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IBM Watson TTS pricing

IBM Watson TTS has a free plan.

Free planChecked Nov 12, 2026 against ibm.com

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Plans and prices

Starts at
Not published
Free plan
Lite plan: 10,000 characters per month at no cost.
Free trial
None listed
Lite$010,000 characters a month at no cost.
PremiumCustomFor large or security-sensitive firms: more capacity and data protection, a custom-branded neural voice and a 99.9% uptime guarantee. Priced on request.
Deploy AnywhereCustomRuns behind your firewall or on any cloud via IBM Cloud Pak for Data, with unlimited characters, 35 neural voices and 16 languages and dialects. Priced on request.

Read from ibm.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with IBM Watson TTS before you buy.

How IBM Watson TTS's price compares

ToolStarts atFree plan
IBM Watson TTSFree planYes
Google Cloud Text-to-SpeechFree planYesCompare
Azure AI SpeechFree planYesCompare
ElevenLabs$5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)YesCompare
Cartesia$5 per month for 100,000 credits, billed monthlyYesCompare
Unreal Speech$10 per month for 500,000 charactersNoCompare

Each price is the vendor’s own, with its billing basis as stated. Check dates are on each tool’s page.

IBM Watson TTS pricing questions

Is IBM Watson TTS free?

IBM Watson TTS has a free plan. Lite plan: 10,000 characters per month at no cost.

How much does IBM Watson TTS cost?

IBM Watson TTS lists 3 plans. Lite: $0. Premium: custom pricing. Deploy Anywhere: custom pricing. Prices were read from ibm.com on Nov 12, 2026.

Does IBM Watson TTS have a free trial?

No free trial was listed on ibm.com when it was checked on Nov 12, 2026.

When were IBM Watson TTS's prices last checked?

On Nov 12, 2026, against ibm.com. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.

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