AI Voices & Text to Speech

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the AI Voices & Text to Speech page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 18, 2026.

Turn text into natural speech, clone a voice or dub a video into another language.

Before you choose, here are 7 things to know about AI voice generators, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 10 AI voice generators

   6 of them are free or have a free plan, and 4 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $14 a month in the middle

   From $5 (ElevenLabs) to $29 (Speechify), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: ElevenLabs

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than it without costing more.

4. 4

   4 of 10 have iPhone and Android apps

   10 run in a web browser and 2 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.4

   1 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is ElevenLabs, at 3.0.

6. 6

   Best free option: ElevenLabs

   ElevenLabs has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.0. AI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents.

7. 7

   10 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 10 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three AI voice generators we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.0GPA

   ElevenLabs

   Free plan · from $5/mo

   For: Most people making voiceovers

   ElevenLabs turns text into speech in more than 70 languages with stock, designed or cloned voices, with a Studio editor for long voiceovers, audiobooks and podcasts, plus dubbing, transcription, music and sound effects. Starter is $5 a month billed yearly ($6 monthly) for about 30 minutes of speech with a commercial license and instant cloning; Creator is $18.33 billed yearly ($22 monthly) for about 121 minutes. Its iPhone app averages 4.8 from about 22,700 ratings. Know the limits: the free plan has no commercial license or cloning, every product draws on one credit pool, and professional clones must be of your own voice.

   The ElevenLabs Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   2.4GPA

   Fliki

   Free plan · from $28/mo

   For: Video makers who want the narrated video built too

   Fliki turns a script, blog post or slide deck into a narrated video or audio file, with AI voices in more than 80 languages, stock media, AI images, avatars, translation and publishing to YouTube. Standard is $28 per user a month for 180 credits, roughly one per minute, with commercial rights, 1080p video, no watermark and 1 voice clone, and yearly billing takes 25% off. It is second because voiceovers cost more to start: there is no plan below $28, the free plan's 3 credits carry a watermark and no commercial rights, credits are charged again whenever audio is regenerated, and the API needs Premium at $88.

   The Fliki Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   2.2GPA

   Murf

   Free trial · from $19/mo

   For: Course and training makers narrating slides

   Murf is a voiceover studio for training videos, explainers and slide decks: write the script, pick from more than 200 voices, adjust emphasis, pronunciation and pace, and add the audio inside Canva, Google Slides, PowerPoint or Adobe Captivate and Audition. Creator is $19 a month billed yearly for 24 hours of voice generation a year with commercial rights, and dubbing covers 20+ languages. It is third because it does less than the two above: nothing can be downloaded on the free trial, voice cloning and broadcasting rights are Enterprise-only, and every render uses generation time, edits included.

   The Murf Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, ElevenLabs gives the most for the money among AI voice generators: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $14 a month across the 10 that charge, from $5 (ElevenLabs) to $29 (Speechify).

3 of the 10 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 3 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 10 highest graded AI voice generators, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
ElevenLabs	C	C	A	A	B	3.0
NaturalReader	C	B	B	B	B	2.8
Speechify	C	C	B	B	A	2.8
Cartesia	B	C	C	C	B	2.4
Fliki	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
Typecast	C	C	B	C	B	2.4
Listnr	C	C	B	C	C	2.2
Murf	C	C	C	C	B	2.2
Respeecher	C	C	C	C	C	2.0
WellSaid	D	C	C	C	B	2.0

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where AI voice generators land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 10

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every AI voice generator we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1ElevenLabsFree plan · from $5/mo3.0
2. 2NaturalReaderFree plan · from $9.92/mo2.8
3. 3SpeechifyFree plan · from $29/mo2.8
4. 4CartesiaFree plan · from $5/mo2.4
5. 5FlikiFree plan · from $28/mo2.4
6. 6TypecastFree trial · from $5/mo2.4
7. 7ListnrFree trial · from $19/mo2.2
8. 8MurfFree trial · from $19/mo2.2
9. 9RespeecherFree trial · from $18/mo2.0
10. 10WellSaidFree plan · from $10/mo2.0

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

ToolGPA is free to read. It may earn a commission from affiliate links and it works with sponsors, but anything paid for is labelled and no one can pay for a grade. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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