Compare Amazon Polly

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Pricing
Model
Pay-as-you-go, per character
Custom pricing — subscription, license, or pay-per-use
Starting Price
$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)
$4/month
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
Custom pricing for enterprise/educationindividual licenses from ~$4/mo.
Other Specifications
Product Type
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Text-to-SpeechEnterprise TTS SolutionsCustom Voice Creation
Language Support
Languages Supported
over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)
more than 50 languages
Accent Variety
-
Wide range across more than 50 languages
Voice Quality
Quality Rating
Not stated on the page we checked
High
Tonal Description
Voice types listed: Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative
High-quality, natural voices with neural TTS.
Voice Count
Total Voices
100+
200+ natural voices.
Categories
Male and female voices
Neural and standard voices
Ease of Use
Usability Rating
Developer-oriented (API)
Professional/Technical
User Experience
Not stated on the page we checked
More professional setup; may require initial configuration.
Integrations
API Availability
Yes, API service
SpeechCloud API + SDKs for integration across systems.
Platform Integrations
N/A
LMSCMSSDKsOn-premiseCloud
Use Cases
Primary Use Cases
N/A
Web/app contentAccessibilityPublishingEducationIVRGames
Applications
Not stated on the page we checked
Custom TTS services for enterprise and education.
Text to Speech Features
SSML Support
API Access
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse
N/A
Voice Cloning
N/A
Character/Word Limits
Plan Limits
Per-character billing
Usage/licensing often based on volume/characters/hours
Monthly Limit
Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)
Volume based
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
Commercial use available under licensing agreements
File Formats
Supported Formats
MP3OGG
MP3WAV
Export Options
MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats
Integrated output in applications.
Customer Support
Support Channels
N/A
Dedicated enterprise supportProfessional services
Priority Support
N/A

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