Speechgen vs Speechma (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Speechma grades higher than Speechgen: 2.6 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Speechma grades higher on the free plan and features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Speechgen
Pay-as-you-go text to speech with 5,000+ voices
Speechma
Free text to speech site with voice cloning, dubbing and an API
Which one is for you
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
Pick Speechma if
- Fits if you want free text to speech without signing up
- Works for short clips under 2,000 characters
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you dislike ads, as the free site shows them
- Tight if you convert long text, as free caps at 2,000 characters and Pro at 10,000
- Pricey if you need the API, which is billed separately from $9 a month
- Watch out: the Pro price shows a 10% discount from $4.89 with no end date
- Watch out: there is no iOS app mentioned
How we grade them
| 2.2GPASpeechgenFair | 2.6GPASpeechmaGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | BPro is $4.40 a month, inside the category's cheaper quarter, and the main site is free. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe first 1,000 characters are free with no account or card. That is a taste, not a plan. | BFree without an account, ad-supported, up to 2,000 characters a conversion. |
| Features | 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. | BText to speech, voice cloning and design, dubbing, a voice changer, speech to text, music and an API. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Paste text, choose a voice, download. | CNo store rating on record, and several tools sit under one site. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with an API. No integrations listed. | CWeb and an Android app. No iOS app is mentioned. |
| Best for | occasional voiceovers paid as credit packs | a free text-to-speech site |
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: Speechgen and Speechma. How we grade
Where they differ
At a glance
| Speechgen | Speechma | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $4.99 one-time for 25,000 credits | $4.40 per month for Speechma Pro; the main site is free |
| Free plan | None | Free without an account, ad-supported, up to 2,000 characters per conversion. |
| Free trial | First 1,000 characters free, with no account required. | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | SpeechGen.io | Speechma |
| Price read from | speechgen.io | speechmapro.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Speechma
- The free site converts up to 2,000 characters at a time and shows ads; Pro raises that to 10,000.
- The Pro price shows a 10% discount from $4.89 with no end date.
- The TTS API is billed separately: Starter is $9 a month for 1 million characters and Pro is $99 a month for 50 million.
- Apps: the site links an Android app on Google Play; no iOS app is mentioned.
Key features
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.
Speechma
- Text to speech
- Over 1,900 voices in more than 75 languages, with commercial use of the audio stated on the site.
- Voice cloning and design
- Clones a voice from a short sample, with the speaker's permission required, or builds a voice from a text description.
- Dubbing and voice changer
- Translates and re-voices videos, and changes the voice in an existing recording.
- Speech to text and music
- Transcribes audio and video, and includes a music studio for songs, lyrics and sound effects.
- TTS API
- A REST API returns MP3 audio from JSON requests, with a key from a dashboard.
Plans
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.
Speechma
Free$0
All main tools without an account, with ads and security checks, and up to 2,000 characters per conversion.
Speechma Pro$4.40
per month, cancel any time
10,000 characters per conversion, 50 million characters of text to speech a month, no ads, 3 creations at once. Shown as 10% off $4.89.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Speechgen or Speechma?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Speechgen starts at $4.99 one-time for 25,000 credits, and Speechma starts at $4.40 per month for Speechma Pro; the main site is free.
Which has a free plan, Speechgen or Speechma?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Speechma has a free plan. Speechgen does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Speechgen and Speechma run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Speechma lists an Android app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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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.