AI voice generator pricing looks simple until you try to compare it. One tool sells credits, another sells characters, a third sells hours, and a fourth sells "download minutes". Some free plans reset monthly, others give you a one-time allowance. Several pricing pages default to annual billing, so the price you see first is not the price you'll pay month to month.
We read every pricing page ourselves, converted each plan to a monthly cost for a real amount of audio, and checked whether you're actually allowed to use the result commercially. The tables below are the result.
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What 60 and 300 minutes a month cost
Sixty minutes a month is roughly four to eight YouTube videos with voiceover; 300 minutes is a weekly podcast or a small course catalog. Pick a preset or enter your own minutes.
Enter whole minutes, at least 1. Presets reset billing and commercial-use options.
Results use only the selected billing cycle. Effective cost per used minute is the plan price divided by your requested minutes, not its full allowance. Taxes, overages and custom quotes are not included.
| Tool | Cheapest plan that fits | Monthly cost | Effective cost per used minute | Commercial use | Voice cloning | Languages (stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoicemakerVisit site Checked | Starter (~200 min/mo) | $5/mo | $0.083 | Yes | Included | 140 | minutes estimated |
| TTSMakerVisit site Checked | Lite (~414 min/mo) | $13.99/mo | $0.23 | Yes | Not verified | 100+ | — |
| AsyncVisit site Checked | Essentials (~120 min/mo) | $19.99/mo | $0.33 | Yes | Not included | 15+ | per seat; Based only on the general Terms of Service wording ('You may utilize the Output for any lawful purpose'); the pricing page has no commercial-use row. |
| ElevenLabsVisit site Checked | Creator (~121 min/mo) | $22/mo | $0.37 | Yes | Included | 74 | — |
| MurfVisit site Checked | Creator (~120 min/mo) | $29/mo | $0.48 | Yes | Not included | 30+ incl. accents | — |
| TypecastVisit site Checked | Pro (~90 min/mo) | $29/mo | $0.48 | Yes | Included | Not verified | — |
| WellSaid LabsVisit site Checked | Pro (~180 min/mo) | $49/mo | $0.82 | Yes | Not verified | 50+ incl. accents | — |
Conditional commercial use — confirm your use case
These plans meet the requested minutes but may not permit your project. Read the restrictions before buying; they are not unconditional recommendations.
| Tool | Cheapest plan that fits | Monthly cost | Effective cost per used minute | Commercial use | Voice cloning | Languages (stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish AudioVisit site Checked | Plus (~200 min/mo) | $15/mo | $0.25 | Conditional | Included | 30+ | Pricing FAQ: "Premium subscribers can use verified voices (that you own) for commercial purposes." The terms license paid users for commercial use without that condition. |
Commercial terms unclear
Not ranked: the official terms don't clearly allow commercial use. Prices shown for reference.
| Tool | Cheapest plan that fits | Monthly cost | Effective cost per used minute | Commercial use | Voice cloning | Languages (stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax AudioVisit site Checked | Starter (~120 min/mo) | $5/mo | $0.083 | Unclear | Included | 40+ incl. accents | Commercial-use wording on the plan cards mentions songs only, and the general Terms of Service contain a clause prohibiting commercial use of the Services. |
Not calculated: price for the selected billing cycle, allowance or required rights not verified: Descript, Jellypod, Listnr, NaturalReader, Speechify, Synthesys, Uberduck, Wondercraft (why). Unavailable, shut down or pivoted; not included: LOVO, Play.ht, Resemble AI (evidence).
Results use only the selected billing cycle. Effective cost per used minute is the plan price divided by your requested minutes, not its full allowance. Taxes, overages and custom quotes are not included.
| Tool | Cheapest plan that fits | Monthly cost | Effective cost per used minute | Commercial use | Voice cloning | Languages (stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VoicemakerVisit site Checked | Creator (~400 min/mo) | $10/mo | $0.033 | Yes | Included | 140 | minutes estimated |
| TTSMakerVisit site Checked | Lite (~414 min/mo) | $13.99/mo | $0.047 | Yes | Not verified | 100+ | — |
| AsyncVisit site Checked | Pro (~600 min/mo) | $39.99/mo | $0.13 | Yes | Included | 15+ | per seat; Based only on the general Terms of Service wording ('You may utilize the Output for any lawful purpose'); the pricing page has no commercial-use row. |
| ElevenLabsVisit site Checked | Pro (~600 min/mo) | $99/mo | $0.33 | Yes | Included | 74 | — |
| MurfVisit site Checked | Business (~480 min/mo) | $99/mo | $0.33 | Yes | Not included | 30+ incl. accents | — |
Conditional commercial use — confirm your use case
These plans meet the requested minutes but may not permit your project. Read the restrictions before buying; they are not unconditional recommendations.
| Tool | Cheapest plan that fits | Monthly cost | Effective cost per used minute | Commercial use | Voice cloning | Languages (stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish AudioVisit site Checked | Pro (~1,620 min/mo) | $100/mo | $0.33 | Conditional | Included | 30+ | Pricing FAQ: "Premium subscribers can use verified voices (that you own) for commercial purposes." The terms license paid users for commercial use without that condition. |
No verified eligible plan covers 300 min/month for this selection: Typecast, WellSaid Labs.
Commercial terms unclear
Not ranked: the official terms don't clearly allow commercial use. Prices shown for reference.
| Tool | Cheapest plan that fits | Monthly cost | Effective cost per used minute | Commercial use | Voice cloning | Languages (stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax AudioVisit site Checked | Creator (~400 min/mo) | $15/mo | $0.050 | Unclear | Included | 40+ incl. accents | Commercial-use wording on the plan cards mentions songs only, and the general Terms of Service contain a clause prohibiting commercial use of the Services. |
Not calculated: price for the selected billing cycle, allowance or required rights not verified: Descript, Jellypod, Listnr, NaturalReader, Speechify, Synthesys, Uberduck, Wondercraft (why). Unavailable, shut down or pivoted; not included: LOVO, Play.ht, Resemble AI (evidence).
How AI voice pricing actually works
Everything is sold in a different unit. ElevenLabs charges one credit per character on its website (ElevenLabs pricing in detail). Fish Audio's FAQ says a minute of speech uses roughly 600 to 625 credits, though its plan cards imply about twice that (Fish Audio pricing in detail). Listnr describes 20,000 credits a month as ~120 min. Murf and WellSaid skip credits entirely and sell time. A "credit" means something different at almost every company, so comparing credit counts across tools tells you nothing.
We compare minutes, using the vendor's own estimate first. Most vendors print an approximate number of minutes next to each plan, and we use that figure. When a vendor only states characters, we estimate 1,000 characters per minute of speech and mark the result as an estimate. That's close to a natural speaking pace and matches ElevenLabs' own plan comparison.
Vendors don't always agree with themselves. Fish Audio's Plus plan includes 250,000 credits a month, which the plan card says is ~200 min of speech. At the 600 to 625 credits per minute Fish Audio states elsewhere, the same credits would be about 400 minutes. We use the lower figure the plan card states, because that's what the vendor commits to.
Some prices are per seat. These plans are priced per person: Async, Descript, NaturalReader Team and WellSaid Labs Business. The tables assume one seat; a team of three pays three times as much.
Five things the pricing pages don't make obvious
1. Free plans are almost never for commercial use
10 of the 15 free plans we checked say so explicitly. ElevenLabs and Typecast also require you to credit them on anything you publish from a free plan. If your video is monetized, the free plan is for testing voices, not for publishing.
2. "Commercial license" can come with conditions
Typecast's Basic and Plus plans include a commercial license, but its help center says YouTube creators earning AdSense revenue must be on the Pro plan. Typecast appears in our 60-minute table at its Pro price because Basic (~35 min) and Plus (~50 min) don't include 60 minutes a month. If you earn YouTube ad revenue, you need Pro anyway.
3. Some terms are unclear or contradictory
MiniMax Audio's plan cards describe commercial rights for songs, while its general terms of service contain a clause against commercial use of the services. Descript's pricing page and terms say you own your output but never explicitly grant commercial rights. We don't rank either as "commercial" until the vendor says so clearly.
4. Free allowances aren't always monthly
Typecast's free plan is 3,000 credits for the lifetime of the account, not per month. Listnr's is 1,000 credits, one time. A free plan that looks generous may run out after a single video. To see how much audio a free plan actually produced in our runs, and what sign-up asked for, see free plans compared hands-on.
5. Some prices are only shown as annual
Listnr's monthly/annual switch didn't work when we checked, so only the annual price was visible. It is excluded from monthly-billed calculator results. Select annual billing to compare its annual price, including the full-year payment.
Monthly vs annual billing
Paying for a year up front lowers the monthly price by 10% to 52%, depending on the tool. That's worth it once you've settled on a voice and a workflow, not before. Several pricing pages open on the annual view by default, so check which price you're looking at before comparing.
APIs: much cheaper, but you build the workflow
If you're a developer, cloud text-to-speech APIs cost a fraction of a creator subscription. Amazon Polly's Standard voices cost $4 per million characters, and Google's legacy Standard voices cost $4 per million characters. Current-generation voices cost more: Google Chirp 3 HD costs $30 per million characters, OpenAI tts-1-hd costs $30 per million characters and Amazon Polly Generative costs $30 per million characters. Even at that price, 60 minutes of speech on OpenAI tts-1-hd costs $1.80.
The catch is that an API gives you raw audio and nothing else. There's no editor for fixing pronunciation, no voice library to browse, and usually no voice cloning at the entry level. You also need to check each provider's terms yourself; the API table below shows price only.
Independent API example: the table below stays at 60 minutes per month. It does not follow the subscription calculator's input. Costs are estimates based on 1,000 characters per minute, not measured audio duration.
| Tool | Tier | Price per 1M characters | Cost for 60 min | Cost per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon PollyVisit site Checked | Standard | $4 | $0.24/mo | $0.004 |
| Azure AI SpeechVisit site Checked | Standard Voice – Neural / Neural HD Flash (real-time and batch) | $15 | $0.90/mo | $0.015 |
| OpenAI TTSVisit site Checked | tts-1 | $15 | $0.90/mo | $0.015 |
| Google Cloud Text-to-SpeechVisit site Checked | Chirp 3: HD voices | $30 | $1.80/mo | $0.030 |
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| Tool | Tier | Price per 1M characters | Cost for 60 min | Cost per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Checked | WaveNet voices (Legacy) | $4 | $0.24/mo | $0.004 |
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Checked | Standard voices (Legacy) | $4 | $0.24/mo | $0.004 |
| Amazon Polly Checked | Neural | $16 | $0.96/mo | $0.016 |
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Checked | Neural2 voices (Legacy) | $16 | $0.96/mo | $0.016 |
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Checked | Polyglot (Preview) voices (Legacy) | $16 | $0.96/mo | $0.016 |
| Azure AI Speech Checked | Standard Voice – Neural HD (real-time and batch) | $22 | $1.32/mo | $0.022 |
| Azure AI Speech Checked | Custom Voice – Professional Voice synthesis (real-time and batch) | $24 | $1.44/mo | $0.024 |
| Azure AI Speech Checked | Personal Voice synthesis (real-time and batch) | $24 | $1.44/mo | $0.024 |
| Amazon Polly Checked | Generative | $30 | $1.80/mo | $0.030 |
| OpenAI TTS Checked | tts-1-hd | $30 | $1.80/mo | $0.030 |
| Azure AI Speech Checked | Custom Voice – Professional Voice synthesis (neural HD) | $48 | $2.88/mo | $0.048 |
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Checked | Instant custom voice | $60 | $3.60/mo | $0.060 |
| Amazon Polly Checked | Long-Form | $100 | $6/mo | $0.10 |
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Checked | Studio voices (Legacy) | $160 | $9.60/mo | $0.16 |
Not priced per character: Azure AI Speech Commitment tier (Neural, prebuilt non-HD); Cartesia (all tiers); Google Cloud Text-to-Speech Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS / Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview TTS, Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (Preview), Gemini 2.5 Pro TTS; OpenAI TTS gpt-4o-mini-tts.
Tools we couldn't price, and why
We list these tools because people ask about them, but we won't invent numbers their pricing pages don't give.
- Descript doesn't state commercial rights explicitly, and its AI credits cover several features, not only speech.
- NaturalReader charges credits per character, but the rate depends on which voice you use, and the rates aren't published.
- Speechify Studio only shows annual totals, and doesn't say whether its plan credits are per month or per year.
- Synthesys now sells an AI video platform. Voiceover doesn't consume credits, and there's no voice-only plan to compare.
- Uberduck doesn't publish how its credits convert to minutes of speech.
Unavailable or pivoted
Access failures show that a tool was unavailable when checked, not that it has permanently shut down.
- Play.ht: when we checked on October 9, 2026, play.ht no longer resolved and the certificate for app.play.ht had expired. We found no official announcement. See our Play.ht alternatives guide.
- LOVO (Genny): every page we checked on October 9, 2026 returned an HTTP 402 error. We found no official shutdown announcement, so we mark it unavailable rather than confirmed shut down.
- Resemble AI announced on August 13, 2026 that it had moved to deepfake detection and is no longer taking new customers for its voice products.
Prices change often in this category. We re-check every tool each month, and the date at the top of this page tells you when we last did.