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