Amazon Polly
AWS text-to-speech with Standard, Neural, Long-Form and Generative voices; pay-as-you-go per character in EU and other regions.
Four voice tiers at very different prices make the choice of voice the main cost lever: Standard at $4 per million characters, Neural at $16, Generative at $30 and Long-Form at $100. It fits AWS-based teams that want EU regions such as Frankfurt or Paris and per-character billing with no subscription. The free tier lasts only 12 months, and Speech Marks metadata is billed per character like audio.
- Headquarters
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
- Parent jurisdiction
- 馃嚭馃嚫 United States (parent: Amazon)
- EU self-serve plan
- Available; check eligible plans and regions
- GDPR DPA
- Yes
- Billing
- payg
- Free tier
- First 12 months: 1M Neural characters/month (5M Standard, 500k Long-Form, 100k Generative).
- Open source
- No
- Website
- aws.amazon.com
- Source last checked
- 2026-10-06
- Pricing evidence
- Published rates
Pricing
Calculated from the listed vendor rates; exclusions still apply. How to read these estimates.
| 1M additional characters |
|---|
| $16 |
Allowances, plan limits & calculation details
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- Base fee / month
- $0
- Included characters / month (millions)
- 0
- 1M additional characters
- $16
Priced on Neural voices at $16 per 1M characters. Other tiers: Standard $4/M, Generative $30/M, Long-Form $100/M. Free tier lasts 12 months only, so it is not modelled as a recurring allowance; new AWS accounts since 15 July 2025 instead get up to $200 of Free Tier credits usable within 12 months. Speech Marks metadata is billed per character like audio. Available in EU regions (e.g. Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris, Stockholm). AWS GDPR DPA is part of the Service Terms.
Managed alternatives
At 10M characters / month. Adjust usage and requirements.
Amazon Polly: $1,920/yr estimated.
- Kokoro-82M on DeepInfra: $74/yr estimated 路 $1,846/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Speechify API: $1,092/yr estimated 路 $828/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Murf API: $1,200/yr estimated 路 $720/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Azure AI Speech: $1,800/yr estimated 路 $120/yr bill differencePublished rates
- Fish Audio API: $1,800/yr estimated 路 $120/yr bill differencePublished rates
No cheaper managed estimate matches your filters. Adjust your usage or compare with your actual contract bill.
The price difference leaves out migration costs, operating costs and any features you鈥檇 need to replace.
Self-hosted options
Operating cost is not estimated. These options are not counted as savings against managed services.
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