ElevenLabs API Too Expensive? Here's a 3x Cheaper TTS Alternative

I've been using ElevenLabs for my podcast automation tool. Great quality. But at $0.01 per request, when you're generating thousands of clips per day, it adds up fast. Last month I found NexaAPI. Same ElevenLabs V3 quality, but $0.0033 per request instead of $0.01. That's 3x cheaper. Here's the code: # pip install nexaapi from nexaapi import NexaAPI client = NexaAPI ( api_key = ' YOUR_KEY ' ) # Free at nexa-api.com response = client . audio . tts ( model = ' elevenlabs-v3 ' , text = ' Hello! Same ElevenLabs quality, 3x cheaper. ' , voice = ' Rachel ' ) with open ( ' output.mp3 ' , ' wb ' ) as f : f . write ( response . audio_content ) The Math At 10,000 requests/month: ElevenLabs direct: $100/month NexaAPI: $33/month Savings: $67/month At 100K requests: $670/month savings. That's real money. What I Like No subscription — pure pay-per-use No credit card to start (free tier) Same voices (Rachel, Domi, Bella, etc.) One API for TTS, image gen, video gen — I'm consolidating all my AI APIs G