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Best text to speech tools
Hear any text read aloud. Facts come from each tool's own pages, and every score says where it comes from. How we rank
- Tools
- 8
- Researched
- 5
- Free option
- 4
- Only listed
- 3
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Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free accounts get 20 conversions. Audio scripts up to 1 KB, video scripts up to 10 KB, up to 30 video scenes, uploads up to 10 MB, transcriptions up to 10 minutes. No commercial use, API, SSML or batch audio creation.
- Paid plan
- Pay-as-you-go minute packages of 30, 300, 1,000, 2,500 and 10,000 minutes, bought as one-time payments with no subscription. Example shown: 30 minutes costs 6 USD, which is $0.20 per minute. Other package prices were not shown. Credits do not expire. Payment currencies are USD, GBP, EUR and INR.
- Signup
- Not stated for free use. The page refers to free accounts and says buying a plan requires signing in.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- The privacy policy says Narakeet rents storage and computing from Amazon Web Services, the website is hosted in the United States, and uploaded audio and video are service data stored encrypted. Service data is kept for at least one day after you ask to delete it, and up to six months after you ask to stop using the service.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free plan at $0 per month with 10,000 credits per month, including Text to Speech. Credits do not roll over. Includes 3 projects in Studio.
- Paid plan
- Monthly: Starter $6 first month then $1/month (30,000 credits); Creator $22 first month then $11/month (121,000 credits); Pro $99 (600,000); Scale $299 (1,800,000, 3 seats); Business $990 (6,000,000, 10 seats); Enterprise custom. Annual billing gives 2 months free. Prices exclude taxes.
- Signup
- Not stated. The free and subscribe buttons lead to a sign-up page.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- The privacy policy says personal information is transferred to and stored in the United States. Text and voice inputs may be used to train AI models; you can opt out in account settings. No specific retention period for text or audio inputs is stated; data generated about your voice is kept no longer than 3 years after last interaction.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- Free plan: listen at up to 1.5x speed, 10 robotic-sounding voices, text-to-speech only. No usage caps stated.
- Paid plan
- Premium $29 per month or $139 billed yearly: 1000+ voices, 60+ languages, up to 5x speed and more.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Information submitted is transferred to, processed and stored in the United States. Content saved in the desktop software is stored on the device and synced to Speechify's servers. No retention period stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-01. Sources: Pricing, Privacy policy. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
Details and sources
- Free tier
- NaturalReader offers a free forever plan. The page says: “Free forever plan.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Also listed (3, not yet tested)
Each of these answered when we visited its site. We have not tested them or recorded facts, so they are in alphabetical order, not ranked.
- Google Cloud Text-to-SpeechOpen
Convert text to lifelike audio with Gemini-powered AI voices. Choose from 380+ natural-sounding voices across 75+ languages and variants.
- MurfOpen
Generate human-like speech and deploy Conversational agents with Murf AI. The complete AI Voice platform trusted by 10 million+ developers, businesses, and creators.
- TTSMakerOpen
TTSMaker is listed for: text to speech.
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