Text-to-speech APIs, compared beyond the demo.
Side-by-side comparisons of quality, pricing, latency, voice cloning, languages, and the production details behind each API.
Compare text-to-speech platforms
vs ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is known for an expansive voice library and deep voice-cloning heritage.
- ElevenLabs
- $100-300/1M
- headline rate
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Google Cloud Text-to-Speech
Google Cloud offers the widest language coverage in the market across a tiered lineup that runs from robotic to high-end.
- Google Cloud Text-to-Speech
- Varies
- by tier
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Microsoft Azure Text to Speech
Azure Text to Speech is a natural fit if you are already invested in Microsoft's cloud and compliance footprint.
- Microsoft Azure Text to Speech
- $15/1M
- headline rate
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Amazon Polly
Amazon Polly is the default when you are deep in AWS, with engines spanning cheap-and-robotic to generative.
- Amazon Polly
- Varies
- by tier
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Deepgram Aura
Deepgram Aura is built for low-latency, real-time voice agents and pairs naturally with Deepgram's speech-to-text.
- Deepgram Aura
- Varies
- by tier
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Cartesia Sonic
Cartesia Sonic is engineered for ultra-low latency in real-time applications.
- Cartesia Sonic
- $24-40/1M
- headline rate
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs PlayHT
PlayHT now operates under the PlayAI brand on the pricing surface, with a large voice library (800+ voices, 130+ languages) and a studio workflow…
- PlayHT
- Varies
- by tier
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs OpenAI Text-to-Speech
OpenAI's TTS produces high-quality, steerable voices but meters by tokens rather than characters, so cost takes estimation.
- OpenAI Text-to-Speech
- Varies
- by tier
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Rime
Rime focuses on realistic, conversational voices tuned for real-time agents, priced from $30 to $50 per 1M by model.
- Rime
- Varies
- by tier
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Hume Octave
Hume's Octave leads on emotionally expressive, empathic speech, sold through subscription tiers that work out to roughly $50-150 per 1M.
- Hume Octave
- $50-150/1M
- headline rate
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in
vs Inworld
Inworld sells a three-model quality-and-price ladder built to sit inside their character runtime, where the rate changes with the model you pick.
- Inworld
- $35/1M
- headline rate
- SpeechifyAI
- from $6 / 1M characters
- all-in