Compare Azure AI Speech

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Detailed Comparison

Pricing
Model
Pay-as-you-go, per character
Subscription by characters, with free plan
Starting Price
Not stated on the page we checked
$49/mo (Basic list price)
Has Free Version
Plan Summary
Free (F0) Neural: 0.5 million characters a monthPaid rates per 1M characters: dollar amounts not stated on the page we checked
Free $0: 250K characters (pricing page) or 1M (home page)Basic $49/mo, 3M charactersPlus $499/mo, 42M charactersPro $1,499/mo, 150M charactersEnterprise $4,999/mo, 625M characters
Other Specifications
Product Type
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Language Support
Languages Supported
100+ languages and locales (standard voices, Microsoft Learn)
8 languages (vendor figure)
Voice Quality
Quality Rating
Not stated on the page we checked
Not stated on the page we checked
Tonal Description
Standard neural voices, HD voices, custom and personal voices
Not stated on the page we checked
Voice Count
Total Voices
Not stated on the page we checked
48
Categories
Standard neural, HD, custom, personal
Not stated on the page we checked
Ease of Use
Usability Rating
Developer-oriented (SDK, REST)
Developer-oriented (API)
User Experience
Audio Content Creation tool in Speech Studio for no-code use
Not stated on the page we checked
Integrations
API Availability
Yes, Speech SDK, REST API and batch synthesis API
Yes, four endpoints
Platform Integrations
N/A
N/A
Use Cases
Primary Use Cases
Chatbots and voice assistantsAudiobooksIn-car navigation
N/A
Applications
As listed on Microsoft Learn
Not stated on the page we checked
Text to Speech Features
SSML Support
N/A
API Access
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse
N/A
N/A
Voice Cloning
No
Character/Word Limits
Plan Limits
Per-character billing; Chinese characters count as two
Characters per month by plan; roughly 750 characters per minute of audio per the vendor
Monthly Limit
Free (F0) Neural: 0.5 million characters a month
Free: 250K (pricing page) or 1M (home page) characters
Commercial Rights
Included
N/A
Licensing Terms
Not stated on the page we checked
Home page: audio can be used commercially; attribution required on the free plan only. The terms page does not explicitly address generated audio.
File Formats
Supported Formats
N/A
N/A
Export Options
Formats not stated on the page we checked; models available at 24 kHz and 48 kHz
Not stated on the page we checked
Customer Support
Support Channels
N/A
N/A
Priority Support
N/A
N/A

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