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Best Text-to-Speech Tools in 2026

AI voice generators, narration apps and speech APIs, compared on what each maker publishes: free access, starting price and five voice features.

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✓ ChampionElevenLabsfrom $6/mo9.9Best freeCAMB.AIfrom $5/mo9.0Best for voice cloningCartesiafrom $5/mo9.0Best valueTypecastfrom $5/mo9.0
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ElevenLabs

✓ Champion
Creators and developers who need cloning, dubbing and an API in one

AI voice platform covering text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing and APIs, with a free plan and paid tiers from $6/month.

9.9
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Starter
$6/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #1
Starter adds a commercial license and Instant Voice Cloning on top of the free plan.
Watch for
The free plan has no commercial license; that starts with the $6/month Starter plan.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from elevenlabs.io/pricing, elevenlabs.io
Score: features 5.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 1.86
2

CAMB.AI

Best free
Localising video and live broadcasts with AI dubbing

AI dubbing, translation and TTS (MARS models) in 150+ languages, with a free plan and credit plans from $5/month.

9.0
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Essentials
$5/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #2
Dubbing, translation and captions cover 150+ languages; Essentials is $5/month.
Watch for
The free plan gives 5K credits one time, not monthly.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from camb.ai/pricing, docs.camb.ai, camb.ai
Score: features 4.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 2.0
3

Cartesia

Best for voice cloning
Voice-agent builders who need low-latency TTS in many languages

Real-time speech models (Sonic TTS, Ink STT) and voice agents via API; free plan and paid plans from $5/month.

9.0
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Pro
$5/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #3
Pro at $5/month adds a commercial use license and instant voice cloning.
Watch for
Professional voice clones are not included on the Free or Pro plans.
Score: features 4.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 2.0
4

Typecast

Best value
Expressive character voices on a low-cost monthly plan

AI voice generator by Neosapience with emotion controls, instant voice cloning and a TTS API in 35+ languages; plans from $5/month.

9.0
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Basic
$5/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #4
Basic at $5/month includes a commercial license and one instant cloning slot.
Watch for
Native-level naturalness is claimed for 6 of the 35+ supported languages.
Score: features 4.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 2.0
5
TTS from $5/month with a big voice library and a developer API

Online text-to-speech converter with 1,000+ voices, voice cloning and REST APIs; free plan and paid plans from $5/month.

9.0
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Starter
$5/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #5
Starter is $5/month, and extra voice clone slots cost $2/year each.
Watch for
Developer API is billed separately on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from voicemaker.in/pricing
Score: features 4.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 2.0
6
Listening to documents aloud, with a separate studio for voiceovers

Text-to-speech reader app with a free tier, plus Speechify Studio for voiceovers and dubbing and a usage-priced TTS API.

8.8
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Premium
$29/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #6
Premium lists 1000+ voices in 60+ languages; Studio adds dubbing and commercial usage rights.
Watch for
Reader Premium is $29/month billed monthly; the free Studio plan has no commercial usage rights.
Score: features 5.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 0.77
7
Voice cloning from short clips, in an app or via API

TTS and voice cloning platform with a large community voice library, an API and plans from $11/month billed annually.

8.3
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Plus
$11/mo, billed yearly
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #7
Plus is $11/month billed annually and lists commercial use as allowed.
Watch for
Plus costs $15 when billed monthly instead of annually.
Score: features 4.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 1.32
8
Creators who want many voices and languages at a low monthly price

AI voice generator with 1,000+ voices in 142+ languages, voice cloning and a TTS API; free plan and paid plans from $19/month.

8.0
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Individual
$19/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #8
Paid plans include commercial rights and access to all 1,000+ voices.
Watch for
The free plan starts with 1,000 credits; commercial rights are listed on paid plans.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from listnr.ai/pricing, listnr.ai/api, listnr.ai
Score: features 4.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 1.05
9
Personal reading aloud, with a separate commercial voiceover plan

Text-to-speech reader and voiceover tool with a free personal plan, paid personal plans and separate commercial plans.

7.6
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Personal Plus
$9.92/mo, billed yearly
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • –API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #9
Personal Plus is $9.92/month billed annually; commercial plans add cloning and licensed audio.
Watch for
Personal and commercial plans are sold separately; commercial use needs a commercial plan.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 1.59
10
Editing podcasts and video by text, with AI voices built in

Text-based audio and video editor with AI speech, custom voice clones and dubbing into 30 languages; free plan available.

7.2
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Hobbyist
$16/mo, billed yearly
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • –API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #10
AI speech with custom voice clones, plus translation and dubbing of video in 30+ languages.
Watch for
Hobbyist is $24 per person/month billed monthly, versus $16 billed annually.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from descript.com/pricing
Score: features 3.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 1.18
11
Training and marketing teams that need licensed English voiceovers

AI voiceover platform for training and marketing content; Starter from $10/month billed annually, with an API and extra languages.

6.7
out of 10
Pricing
Free trial
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Yes
Paid from · Starter
$10/mo, billed yearly
  • –Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #11
Starter at $10/month billed annually includes full commercial rights.
Watch for
Starter, Pro and Business list English voices only; all languages and translation are Enterprise.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 0.75 · price published 1.5 · value 1.45
12
Media producers who need voice morphing alongside TTS

Voice changer and post-production studio with TTS in 70+ languages, local voice cloning and a free attribution plan.

6.6
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Creator
$30/mo, billed yearly
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • –API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #12
Creator license allows commercial use for small teams; TTS covers 70+ languages.
Watch for
The free plan forbids commercial use; Creator caps commercial use at under $100k revenue.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 0.64
13
Turning scripts into voiced videos with translation and dubbing

AI video and voiceover tool with 300+ voices across 80+ languages on the free plan, voice cloning and video dubbing.

6.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #13
Standard adds voice cloning and commercial rights; video dubbing covers 80+ languages.
Watch for
The free plan includes a Fliki watermark and 3 credits per month.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from fliki.ai/pricing, fliki.ai
Score: features 5.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
14
Teams producing voiceovers that also need dubbing and voice cloning

AI voiceover studio with 200+ voices in 35+ languages, voice cloning, video/audio translation and a TTS API for voice agents.

6.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #14
Covers voice cloning, a TTS API and translation of videos and audio in 20+ languages.
Watch for
Murf's FAQ says the free plan does not include a commercial license.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from murf.ai
Score: features 5.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
15
Developers wanting speech and fast voice cloning via API

MiniMax Speech models for TTS and voice cloning via web app and API; audio subscriptions from $5/month or per-character pricing.

6.5
out of 10
Pricing
Paid
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Not published
Paid from
$5/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #15
Speech 2.8 clones a voice from a 10-second sample.
Watch for
Pay-as-you-go speech-2.8-hd costs $100 per million characters.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 0.0 · price published 1.5 · value 2.0
16
Narrated slides and videos paid per minute instead of a subscription

Text-to-speech tool that turns scripts and slides into narrated audio and video; credits from 6 USD with no expiry.

6.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · 30-minute credit package
$6 one-time
  • –Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #16
Credits never expire and a 6 USD package buys 30 minutes, so there is no monthly fee.
Watch for
Free accounts allow no commercial use and no automation API.
17
Developers who want a low-cost TTS API with a free tier

Low-cost text-to-speech API powered by Kokoro, with a free 250K-character plan and paid plans by character volume.

6.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Basic
$49/mo
  • ✕Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #17
Its FAQ says generated audio can be used commercially; the free plan has 250K characters.
Watch for
No voice cloning yet, per its FAQ; voices cover 8 languages.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 1.5 · value 0.5
18
Developers needing realtime TTS across hundreds of languages

Realtime TTS-2 voice models via API with voice cloning and design; pay-as-you-go or plans from $25/month.

6.4
out of 10
Pricing
Paid
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Not published
Paid from · Creator
$25/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #18
The $0 On-Demand tier includes voice cloning and a commercial license; you pay per use.
Watch for
On-Demand bills TTS-2 at $25 per 1M characters; Creator lowers it to $20.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from inworld.ai/pricing, inworld.ai/tts
Score: features 4.0 · free access 0.0 · price published 1.5 · value 0.91
19
Organisations adding read-aloud and branded voices to sites and apps

Enterprise text-to-speech vendor with web readers, the speechCloud API, embedded SDKs and custom brand voices in 90+ languages.

6.2
out of 10
Pricing
Paid
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Not published
Paid from
$9/mo
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #19
Offers the speechCloud API plus on-premise and embedded engines.
Watch for
Most pricing is quote-based; only individual education subscriptions list a price.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 0.0 · price published 1.5 · value 1.73
20
Developers on Azure needing many languages and custom neural voices

Microsoft's speech API for text to speech, speech to text and translation, with a free tier and pay-as-you-go billing.

5.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
30 days
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • ✓Dubbing
Why #20
Free F0 tier includes 0.5 million neural TTS characters per month.
Watch for
Beyond the free F0 allowance, usage is billed per character on pay-as-you-go.
21
Developers who want a monthly free allowance and wide voice choice

Google Cloud API with 380+ voices across 75+ languages and variants, a monthly free usage limit and per-character pricing.

4.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Yes
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #21
Standard and WaveNet voices have a free usage limit of 0 to 4 million characters.
Watch for
Usage-billed per character; Chirp 3: HD voices cost US$30 per 1 million characters.
22
Enterprises wanting cloud or self-hosted TTS with custom voices

IBM's text-to-speech API, available as SaaS or self-hosted, with a free Lite plan and per-character Standard pricing.

4.5
out of 10
Pricing
Freemium
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Not published
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #22
Lite plan gives 10,000 characters per month at no cost.
Watch for
Standard is billed per character; Premium and Deploy Anywhere need a sales quote.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from ibm.com/products/text-to-speech
Score: features 3.0 · free access 1.5 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
23
Enterprise voice agents that bill TTS per minute of audio

Conversational TTS models (Mist v3, Coda v2) for voice agents, billed per minute, with $50 in starting credits.

3.8
out of 10
Pricing
Free trial
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Yes
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #23
Starts with $50 in free credits; Mist v3 TTS is $0.03 per minute.
Watch for
Unlimited custom voice cloning is listed for Enterprise.
Read Oct 24, 2026 from rime.ai/pricing, rime.ai
Score: features 3.0 · free access 0.75 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
24
Voice-agent teams wanting fast TTS with instant voice cloning

Voice AI platform with Lightning TTS, speech-to-text and voice agents via API; pay-as-you-go with starting credits.

3.8
out of 10
Pricing
Free trial
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Yes
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #24
Instant voice cloning from 5-15 seconds of audio.
Watch for
No flat monthly plan is listed; billing is usage-based after the starting credits.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 0.75 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
25
Developers already on the OpenAI API who want built-in voices

Speech endpoint of the OpenAI API with built-in voices, streaming output and custom voices from a description or recording.

3.0
out of 10
Pricing
Paid
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Not published
Paid from
Not published
  • ✓Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #25
Custom voices can be made from a description or an approved recording.
Watch for
tts-1, tts-1-hd and gpt-4o-mini-tts are deprecated and shut down on January 6, 2027.
Score: features 3.0 · free access 0.0 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
26
AWS developers adding speech to apps at a per-character rate

AWS text-to-speech service with Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative voices in dozens of languages, billed per character.

2.8
out of 10
Pricing
Free trial
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
6 months
Paid from
Not published
  • –Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #26
Standard voices are $4.00 per 1 million characters, with a free tier for new accounts.
Watch for
Neural voices cost $16.00 and Generative voices $30 per 1 million characters.
Score: features 2.0 · free access 0.75 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0
27
Voice agents that pair TTS with Deepgram speech-to-text

Text-to-speech API (Flux TTS, Aura-2, Aura-1) for voice agents, billed per 1K characters with a $200 starting credit.

2.8
out of 10
Pricing
Free trial
Free plan
Not published
Free trial
Yes
Paid from
Not published
  • –Voice cloning
  • ✓API
  • –Commercial use
  • ✓Multi-language
  • –Dubbing
Why #27
New accounts start with a $200 credit before pay-as-you-go billing.
Watch for
Native TTS voices cover English and Spanish; broader languages rely on third-party TTS.
Score: features 2.0 · free access 0.75 · price published 0.0 · value 0.0

All 27 side by side

#ProductScoreFree planTrialPaid fromVoice cloningAPICommercial useMulti-languageDubbing
1ElevenLabs9.9✓YesNot published$6/mo✓✓✓✓✓
2CAMB.AI9.0✓YesNot published$5/mo✓✓–✓✓
3Cartesia9.0✓YesNot published$5/mo✓✓✓✓–
4Typecast9.0✓YesNot published$5/mo✓✓✓✓–
5Voicemaker9.0✓YesNot published$5/mo✓✓✓✓–
6Speechify8.8✓YesNot published$29/mo✓✓✓✓✓
7Fish Audio8.3✓YesNot published$11/mo · yearly✓✓✓✓–
8Listnr8.0✓YesNot published$19/mo✓✓✓✓–
9NaturalReader7.6✓YesNot published$9.92/mo · yearly✓–✓✓–
10Descript7.2✓YesNot published$16/mo · yearly✓––✓✓
11WellSaid6.7–Not publishedYes$10/mo · yearly–✓✓✓–
12Altered Studio6.6✓YesNot published$30/mo · yearly✓–✓✓–
13Fliki6.5✓YesNot publishedNot published✓✓✓✓✓
14Murf AI6.5✓YesNot publishedNot published✓✓✓✓✓
15MiniMax Audio6.5–Not publishedNot published$5/mo✓✓–✓–
16Narakeet6.5✓YesNot published$6 one-time–✓✓✓–
17Unreal Speech6.5✓YesNot published$49/mo✕✓✓✓–
18Inworld TTS6.4–Not publishedNot published$25/mo✓✓✓✓–
19ReadSpeaker6.2–Not publishedNot published$9/mo✓✓–✓–
20Azure AI Speech5.5✓Yes30 daysNot published✓✓–✓✓
21Google Cloud Text-to-Speech4.5✓YesYesNot published✓✓–✓–
22IBM Watson Text to Speech4.5✓YesNot publishedNot published✓✓–✓–
23Rime3.8–Not publishedYesNot published✓✓–✓–
24Smallest.ai3.8–Not publishedYesNot published✓✓–✓–
25OpenAI Text-to-Speech API3.0–Not publishedNot publishedNot published✓✓–✓–
26Amazon Polly2.8–Not published6 monthsNot published–✓–✓–
27Deepgram Text-to-Speech2.8–Not publishedYesNot published–✓–✓–

✓ the maker says yes · ✕ the maker's page shows it is not offered · – not published

Head to head

ElevenLabs vs Cartesia#1 vs #3 · $6/mo vs $5/moElevenLabs vs Speechify#1 vs #6 · $6/mo vs $29/moElevenLabs vs Fish Audio#1 vs #7 · $6/mo vs $11/mo · yearlyCartesia vs Fish Audio#3 vs #7 · $5/mo vs $11/mo · yearlyElevenLabs vs Typecast#1 vs #4 · $6/mo vs $5/moElevenLabs vs Voicemaker#1 vs #5 · $6/mo vs $5/mo

How to choose

What the 27 makers publish

  • 18 of 27 publish a free plan.
  • The lowest published US-dollar entry price is CAMB.AI at $5/mo; the median is $10 a month.
  • 10 do not publish a price at all.
  • Most common confirmed features: Multi-language (27) and API (24).

Check before you pay

  • Convert each plan's allowance into minutes of speech — characters and credits don't map one-to-one.
  • Commercial rights often start on a paid plan; check the plan you will buy, not the top tier.
  • Voice cloning needs the speaker's consent, and professional clones are usually limited to higher plans.
  • API prices are usually per character or per minute and billed separately from the app plans.

How we score

Every fact on this page was read from the maker's own pricing, feature and help pages on Oct 24, 2026 and links to the page it came from. One formula scores every product out of 10; anything a maker does not publish earns nothing, so a hidden price or an unstated limit costs points.

5 pointsShare of the five features below that the maker confirms on its own pages.
1.5 pointsA free plan (0.75 for a free trial instead).
1.5 pointsA published price — or the product is free outright.
2 pointsHow cheap the entry plan is against the other US-dollar monthly or yearly prices in this list. A price in another currency, a one-time fee or a price with no stated period gets the minimum (0.5).
±1.0 maxEditor adjustment, printed on the card with its reason. Commission is never a reason.
The five features: Voice cloning — Clones a voice from a recording or sample. API — A public text-to-speech API documented on the maker's site. Commercial use — The maker says generated audio may be used commercially on at least one plan. Multi-language — Speech in more than one language. Dubbing — Translates or dubs existing audio or video into another language.

Questions

ElevenLabs ranks #1 of 27 with 9.9/10 on our published formula. Starter adds a commercial license and Instant Voice Cloning on top of the free plan.

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