Compare Podcastle (now Async)

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Pricing

Model	Freemium / Subscription	Pay-as-you-go, per character, with a monthly free allowance
Starting Price	Not stated on the page we checked	$4 per 1 million characters (Standard, WaveNet)
Has Free Version
Plan Summary	Free: 10 AI credits and about 15 min text to speech, lifetimeEssentials: 450 credits and about 2 hours a monthPro: 1,200 credits and about 10 hours a monthTeams: 3,000 credits and about 40 hours a monthBusiness custom	Standard and WaveNet $4 per 1M charactersNeural2 $16 per 1M charactersChirp 3: HD $30 per 1M characters

Other Specifications

Product Type

Text-to-SpeechVoice CloningAI Video and Audio Editor

Text-to-SpeechAPI

Language Support

Languages Supported	over 15 languages (pricing page); '15 different languages' and 'over 100 languages and dialects tested' on the AI voices page	Total not stated on the page we checked (Chirp 3: HD lists 53 language variants)
Accent Variety	Not stated on the page we checked	-

Voice Quality

Quality Rating	Not stated on the page we checked	Not stated on the page we checked
Tonal Description	Vendor describes natural pronunciation; no quality claim is made here.	Voice families: Chirp 3: HD, Studio, Neural2, WaveNet, Standard

Voice Count

Total Voices	1000+ (vendor figure)	Not stated on the page we checked
Categories	Stock AI voices plus voice cloning	Chirp 3: HD (30 voices), Studio, Neural2, WaveNet, Standard

Ease of Use

Usability Rating	Not stated on the page we checked	Developer-oriented (API)
User Experience	Chat-based AI editor	Not stated on the page we checked

Integrations

API Availability	Developer Voice API announced under the Async brand; per-plan access not stated on the page we checked.	Yes, Cloud Text-to-Speech API
Platform Integrations	Not stated on the page we checked	N/A

Use Cases

Primary Use Cases	PodcastsYouTube videosPodcast adsMarketing	News and broadcast reading (Studio)Conversational agents (Chirp 3: HD)
Applications	Monetized YouTube content, podcast ads and marketing, per the vendor FAQ.	Not stated on the page we checked

Text to Speech Features

SSML Support	Not stated on the page we checked
API Access
Multi Language
Emotional Impulse	Not stated on the page we checked	N/A
Voice Cloning		N/A

Character/Word Limits

Plan Limits	Text to speech allowances per plan: ~15 min lifetime (Free), ~2 h, ~10 h, ~40 h a month on paid plans	Per-character billing
Monthly Limit	~15 minutes lifetime (Free)	Free: 4M (Standard, WaveNet), 1M (Neural2, Chirp 3: HD) characters a month, per a web search summary of the pricing page

Commercial Rights

Included		N/A
Licensing Terms	Vendor FAQ: you retain ownership of the output. Per-plan commercial rights not stated on the page we checked.	Not stated on the page we checked

File Formats

Supported Formats	MP3WAV (paid plans)	MP3LINEAR16
Export Options	Audio: MP3 up to 160kbps on Free, 320kbps MP3 or 1411kbps WAV on paid plans	MP3 and LINEAR16 (WAV encoding); Chirp 3: HD streaming also ALAW, MULAW, OGG_OPUS, PCM

Customer Support

Support Channels	Not stated on the page we checked	N/A
Priority Support	Not stated on the page we checked	N/A

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