The whole voice agent demo cost ~$0.02: KugelAudio at $0.035/min, Gladia $0.75/hr
tobowers · x · 2026-09-24
tobowers breaks down costs for his EU voice agent stack: the priciest part, KugelAudio TTS, charges only $0.035/minute of speech, Gladia STT is $0.75/hr billed only for audio sent — the entire demo cost roughly $0.02. Great latency at trivial cost.
Related event: Developer Builds All-European Voice Agent with 500ms Latency(3 posts)→
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