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Rime review

A voice model company with Mist v3 and Coda v2 text-to-speech models built for customer calls, billed per minute.

By the DBotMaker research desk · Updated November 7, 2026

Capabilities (40%)
8.3
Ease of setup (30%)
8.5
Value (30%)
8.6

Rime focuses on voices for customer conversations rather than narration. It offers two text-to-speech models: Mist v3 for the lowest latency at $0.030 per minute on pay as you go, and Coda v2 for the most natural delivery at $0.050 per minute. Rime estimates about 1,000 characters per minute, so Mist v3 works out near $30 per million characters. The Free plan includes $50 of usage every month, and the $100 Scale plan cuts every rate by 20%. Rime lists sub-100 ms time to first byte and 600+ voices across 50+ languages. Its docs cover streaming over HTTP and WebSockets, LiveKit and Pipecat quickstarts, and phoneme control for Coda with custom lexicons so names and brand terms come out the same every time. Enterprises can license Coda or Mist v3 engines to run on their own NVIDIA hosts. The per-minute unit makes cost comparison less direct.

Who it is for

Contact centers and call bots that need pronunciation control and an on-prem option.

Price

Free plan with $50 of usage a month; Flex pay as you go from $0.030 per minute (Mist v3), Coda v2 $0.050; Scale $100 per month at 20% off.

Mist v3 Text to speech $0.030 / min
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 7, 2026.

Key features

  • Mist v3 for lowest latency and Coda v2 for the most natural delivery
  • Sub-100 ms time to first byte
  • 600+ voices in 50+ languages
  • Phoneme control for Coda with custom lexicons over HTTP, WebSocket or gRPC
  • Licensed Coda and Mist v3 engines for on-prem NVIDIA hosts

Strengths and weaknesses

  • Strength: $50 of free usage every month
  • Strength: Deterministic pronunciation control for names and brand terms
  • Strength: On-prem engines for teams that cannot use a cloud API
  • Weakness: Per-minute billing is harder to compare with per-character rates
  • Weakness: Coda v2 costs $0.050 per minute
  • Weakness: Fewer languages than ElevenLabs, Google or Inworld

Key facts

  • Latency: Sub-100 ms time to first byte
  • Voices: 600+ in 50+ languages
  • Free usage: $50 a month on the Free plan

Where it ranks

Rime is No. 5 in our Best Text-to-Speech APIs verdict.

Alternatives we scored

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