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Best Text-to-speech tools in 2026

232 apps
Research read 27 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

1

Voicebox

Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+5

Voicebox centers voice work on a local desktop app, with generation, dictation, editing, and API features. The Local plan is free forever; cloud features are still marked as coming soon.

9.3 Free plan · paid from $12/yr Visit site
2

Chatterbox TTS
by Chatterbox TTS
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+2

Chatterbox offers several open-source model choices, with documented installation paths and device options.

9.2 Free plan Visit site
3

ESPnet
by ESPnet
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+2

Choose ESPnet for an open-source speech toolkit with broad task coverage, recipes, and pretrained-model inference options. It can also support training, though that requires additional dependencies.

9.1 Open source Visit site
4

iSpeech

Free plan Open source AndroidAPIExtension+5

iSpeech combines speech generation, transcription, APIs, SDKs, and downloadable audio formats.

9.0 Free plan · paid from $2.95/mo Visit site
5

eSpeak NG
by eSpeak NG
Free plan Open source AndroidAPIiPhone+4

eSpeak NG combines broad language coverage, small data, adjustable voices, and several integration interfaces in a free GPL project.

9.0 Free plan Visit site
6

Whisper

Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+2

Whisper provides multilingual speech-processing capabilities as locally installable, MIT-licensed code and model weights.

8.5 Open source Visit site
7

Avidemux

Free plan Open source LinuxMacWeb+1

8.5 Free plan Visit site
8

Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Text-to-Speech offers a wide range of voices, formats, and synthesis controls through an API. Check the model-specific rates and free usage limits, and account for how input characters are counted.

7.7 From $4 Visit site
9

NVIDIA Magpie TTS

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Magpie TTS offers multilingual speech generation with cloning and API access, alongside a free program plan and a paid enterprise option.

7.7 Free plan · paid from $4,500/yr · 90-day trial Visit site
10

Tencent Cloud Text to Speech

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

7.6 Visit site
11

Typecast
by Typecast
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

Typecast offers both a voice-focused Studio and an API, with separate credit rules and plan limits. Check the usage terms for the plan you intend to use, especially if you need commercial API audio.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $5/mo Visit site
12

Fish Audio
by Fish Audio
Free plan APILinuxMac+3

Fish Audio combines audio generation tools with voice cloning, transcription, and developer access.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $15/mo Visit site
13

NaturalReader
by NaturalReader
Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+3

NaturalReader offers document-to-audio access across several platforms, with distinct personal, commercial, and education offerings.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $13.90/user/mo Visit site
14

Speechify
by Speechify
Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+4

Speechify offers a free entry point and a monthly Premium plan with higher voice and playback-speed limits. Choose based on the listed languages, voices and speed you need.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $29/mo Visit site
15

Qwen3-TTS

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1

Qwen3-TTS offers local and API paths for speech generation, voice design, and cloning, with commercial use permitted under Apache-2.0.

7.6 Open source Visit site
16

VoxCPM
by VoxCPM
Free plan APILinuxMac+2

VoxCPM combines multilingual speech generation with voice design, cloning, and multiple deployment routes. Its setup requirements and variable results are worth considering before adoption.

7.6 Open source Visit site
17

Resemble AI

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+6

Choose Resemble AI if you need multimodal detection, meeting checks, or deployment options such as on-premises and private cloud.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $350/mo Visit site
18

Altered Studio
by Altered Studio
Free plan APIMacSelf-hosted+2

Altered Studio combines voice transformation, production, and transcription tools, with a free plan and annual-billed paid plans.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $30/mo (annual) · 7-day trial Visit site
19

Azure AI Speech
by Azure AI Speech
Free plan APISelf-hostedWeb

7.5 Free plan Visit site
20

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Speech

Free plan APILinuxWeb

OCI Speech provides transcription and speech synthesis with multiple access methods and useful transcription controls.

7.5 Free plan Visit site
21

Murf AI
by Murf AI
Free plan APIWebWindows

Choose Murf AI if you need voice generation with cloning, commercial use, and audio export options.

7.5 Free plan Visit site
22

IndexTTS

Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+2

IndexTTS provides voice cloning, audio controls, and both browser and Python interfaces.

7.5 Open source Visit site
23

VOICEVOX

Free plan APILinuxMac+2

VOICEVOX offers adjustable speech, prototype singing, offline operation, and several integration routes without a listed price.

7.5 Free plan Visit site
24

TTSReader

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+4

TTSReader offers a personal free tier, a monthly Premium allowance, and pay-as-you-go character options. Check the free-tier restrictions and credit expiry terms against your intended use.

7.5 Free plan · paid from $10.99/user/mo Visit site
25

VoiceStudio

Free plan APILinuxMac+3

VoiceStudio covers voice work from cloning and dubbing to transcription and audiobooks, with local storage and API options.

7.5 Free plan Visit site

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