Text to speech: free tiers side by side
7 services, 6 with a free tier. Values are copied from each pricing page as of Oct 23, 2026. Open Evidence on any row to read the exact sentences.
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| Service | Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Speech API with voice families chosen by use; JPY billing and a Tokyo region available. | 4M | not published | not published | not published | cloud.google.comchecked Oct 23 Official site |
Quoted from cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing, checked Oct 23, 2026. | |||||
Azure AI Speech Speech synthesis with fine SSML control of pitch, rate and pronunciation; custom voices. | 500K | not published | not published | not published | azure.microsoft.comchecked Oct 23 Official site |
Quoted from azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/speech, checked Oct 23, 2026. | |||||
CoeFont Japanese-centered voice synthesis: 10,000+ voices incl. voice actors, or record your own. | 800 | not published | not published | 1 | coefont.cloudchecked Oct 23 Official site |
Quoted from coefont.cloud/selectPlan/en, checked Oct 23, 2026. | |||||
Cartesia Speech API built around response speed for voice agents; one model covers 44 languages. | not published | 20K | $1 | not published | cartesia.aichecked Oct 23 Official site |
Quoted from cartesia.ai/pricing, checked Oct 23, 2026. | |||||
ElevenLabs Speech generation that can shape regional accents; voice cloning and Voice Design. | not published | 10K | not published | not published | elevenlabs.iochecked Oct 22 Official site(affiliate) |
Quoted from elevenlabs.io/pricing, checked Oct 22, 2026. | |||||
VOICEVOX Zundamon and other character voices, free on your own PC; commercial use with a credit. Free software | not published | not published | not published | not published | voicevox.hiroshiba.jpchecked Oct 16 Official site |
Amazon Polly AWS speech with lexicons and speech marks (viseme timing); free tier lasts 12 months. Trial only | not published | not published | not published | not published | pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.comchecked Oct 23 Official site |
Fish Audio Voice AI platform with text to speech, voice cloning and speech to text in a web app, API and SDKs. Not read automatically | not published | not published | not published | not published | fish.audio Official site |
Speechify Reader app that reads text, documents and web pages aloud; a separate API covers Japanese voices. Not read automatically | not published | not published | not published | not published | speechify.com Official site |
Murf AI Voiceover editor plus an API; Japanese voices with rate, pitch and pause controls. Not read automatically | not published | not published | not published | not published | murf.ai Official site |
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