
      "ci": 11,
      "price": 14.2,
      "band": "17-21"
    },
    {
      "rank": 18,
      "provider": "ElevenLabs",
      "model": "Eleven v3",
      "score": 1177,
      "ci": 11,
      "price": 100.0,
      "band": "17-21"
    },
    {
      "rank": 19,
      "provider": "MiniMax",
      "model": "Speech 2.8 HD",
      "score": 1174,
      "ci": 11,
      "price": 100.0,
      "band": "17-21"
    },
    {
      "rank": 20,
      "provider": "Gradium",
      "model": "Gradium TTS (Sep 2026)",
      "score": 1173,
      "ci": 14,
      "price": 47.8,
      "band": "17-21"
    },
    {
      "rank": 21,
      "provider": "Smallest.ai",
      "model": "Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)",
      "score": 1172,
      "ci": 13,
      "price": 19.5,
      "band": "17-21"
    },
    {
      "rank": 22,
      "provider": "Murf AI",
      "model": "Falcon 2",
      "score": 1155,
      "ci": 13,
      "price": 10.0,
      "band": "22-26"
    },
    {
      "rank": 23,
      "provider": "Gradium",
      "model": "Gradium TTS (Aug 2026)",
      "score": 1153,
      "ci": 13,
      "price": 47.2,
      "band": "22-26"
    },
    {
      "rank": 24,
      "provider": "MiniMax",
      "model": "Speech 2.8 Turbo",
      "score": 1153,
      "ci": 11,
      "price": 60.0,
      "band": "22-26"
    },
    {
      "rank": 25,
      "provider": "SpaceXAI",
      "model": "SpaceXAI TTS",
      "score": 1145,
      "ci": 14,
      "price": 15.0,
      "band": "22-29"
    },
    {
      "rank": 32,
      "provider": "SpeechifyAI",
      "model": "Simba 3.0",
      "score": 1125,
      "ci": 12,
      "price": 6.6,
      "band": "29-35"
    }
  ]
}