Compare Amazon Polly

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Pricing
Model
Pay-as-you-go, per character
Pay-as-you-go, per character
Starting Price
$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)
Not stated on the page we checked
Has Free Version
Plan Summary
Standard $4.00 per 1M charactersNeural $16.00 per 1M charactersLong-Form $100.00 per 1M charactersGenerative $30 per 1M characters
Free (F0) Neural: 0.5 million characters a monthPaid rates per 1M characters: dollar amounts not stated on the page we checked
Other Specifications
Product Type
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Language Support
Languages Supported
over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)
100+ languages and locales (standard voices, Microsoft Learn)
Voice Quality
Quality Rating
Not stated on the page we checked
Not stated on the page we checked
Tonal Description
Voice types listed: Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative
Standard neural voices, HD voices, custom and personal voices
Voice Count
Total Voices
100+
Not stated on the page we checked
Categories
Male and female voices
Standard neural, HD, custom, personal
Ease of Use
Usability Rating
Developer-oriented (API)
Developer-oriented (SDK, REST)
User Experience
Not stated on the page we checked
Audio Content Creation tool in Speech Studio for no-code use
Integrations
API Availability
Yes, API service
Yes, Speech SDK, REST API and batch synthesis API
Platform Integrations
N/A
N/A
Use Cases
Primary Use Cases
N/A
Chatbots and voice assistantsAudiobooksIn-car navigation
Applications
Not stated on the page we checked
As listed on Microsoft Learn
Text to Speech Features
SSML Support
API Access
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse
N/A
N/A
Voice Cloning
N/A
Character/Word Limits
Plan Limits
Per-character billing
Per-character billing; Chinese characters count as two
Monthly Limit
Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)
Free (F0) Neural: 0.5 million characters a month
Commercial Rights
Included
N/A
N/A
Licensing Terms
Stored audio can be used for redistribution, analysis, archiving or any other use case at no extra cost; other commercial terms not stated on the page we checked
Not stated on the page we checked
File Formats
Supported Formats
MP3OGG
N/A
Export Options
MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats
Formats not stated on the page we checked; models available at 24 kHz and 48 kHz
Customer Support
Support Channels
N/A
N/A
Priority Support
N/A
N/A

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