Compare Amazon Polly

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Detailed Comparison

Pricing
Model
Pay-as-you-go, per character
One-time purchase
Starting Price
$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)
$47 one time (launch price)
Has Free Version
No
Plan Summary
Standard $4.00 per 1M charactersNeural $16.00 per 1M charactersLong-Form $100.00 per 1M charactersGenerative $30 per 1M characters
No free plan mentioned; refund guarantee insteadStandard: $47 launch price, 500,000 characters/monthPRO: 700,000 characters/month, commercial licenseELITE and World Wide editions exist
Other Specifications
Product Type
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Text-to-Speech
Language Support
Languages Supported
over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)
23 claimed by the vendor; 20 named on the page
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 claims listeners cannot tell the voice is AI; the claim is unsourced.
Voice Count
Total Voices
100+
30+ claimed (about 22 shown)
Categories
Male and female voices
Human-sounding voices
Ease of Use
Usability Rating
Developer-oriented (API)
Not rated
User Experience
Not stated on the page we checked
not stated on the page we checked
Integrations
API Availability
Yes, API service
not stated on the page we checked
Platform Integrations
N/A
N/A
Use Cases
Primary Use Cases
N/A
Voiceoversmarketing videos
Applications
Not stated on the page we checked
Voiceovers, marketing videos
Text to Speech Features
SSML Support
N/A
API Access
N/A
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse
N/A
N/A
Voice Cloning
N/A
N/A
Character/Word Limits
Plan Limits
Per-character billing
500,000 characters/month (Standard), 700,000 (PRO)
Monthly Limit
Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)
500,000 characters (Standard)
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
Unclear for Standard; the sales page ties a commercial license to PRO
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
not stated on the page we checked
Priority Support
N/A
N/A

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