Compare Amazon Polly

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Detailed Comparison

Pricing

Model	Pay-as-you-go, per character	Free
Starting Price	$4.00 per 1 million characters (Standard)	Free
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: 20,000 characters/week per search results quoting the sitePaid plans: not stated on the page we checked

Other Specifications

Product Type

Text-to-SpeechAPI

Text-to-Speech

Language Support

Languages Supported	over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)	Major languages named on the site; 100+ claimed by a third party, unconfirmed
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	not stated on the page we checked

Voice Count

Total Voices	100+	600+ claimed by a third party, unconfirmed
Categories	Male and female voices	Not stated

Ease of Use

Usability Rating	Developer-oriented (API)	Not rated
User Experience	Not stated on the page we checked	Text box to audio

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	Quick voiceovers
Applications	Not stated on the page we checked	Quick voiceovers

Text to Speech Features

Character/Word Limits

Plan Limits	Per-character billing	20,000 characters/week (free, per search results)
Monthly Limit	Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)	20,000 characters/week

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 for any lawful purpose per search results quoting the site; formal terms not read

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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