PlayAI Dialog costs between $0.03 and $0.05 per 1,000 characters depending on the provider. That is $0.025/min of audio at 850 characters per minute. Cheapest estimated path: fal.ai at $0.03. Prices stamped 2026-08-28; labels below state how each number was obtained.
PlayAI Dialog pricing
Multi-speaker dialog TTS — cheaper through fal.ai than through PlayAI's own plans, a markup story in reverse.
How much does PlayAI Dialog cost per 1,000 characters?
| Provider | Price /1k chars | Provider's own unit | vs official | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PlayAI (PlayHT) | $0.05$0.043/min of audio | plan-metered characterscharacters (plan quota) | — | Estimated2026-08-28 | source |
| fal.aicheapest | $0.03$0.025/min of audio | ~$0.03 per 1,000 charactersUSD per character | -40% | Estimated2026-08-28 | source |
How these numbers were computed
- PlayAI (PlayHT): Effective per-character rate from PlayHT creator plans at research time. Pending live verification.
- fal.ai: Public list rate recorded in launch research (2026-08); not yet independently scraped — pending live verification.
What would PlayAI Dialog cost you?
| Model · provider | $/1k chars | Total | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlayAI Dialog · fal.ai | $0.030 | — | estimated |
| PlayAI Dialog · PlayAI (PlayHT) | $0.050 | — | estimated |
Totals use the normalized canonical rate (USD per 1,000 characters). Resolution multipliers, minimum charges, and tier effects can change real invoices — check each model page.
Price history
- 2026-08-28 — Seeded from the operator's cost audit (2026-03-23) and launch research. Live re-verification pending.
Every future change to a PlayAI Dialog price lands in the public change log.
Frequently asked
How much does PlayAI Dialog cost per 1,000 characters?
PlayAI Dialog costs between $0.03 and $0.05 per 1,000 characters depending on the provider and plan (stamped 2026-08-28).
What do 10,000 characters cost with PlayAI Dialog?
Between $0.300 and $0.500 — roughly 12 minutes of finished audio at 850 characters/minute.
What is the cheapest way to run PlayAI Dialog?
The lowest estimated price in the index is $0.03/1k chars via fal-ai.
Data provenance: FairStack operational cost audit, 2026-03-23 (price-audit-full.json) + launch-spec research pass 2026-08-28. Live re-verification pending (deploy-day). For quality benchmarks (not pricing), seeArtificial Analysis — we index cost, they index quality.