Listnr vs Speechgen (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Listnr and Speechgen share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about features, where Listnr grades higher, or value for money, where Speechgen does.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Listnr
AI voiceover studio with voice cloning and podcast hosting
Speechgen
Pay-as-you-go text to speech with 5,000+ voices
Which one is for you
Pick Listnr if
- Fits if you run a podcast and want hosting and AI narration in one place
- Works for creators who need voices in many languages and accents
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a phone app or a desktop app
- Tight if you burn through credits, as generation stops until the monthly reset unless you buy more
- Skip it if refunds matter, since partial months and used credits generally aren't refunded
- Watch out: the free account's 1,000 credits come once, with limited downloads, no commercial rights and no cloning
- Pricey if you need team seats or SSO, which need a custom plan, or priority support, which is Agency-only at $99 a month
Pick Speechgen if
- Fits if you need a voiceover now and then and monthly plans would go unused
- Works for developers who want to automate speech through the API
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a real free plan, since only the first 1,000 characters are free
- Watch out: credits expire one year after the last top-up
- Watch out: HD voices use twice the credits of Pro voices per character, so a pack buys fewer minutes
- Skip it if you want to know who runs it: the pricing page names no company
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAListnrFair | 2.2GPASpeechgenFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CIndividual is $190 a year, or $19 monthly, for 20,000 credits a month, about 2 hours of voice generation, with commercial rights and cloning. That's the going rate for this category. Run out and nothing generates until the reset. | B$4.99 one-time for about 60 minutes on Pro voices, up to $149.99 for 2M credits. A one-time price under a year of the category's middle, but credits expire after a year. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free account with 1,000 credits once and limited downloads, no card needed. There's no commercial license and no cloning, so it's for trying voices, not for anything you'll publish. | CThe first 1,000 characters are free with no account or card. That is a taste, not a plan. |
| Features | B1,000+ voices, cloning from a 5 to 15 second sample on any paid plan, translation, an API, and a podcast studio that hosts your show and sends it to Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the voice work itself. | C5,000+ voices, a commercial license, transcription and an API. Every pack has the same features, and Standard voices use 2 characters a credit, Pro 1 and HD half a character. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. It's a web studio: write the script, pick a voice, direct the delivery, download. A normal amount to learn, with credits to watch. | CNo store rating on record. Paste text, choose a voice, download. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with an API. The other names on its list, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube Music, are where your episodes go rather than tools it plugs into. No phone or desktop app. | CWeb only, with an API. No integrations listed. |
| Best for | voiceovers and podcast hosting in one place | occasional voiceovers paid as credit packs |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Listnr and Speechgen. How we grade
Where they differ
- Speechgen also covers transcription.
At a glance
| Listnr | Speechgen | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $19 per month for 20,000 credits, billed monthly | $4.99 one-time for 25,000 credits |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | Free account with 1,000 credits to start and limited downloads, no credit card required | First 1,000 characters free, with no account required. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Listnr AI | SpeechGen.io |
| Price read from | listnr.ai | speechgen.io |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Listnr
- The free account gets 1,000 credits once, limited downloads and no commercial rights or voice cloning; both start on Individual.
- When the monthly credits run out you cannot generate audio until they reset, unless you buy extra credits or upgrade.
- Listnr says it generally does not refund partial months or used credits.
- Priority support is limited to Agency, and team seats, SSO and invoicing need a custom plan.
Speechgen
- Credits expire one year after the last top-up, so unused credits are lost after that.
- Higher-quality voices use more credits: Standard is 2 characters a credit, Pro 1, and HD half a character.
- Every pack includes the same features; only the credit count differs.
- The pricing page names no company behind the service and gives card and PayPal as payment options.
Key features
Listnr
- Text-to-speech studio
- Write or paste a script, pick from more than 1,000 voices and direct the delivery, then download the audio or embed it on a page.
- Voice cloning
- Clone a voice from a 5 to 15 second sample on any paid plan. Listnr says to clone only your own voice or one you have explicit permission to use.
- Podcast studio
- Host a show on Listnr with an RSS feed, an embeddable player and listener analytics, and send episodes to Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube Music.
- Translation
- Translate a script into another language and voice it, for content aimed at audiences in several countries.
- Text-to-speech API
- Create an API key in Listnr Studio and send requests to add spoken audio to your own product.
Speechgen
- Large voice library
- The pricing page lists 5,000+ voices and 150+ languages with regional variants, in Standard, Pro and HD quality tiers.
- Multi-speaker dialogue and SSML
- Assign different voices to different paragraphs in one file, and fine-tune pauses and intonation in an SSML editor.
- File and subtitle input
- Converts pasted text of up to 1,000,000 characters, or DOCX, PDF and SRT uploads, and exports MP3, WAV or OGG.
- Smart Cache
- Regenerating text that was already converted is free, which suits recurring prompts such as phone menus.
- Audio to text
- Transcribes uploads of up to 1 GB or 3 hours, with speaker labels, word-level timestamps and SRT or VTT export.
Plans
Listnr
Individual$19
per month for 20,000 credits, billed monthly
About 2 hours of voice generation, unlimited downloads, 50 GB storage, 50 videos a month, voice cloning and commercial rights.
Solo$39
per month for 50,000 credits, billed monthly
About 5 hours of voice generation, 100 GB storage, 150 videos a month, voice cloning and commercial rights.
Agency$99
per month for 250,000 credits, billed monthly
About 25 hours of voice generation, 250 GB storage, 250 videos a month and priority support.
CustomCustom
Custom credit volumes, team seats and roles, dedicated API throughput, SSO and custom invoicing.
Speechgen
25,000 credits$4.99
one-time, valid for 1 year
About 60 minutes of speech on Pro voices; also usable for transcription (about 180 minutes).
65,000 credits$9.99
one-time, valid for 1 year
About 155 minutes of speech; shown as 23% off a $13 list price.
200,000 credits$24.99
one-time, valid for 1 year
About 476 minutes of speech; shown as 38% off a $40 list price.
500,000 credits$49.99
one-time, valid for 1 year
About 1,190 minutes of speech; shown as 50% off a $100 list price.
2,000,000 credits$149.99
one-time, valid for 1 year
About 4,762 minutes of speech; shown as 63% off a $400 list price.
10,000,000 credits$599.99
one-time, valid for 1 year
About 23,810 minutes of speech; shown as 70% off a $2,000 list price.
Ways to pay less
Listnr
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Yearly billing charges 10 months up front: Individual is $190 a year, Solo $390 and Agency $990.
Speechgen
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Listnr or Speechgen?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Listnr starts at $19 per month for 20,000 credits, billed monthly, and Speechgen starts at $4.99 one-time for 25,000 credits.
Which has a free plan, Listnr or Speechgen?
As of Nov 12, 2026, neither Listnr nor Speechgen has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.