Compare Amazon Polly

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Pricing

Model	Pay-as-you-go, per character	Freemium
Starting Price	$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)	$39/mo (Billed Annually)
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	Pro starts at $39/mo billed annually (2 months free) or $49/moFree for non-commercial use

Other Specifications

Product Type

Text-to-SpeechAPI

Text-to-SpeechWeb Accessibility Tool

Language Support

Languages Supported	over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)	~51 languages available
Accent Variety	-	Available for major global languages

Voice Quality

Quality Rating	Not stated on the page we checked	Medium
Tonal Description	Voice types listed: Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative	Browser/HTML5 voices — decent but generally less natural than advanced neural TTS; client-side dependent

Voice Count

Total Voices	100+	~158 voices
Categories	Male and female voices	Browser-based voices

Ease of Use

Usability Rating	Developer-oriented (API)	High
User Experience	Not stated on the page we checked	Simple JS library/embed, easy to add voices to site

Integrations

API Availability	Yes, API service	Developer API available for TTS integration
Platform Integrations	N/A	JavaScriptWebsitesApps

Use Cases

Primary Use Cases	N/A	Web TTSAccessibilityReading pages aloud
Applications	Not stated on the page we checked	Simple voice features for websites and apps

Text to Speech Features

Character/Word Limits

Plan Limits	Per-character billing	Real-time streaming only (no file generation)
Monthly Limit	Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)	No explicit character limits shown

Commercial Rights

Included	N/A	No
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	Free for non-commercial; commercial requires Pro/paid with attribution specifics

File Formats

Supported Formats	MP3OGG	N/A
Export Options	MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats	No file generation; real-time streaming only

Customer Support

Support Channels	N/A	Website
Priority Support	N/A	No

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