Cartesia: Professional voice cloning capped (unlimited → 2/4/Custom)
What happened
Between the Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026 captures of Cartesia's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Professional voice cloning changed from unlimited to capped limits — Startup 2, Scale 4, Enterprise Custom; hero copy dropped the 'unlimited...voice slots' claim. In detail: Professional voice cloning changed from unlimited/included to capped usage limits: Startup 2, Scale 4, Enterprise Custom. Hero copy also dropped the "unlimited...voice slots" claim. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit decrease) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 12, 2026) lists Pro at $5, Startup at $49 and Scale at $299.
It lands 21 days after Cartesia's previous change, "Cartesia: Instant voice cloning moved out of Free plan" (Jul 27, 2026). Cartesia has been tracked since 2026-07-15.
In the same window Mistral AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Huggingface also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Startup, Scale, Enterprise · LimitChangedunlimited/includedcapped usage limits
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Startup, Scale, Enterprise | Limit | unlimited/included | capped usage limits | Changed |
Values as written on Cartesia's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Cartesia's pricing page (www.cartesia.ai) from Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page, where "unlimited/included" becomes "capped usage limits".
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Cartesia, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 12, 2026packagingCartesia drops unlimited seat promise from every plan on pricing page
- Aug 17, 2026packagingCartesia: Professional voice cloning capped (unlimited → 2/4/Custom) · this change
- Jul 27, 2026improvedCartesia: Instant voice cloning moved out of Free plan
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- Mistral AIAug 17Mistral AI folds Education into Pro, adds bundled API credits to entry plans
- OpenAIJul 25OpenAI: ChatGPT plan taglines reframed to 'Best for X' audience framing
- AnthropicJul 23Anthropic: Fable model + context window disclosed in comparison table
- GoogleJul 6Google Vertexai delays Agent Gateway billing to July 13, extends free window
- HuggingfaceJul 3Enterprise SCIM provisioning & Team SSO OIDC added + 2 more changes
Questions about this change
Did Cartesia raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit decrease.
What changed on Cartesia's pricing page between Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026?
Startup, Scale, Enterprise limit: unlimited/included → capped usage limits, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 10, 2026 and Aug 17, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Cartesia change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Cartesia in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Cartesia: Instant voice cloning moved out of Free plan" on Jul 27, 2026; Cartesia has been tracked since 2026-07-15.