Rime
Rime is a conversation-grade voice API: Mist/Coda for TTS, Prism for speech-to-speech, and Rime STT — metered by the minute.
OUR TAKE
Pick Rime for voice-agent teams who will start on the $50 Free usage or Flex $/min. Free $50 does not roll over.
Good fit
Voice-agent teams who will start on the $50 Free usage or Flex $/min.
Poor fit
Creators who want a browser VO download (Listnr) without an API key.
Free · Flex $0.030 · Scale $100
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-27 · rime.ai/pricing
OUR TAKE
Pick Rime for voice-agent teams who will start on the $50 Free usage or Flex $/min. Free $50 does not roll over.
Good fit
Voice-agent teams who will start on the $50 Free usage or Flex $/min.
Poor fit
Creators who want a browser VO download (Listnr) without an API key.
Free · Flex $0.030 · Scale $100
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-27 · rime.ai/pricing
What it costs
USD, before tax · Checked 2026-10-27 · rime.ai/pricing
Free
of usage every month, no card; does not roll over
$0
Flex
no monthly fee. Mist / min; Coda / min; Prism / min; STT / min after 2026-11-19
Lowest paid
$0.030
Scale
for credit (rolls to ) at 20% off (Mist ; Coda ; Prism ; STT )
$100
Enterprise
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Checked 2026-10-27·rime.ai/pricing
Before you pay
Good fit
Voice-agent teams who will start on the $50 Free usage or Flex $/min.
Poor fit
Creators who want a browser VO download (Listnr) without an API key.
Watch out
Free $50 does not roll over
Instead, try
Cartesia if realtime TTS voices for agents; ElevenLabs if clone playground + agent voices
Compare Rime with
Limits, in full
- 01
Free $50 does not roll over
- 02
TTS is metered as ~1K characters = 1 minute
- 03
STT promo ends 2026-11-19
- 04
Not a consumer MP3 studio
If Rime isn't it
Why: realtime TTS voices for agents.
Free· paid from$5/mo
Free is not a commercial licenseChecked 2026-10-22·cartesia.ai/pricing
vs Rime
Why: clone playground + agent voices.
Free· paid from$6/mo
Credits are not minutesChecked 2026-10-19·elevenlabs.io/pricing
vs Rime
Why: assemble the whole caller; hosting $0.05 / min.
Paid only$5
Hosting is $0.05/min plus providersChecked 2026-10-22·vapi.ai/pricing
vs RimeLimits & alternatives4 limits · Cartesia, ElevenLabs, Vapi instead
Limits, in full
- 01
Free $50 does not roll over
- 02
TTS is metered as ~1K characters = 1 minute
- 03
STT promo ends 2026-11-19
- 04
Not a consumer MP3 studio
If Rime isn't it
Why: realtime TTS voices for agents.
Free· paid from$5/mo
Free is not a commercial licenseChecked 2026-10-22·cartesia.ai/pricing
vs RimeWhy: clone playground + agent voices.
Free· paid from$6/mo
Credits are not minutesChecked 2026-10-19·elevenlabs.io/pricing
vs RimeWhy: assemble the whole caller; hosting $0.05 / min.
Paid only$5
Hosting is $0.05/min plus providersChecked 2026-10-22·vapi.ai/pricing
vs Rime