Compare Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

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Pricing
Model
Pay-as-you-go, per character, with a monthly free allowance
Freemium / Subscription
Starting Price
$4 per 1 million characters (Standard, WaveNet)
Dollar price not stated on the page we checked
Has Free Version
Plan Summary
Standard and WaveNet $4 per 1M charactersNeural2 $16 per 1M charactersChirp 3: HD $30 per 1M characters
Free plan: 3 credits/month, 5-minute exports, watermarkStandard: 180 credits/month, 1,000 voicesPremium: 600 credits/month, over 2,000 voices, APIEnterprise: custom pricing
Other Specifications
Product Type
Text-to-SpeechAPI
Text-to-SpeechVideo GenerationVoice Cloning
Language Support
Languages Supported
Total not stated on the page we checked (Chirp 3: HD lists 53 language variants)
over 80 languages and dialects (vendor figure)
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 families: Chirp 3: HD, Studio, Neural2, WaveNet, Standard
Vendor describes ultra-realistic and multilingual expressive voices.
Voice Count
Total Voices
Not stated on the page we checked
2,000+
Categories
Chirp 3: HD (30 voices), Studio, Neural2, WaveNet, Standard
AI voices, ultra-realistic voices
Ease of Use
Usability Rating
Developer-oriented (API)
Not rated
User Experience
Not stated on the page we checked
Script-to-video editor with scenes
Integrations
API Availability
Yes, Cloud Text-to-Speech API
Developer API linked on the vendor site; API access listed on Premium and Enterprise
Platform Integrations
N/A
Stock mediaYouTube-licensed music
Use Cases
Primary Use Cases
News and broadcast reading (Studio)Conversational agents (Chirp 3: HD)
Video voiceoverssocial videomarketing video
Applications
Not stated on the page we checked
Video voiceovers, social video, marketing video
Text to Speech Features
SSML Support
N/A
API Access
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse
N/A
N/A
Voice Cloning
N/A
Character/Word Limits
Plan Limits
Per-character billing
Credit based (free 3 credits, Standard 180, Premium 600 a month)
Monthly Limit
Free: 4M (Standard, WaveNet), 1M (Neural2, Chirp 3: HD) characters a month, per a web search summary of the pricing page
Free: 3 credits/month
Commercial Rights
Included
N/A
Licensing Terms
Not stated on the page we checked
Paid plans include a commercial license; free plan: not stated on the page we checked
File Formats
Supported Formats
MP3LINEAR16
not stated on the page we checked
Export Options
MP3 and LINEAR16 (WAV encoding); Chirp 3: HD streaming also ALAW, MULAW, OGG_OPUS, PCM
not stated on the page we checked
Customer Support
Support Channels
N/A
Priority support on Premium
Priority Support
N/A
N/A

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