# Cost is the wall in front of consumer AI. We are taking it down.

*Source* · `src-inworld-2026-consumer-ai-cost` · status: **n/a**

| field | value |
|---|---|
| kind | Technical report / blog |
| authors | Inworld AI |
| venue | Inworld blog |
| date | 2026-06-10 |
| url | https://inworld.ai/blog/consumer-ai-cost-pricing |
| accessed | 2026-10-24 |

## Notes

Vendor price list as of June 2026: Realtime TTS-2 about $10 per 1M characters at scale ($25 on demand), TTS-1.5 Mini about $5 at scale, speech-to-text about $0.10 per hour; ElevenLabs API cited at about $100 per 1M characters. Claims about 3 in 100 consumer AI users ever pay, paying users spend $5-20 per month.

## Backlinks (computed)

**cited by:** [Realtime speech-to-speech and expressive TTS for characters](../technique/realtime-voice-models.md)

## Citation

Inworld AI (2026-06-10). *Cost is the wall in front of consumer AI. We are taking it down.*. Inworld blog https://inworld.ai/blog/consumer-ai-cost-pricing

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