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)
~$5/mo
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 tierPremium ($10/mo), and Business ($20/mo) plans
Other Specifications
Product Type
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Text-to-SpeechVoice CloningAI Audio
Language Support
Languages Supported
over 40 languages and language variants (vendor figure)
~120–140 languages
Accent Variety
-
Global variety covered by wide language range
Voice Quality
Quality Rating
Not stated on the page we checked
High
Tonal Description
Voice types listed: Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative
Neural TTS with expressive options & voice effects
Voice Count
Total Voices
100+
more than 1000 voices
Categories
Male and female voices
Default and Pro voices
Ease of Use
Usability Rating
Developer-oriented (API)
High
User Experience
Not stated on the page we checked
Simple web interface with many voices & options
Integrations
API Availability
Yes, API service
Yes – Developer API with advanced parameters
Platform Integrations
N/A
APISSRSDK
Use Cases
Primary Use Cases
N/A
PodcastsVideosIVRChatbotsCustom audio
Applications
Not stated on the page we checked
Content creation, customer service, and digital media
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
Tiered limits based on account type
Monthly Limit
Free: Standard 5M, Neural 1M, Long-Form 500K, Generative 100K characters a month (see free tier terms)
200k–1M+ characters
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
Included (depends on plan)
File Formats
Supported Formats
MP3OGG
MP3WAVOggAAC
Export Options
MP3, OGG and other standard audio formats
Direct format export via web and API
Customer Support
Support Channels
N/A
WebsiteDocumentation
Priority Support
N/A
No

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