# Narakeet review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Text to speech and narrated videos, paid by the minute Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Narakeet turns scripts, documents and slide decks into voiceovers and narrated videos using about 900 voices in 100 languages. It also transcribes speech to text. Access is sold as one-time packs of minutes rather than a subscription, and the minutes do not expire. - **Category:** AI Voices & Text to Speech - **Made by:** Video Puppet Limited - **Website:** https://www.narakeet.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need commercial use on a free account, because it isn't allowed. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Narakeet has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6 one-time for 30 minutes of audio or video. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free account with 20 conversions, audio scripts up to 1 KB and no commercial use. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free account | $0 | 20 conversions, 1 KB audio scripts, 10 minutes per transcription, no commercial use or API. | | 30 minutes | $6 one-time, for 30 minutes at $0.20 a minute | A top-up pack of credits with no expiry; commercial use, API and SSML are unlocked. | | 300 minutes | $45 one-time, for 300 minutes at $0.15 a minute | One-time credit pack. Credits are deducted by the second as files are built. | | 1000 minutes | $100 one-time, for 1,000 minutes at $0.10 a minute | One-time credit pack for regular production. | | 2500 minutes | $200 one-time, for 2,500 minutes at $0.08 a minute | One-time credit pack. | | 10000 minutes | $500 one-time, for 10,000 minutes at $0.05 a minute | Largest listed pack; larger purchases can be discussed by email for extra discounts. | Read from https://www.narakeet.com/docs/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Narakeet before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Discounts for schools and non-profits** (Education): Registered educational and non-profit organizations can ask by email for discounted access. Individuals and companies making educational material do not qualify. Source: https://www.narakeet.com/docs/pricing/ ## Key features - **Text to audio:** Converts typed or uploaded scripts into audio with about 900 voices in 100 languages, and turns SRT or WebVTT subtitle files into timed dubbing audio. - **Slides and Markdown to video:** Builds narrated videos from PowerPoint decks or Markdown scripts. - **Speech to text:** Transcribes audio and video files, billed on the duration of the original file. - **Free previews:** A preview button lets paying users test voices and scripts without spending credits. - **API and command line:** Commercial accounts get an automation API and a command-line client for building audio and video from pipelines. ## Good for - Occasional narration where a subscription would sit unused - Turning slide decks into narrated training videos - Developers automating voiceover builds through an API ## Worth knowing - The free account cannot be used commercially and has no API or SSML access. - Credits are charged each time a full file is built, whether or not it is downloaded. - Educational and non-profit discounts are offered to organizations only, not individuals. - Refunds are available within 14 days for credits that are unused. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Narakeet turns text and slides into speech and narrated videos, and you pay by the minute with no subscription, from $6 for 30 minutes. The free account has 20 conversions and no commercial use. Credits are spent each time a full file is built, whether or not you download it. - **Value for money: B.** $6 buys 30 minutes at $0.20 a minute, down to $0.05 on the 10,000-minute pack. One-time packs, no expiry. Cheap for occasional use, though per minute it costs more than the monthly plans at heavy use. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free account with 20 conversions, 1 KB audio scripts, no commercial use, no API, no SSML. Previews don't spend credits. - **Features: C.** Text to speech, narrated video from PowerPoint or Markdown, SSML and an API once you buy credits. It does the narration job and not much beyond it. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Slides and scripts are a page of setup, but it's a web tool. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with PowerPoint and Markdown as input and an API for builds. No apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Video Puppet Limited's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI voice generators - Narakeet's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 28 of the 43 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 32 of 43) and worst on features (C, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-voices ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Narakeet you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $6, paid once. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: A slide editor. - You could not: It plugs into other products, PowerPoint and Markdown among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with PowerPoint, Markdown **Tags:** Text to speech, Transcription, Public API, Presentations ## Alternatives - [Speechgen](https://toolgpa.com/tools/speechgen): Pay-as-you-go text to speech with 5,000+ voices. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/narakeet-vs-speechgen) - [NaturalReader](https://toolgpa.com/tools/naturalreader): Text-to-speech reader for listening to documents, with a voiceover app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/narakeet-vs-naturalreader) - [Listnr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/listnr): AI voiceover studio with voice cloning and podcast hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/listnr-vs-narakeet) - [Murf](https://toolgpa.com/tools/murf): AI voiceover studio with dubbing, translation and a speech API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/murf-vs-narakeet) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.narakeet.com/docs/pricing/ - https://www.narakeet.com/ - https://www.narakeet.com/legal/refund-policy/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/narakeet Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).