Compare Amazon Polly

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Pricing

Model	Pay-as-you-go, per character	Freemium / Subscription
Starting Price	$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)	Dollar 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 plan: 3 credits/month, 5-minute exports, watermarkStandard: 180 credits/month, 1,000 voicesPremium: 600 credits/month, over 2,000 voices, APIEnterprise: custom pricing

Other Specifications

Product Type

Text-to-SpeechAPI

Text-to-SpeechVideo GenerationVoice Cloning

Language Support

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

Voice Quality

Quality Rating	Not stated on the page we checked	Not rated
Tonal Description	Voice types listed: Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative	Vendor describes ultra-realistic and multilingual expressive voices.

Voice Count

Total Voices	100+	2,000+
Categories	Male and female voices	AI voices, ultra-realistic voices

Ease of Use

Usability Rating	Developer-oriented (API)	Not rated
User Experience	Not stated on the page we checked	Script-to-video editor with scenes

Integrations

API Availability	Yes, API service	Developer API linked on the vendor site; API access listed on Premium and Enterprise
Platform Integrations	N/A	Stock mediaYouTube-licensed music

Use Cases

Primary Use Cases	N/A	Video voiceoverssocial videomarketing video
Applications	Not stated on the page we checked	Video voiceovers, social video, marketing video

Text to Speech Features

Character/Word Limits

Plan Limits	Per-character billing	Credit based (free 3 credits, Standard 180, Premium 600 a month)
Monthly Limit	Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)	Free: 3 credits/month

Commercial Rights

Included	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	Paid plans include a commercial license; free plan: not stated on the page we checked

File Formats

Supported Formats	MP3OGG	not stated on the page we checked
Export Options	MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats	not stated on the page we checked

Customer Support

Support Channels	N/A	Priority support on Premium
Priority Support	N/A	N/A

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