ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5

Name: ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5
Brand: ElevenLabs
Price: 0.2025 USD
Availability: InStock

ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 is a balanced text-to-speech model optimized for medium-latency narration and podcast workflows. Developers should reach for it when they need a reliable trade-off between generation speed, audio quality, and cost.

Modalities

Text → Audio

Price

$0.2025 / 1K char

Context

Usage

How much this model is actually called here.

Rank

#92

of 98 active models

Tokens served

all-time

Platform share

0.0%

of all tokens

Two clocks, and why they disagree

Kyma measures this model twice. Both are real; they answer different questions.

Probe · every 6h · 30 days

1.15s to answer

One fixed prompt, on a schedule, to every model. Comparable, because the model is the only thing that changes.

Observations: 2
Answered by a substitute: 0

Real traffic · last 7 days

0.11s to answer

Your requests, at the lengths clients actually send. Not comparable between models, but it is what running this one feels like.

Requests: 22
Completed: 45.5%
p95: 0.4 s

Production prompts here are shorter than the probe's. Use the probe figure to choose between models, the traffic figure to budget for your own.

Pricing

Per 1,000 characters of input text. Billed on successful synthesis.

$0.2025 / 1K char

When to use ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5

Updated 2026-07-31

Where this model earns its cost — and where it doesn't.

This model converts text input into audio output across 32 languages. It operates as a fast, cheap-tier model with strong audio quality, delivering quicker generation than the Multilingual variant while maintaining higher fidelity than the Flash variant.

On Kyma, the model runs through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint using a single API key. It supports prompt caching, which bills repeated prompt prefixes at this model's cached input rate. Every request receives automatic failover, and responses return exact billing data in usage.cost alongside an X-Kyma-Model header to confirm routing.

The model accepts a 5000-token context window and is strictly designed for speech generation. It does not support reasoning, vision, structured outputs, or multimodal inputs, and it will not handle complex logical tasks or data extraction.

Podcast narration generation

Produces consistent voiceovers for long-form audio content with balanced latency.

Multilingual audiobook creation

Converts text to speech across 32 supported languages without sacrificing audio clarity.

Interactive voice applications

Delivers fast audio responses for conversational agents where moderate latency is acceptable.

E-learning module voiceovers

Generates clear instructional audio at a lower cost than premium TTS alternatives.

Not ideal for: Do not use this model for real-time conversational voice agents requiring sub-100ms latency or for tasks requiring structured data extraction and logical reasoning.

Quick start

Up and running in under two minutes.

1
Create an API key
Sign up and grab a key from the dashboard. ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 needs a top-up — the signup credit covers the free tier.
Get API key →

Make your first request

Drop in your key and send a chat completion — fully OpenAI-compatible.

curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "eleven-turbo-v2-5",
    "messages": [
      {"role": "user", "content": "Explain prompt caching in one paragraph."}
    ]
  }'

Stream responses

Add "stream": true to receive tokens as they arrive.

curl https://kymaapi.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "eleven-turbo-v2-5",
    "stream": true,
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

FAQ

Common questions about this model.

How much does ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5 cost?

$0.2025 per 1K char. Per 1,000 characters of input text. Billed on successful synthesis.

How do I use ElevenLabs Turbo v2.5?

Kyma is OpenAI-compatible: point your SDK's base URL at https://kymaapi.com/v1, use your Kyma API key, and set the model to eleven-turbo-v2-5. Signing up is free, but this model needs a top-up: the $0.50 signup credit covers the free tier only.

Does this model support prompt caching on Kyma?

Yes. Repeated prompt prefixes are billed at this model's cached input rate, reducing costs for recurring text segments.

Can I use this model for structured outputs or reasoning tasks?

No. It is strictly a text-to-speech model and does not support reasoning, vision, or structured JSON outputs.

How do I verify which model actually processed my request?

Check the X-Kyma-Model response header, which reports the exact model ID that ran, and review the usage.cost field for precise billing details.

Needs a top-up — the signup credit covers the free tier.Create account →

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Model	Context	Input	Output
ElevenLabs Flash v2.5	—	$0.2025 / 1K char
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2	—	$0.405 / 1K char