Compare Amazon Polly

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Detailed Comparison

Pricing

Model	Pay-as-you-go, per character	Free / Included with Microsoft 365
Starting Price	$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)	Free (Premium price 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 editor: export up to 1080p, no watermark, AI voiceover freePremium with Microsoft 365 Personal and Family: up to 4KWork and education options

Other Specifications

Product Type

Text-to-SpeechAPI

Video EditorText-to-Speech

Language Support

Languages Supported	over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)	80 languages (vendor figure)
Accent Variety	-	Not stated on the page we checked

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	Vendor describes natural-sounding voices; no quality claim is made here.

Voice Count

Total Voices	100+	400 (vendor figure)
Categories	Male and female voices	AI voices chosen by language

Ease of Use

Usability Rating	Developer-oriented (API)	Not stated on the page we checked
User Experience	Not stated on the page we checked	Video editor with a Record and create text to speech panel

Integrations

API Availability	Yes, API service	Not stated on the page we checked
Platform Integrations	N/A	Microsoft 365Windows app and browser

Use Cases

Primary Use Cases	N/A	Video voiceoversSlide videosInternal clips
Applications	Not stated on the page we checked	Voiceovers for videos edited in Clipchamp.

Text to Speech Features

SSML Support		Not stated on the page we checked
API Access		No
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse	N/A
Voice Cloning	N/A	No

Character/Word Limits

Plan Limits	Per-character billing	Character limit per voiceover varies by language (exact limits not stated on the page we checked)
Monthly Limit	Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)	Not stated on the page we checked

Commercial Rights

Included	N/A	Not stated on the page we checked
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	Commercial use of text to speech output is not stated on the page we checked.

File Formats

Supported Formats	MP3OGG	MP3 (AI voiceover audio only)
Export Options	MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats	MP3 audio and transcripts can be exported for free; video exports 480p to 4K

Customer Support

Support Channels	N/A	Not stated on the page we checked
Priority Support	N/A	Not stated on the page we checked

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