# The best free text to speech tools (2026): cost for 10 hours a month (heavy use) > Source: https://dubsheet.com/best/free-plan/cost-10 (curated, re-verified) The best free text to speech tools in October 2026 are **MiniMax Audio, Narration Box and Amazon Polly**. MiniMax Audio is the pick for creators and developers wanting many languages and cloned voices at low cost. We read the price of all 15 on their own sites. By [Dubsheet Research](https://dubsheet.com/authors/editorial.md). 15 ranked · each checked against its own site 27–31 October 2026 ### All 13 tools that publish a monthly price start under $100 a month. The median first paid plan is $12. *Free text to speech tools, first paid plan, October 2026* - Under $25: 9 - $25 to $99: 4 - $100 to $299: 0 - $300 or more: 0 - **15** ranked - **$12** median first paid plan - **13** of the 15 have a free plan First paid plan from each tool's own pricing page, read 27–31 October 2026. ## The short answer **MiniMax Audio** ranks first. It has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 a month. **Narration Box** ranks second with a free plan, then $15 a month, and **Amazon Polly** third with a free plan, then $4 per 1m characters. **Wondercraft** has a free plan too. Half of the 13 tools with a monthly paid plan charge $12 a month or less. 13 tools here have a free plan to try before you pay. The highest ranked are MiniMax Audio, Narration Box and Amazon Polly. ## Pick by what you need - A free plan before you pay: [MiniMax Audio](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio.md), Free, then $5 a month - Creators, course makers: [Narration Box](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box.md), Free, then $15 a month - Developers adding spoken output to apps, e-learning and phone systems: [Amazon Polly](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly.md), Free, then $4 per 1m characters - Teams turning documents and scripts into narrated podcasts, ads: [Wondercraft](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft.md), Free, then $25 a month - The lowest monthly price we found: [Perso Dubbing](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai.md), From $6.99 a month ## All 15 picks at a glance | # | Name | Best for | Starts at | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [MiniMax Audio](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio.md) | creators and developers wanting many languages and cloned voices at low cost | Free, then $5 a month | | 2 | [Narration Box](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box.md) | creators, course makers and authors turning scripts or manuscripts into narrated audio | Free, then $15 a month | | 3 | [Amazon Polly](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly.md) | developers adding spoken output to apps, e-learning and phone systems | Free, then $4 per 1m characters | | 4 | [Wondercraft](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft.md) | teams turning documents and scripts into narrated podcasts, ads and training video | Free, then $25 a month | | 5 | [Perso Dubbing](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai.md) | creators and marketing teams localizing their own videos into many languages | From $6.99 a month | | 6 | [VEED](https://dubsheet.com/veed-io.md) | marketers and solopreneurs making social video who need voice-over and captions in-editor | Free, then $25 a seat a month | | 7 | [TTSReader](https://dubsheet.com/ttsreader.md) | bloggers, authors, students and schools who need long documents read aloud or exported | Free, then $10.99 a month | | 8 | [TopMediai](https://dubsheet.com/topmediai.md) | creators making multilingual voice-overs, dubbing and music for social video | From $35.99 a month | | 9 | [Akool](https://dubsheet.com/akool.md) | marketing teams localizing brand video into many languages from one workspace | Free, then $12 a seat a month | | 10 | [TTSFree](https://dubsheet.com/ttsfree.md) | creators and educators needing quick multilingual voice-over they can publish commercially | Free, then $5 a month | | 11 | [Voicemaker](https://dubsheet.com/voicemaker.md) | content creators and e-learning teams making multilingual voice-overs on a small budget | Free, then $5 a month | | 12 | [Speechma](https://dubsheet.com/speechma.md) | Creators who need free multilingual voice-over within per-conversion limits | Free, then $9 a month | | 13 | [HeyGen](https://dubsheet.com/heygen.md) | creators and teams localizing video into many languages without reshooting | Free, then $29 a month | | 14 | [Fish Audio](https://dubsheet.com/fish-audio.md) | creators narrating videos, audiobooks and character voices from their own cloned voice | Free, then $15 a month | | 15 | [Narakeet](https://dubsheet.com/narakeet.md) | Course makers and video teams creating multilingual narration from scripts or slides | Free, then $6 per 30 minutes | Checked between 27 October 2026 and 31 October 2026. **15 tools, ranked.** 15 of 40 free text to speech tools match “Cost for 10 hours a month (heavy use)”. Of the rest: 13 on some plans only, 0 no, 12 unknown. How the free text to speech tools matching “Cost for 10 hours a month (heavy use)” differ: 14 of 15 also match “Cost for 2 hours a month”, against 5 of 25 in the rest of the category. ## The ranking ### 1. MiniMax Audio **A free plan before you pay** **Best for:** creators and developers wanting many languages and cloned voices at low cost - Price: Free, then $5 a month ([source](https://www.minimax.io/audio/subscribe)) - [Read the review](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio.md) ### 2. Narration Box **Creators, course makers** **Best for:** creators, course makers and authors turning scripts or manuscripts into narrated audio - Price: Free, then $15 a month ([source](https://narrationbox.com/pricing)) - [Read the review](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box.md) ### 3. Amazon Polly **Developers adding spoken output to apps, e-learning and phone systems** **Best for:** developers adding spoken output to apps, e-learning and phone systems - Price: Free, then $4 per 1m characters ([source](https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/)) - [Read the review](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly.md) ### 4. Wondercraft **Teams turning documents and scripts into narrated podcasts, ads** **Best for:** teams turning documents and scripts into narrated podcasts, ads and training video - Price: Free, then $25 a month ([source](https://www.wondercraft.ai/pricing)) - [Read the review](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft.md) ### 5. Perso Dubbing **The lowest monthly price we found** **Best for:** creators and marketing teams localizing their own videos into many languages - Price: From $6.99 a month ([source](https://perso.ai/pricing)) - [Read the review](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai.md) ## Side by side | Feature | MiniMax Audio | Narration Box | Amazon Polly | Wondercraft | Perso Dubbing | VEED | TTSReader | TopMediai | Akool | TTSFree | Voicemaker | Speechma | HeyGen | Fish Audio | Narakeet | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Description | 40 languages, 300+ system voices and 10-second voice cloning, in one studio and the matching API. | Block-based voice studio with 1500+ narrators, voice cloning and chapter-by-chapter audiobook production. | Pay-per-character cloud text to speech from AWS, with four voice engines and a browser console. | AI studio for voice-over, podcasts and video, with multi-engine voices, cloning and a timeline editor. | AI video dubbing in 99+ languages with voice cloning, lip sync and subtitles. | Browser video editor with AI voice-over, voice cloning, dubbing and subtitles in one workspace. | Browser text-to-speech reader and MP3/WAV voice-over studio with premium AI voices. | AI studio for text to speech, voice cloning and video dubbing on one shared credit balance. | AI video suite with video translation, lip sync, text to speech, voice cloning and a voice changer. | Browser text-to-speech with a no-signup free tier and character-metered paid plans. | Credit-metered AI text-to-speech studio with 2,000+ voices, voice cloning, speech-to-speech and SRT export. | Free text to speech and creator audio tools with no account or credit card. | AI avatar video, voice cloning and video translation into 175+ languages with lip sync. | Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and long-form studio with a credit-metered API. | Duration-priced browser voice-over and narrated-video maker with non-expiring capacity. 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to speech you may publish, Ads and marketing, YouTube and social video | Voice cloning, Text to speech and AI voice-over, Free text to speech, Courses and e-learning, YouTube and social video | Text to speech and AI voice-over, Free text to speech, Courses and e-learning, Ads and marketing, YouTube and social video, Cheapest for 2 hours a month | ## Questions buyers ask ### How much do free text to speech tools cost? The median first paid plan is $12 a month, across the 13 of the 15 that publish a monthly price. They run from $5 to $35.99. ### Which free text to speech tools have a free plan? 13 of the 15 have a free plan. ### How current are these figures? The prices were read 27–31 October 2026. ## Sources and method Each price is quoted from the vendor’s pricing page. ### Pricing pages (15 read) - [MiniMax Audio](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio.md): [minimax.io/audio/subscribe](https://www.minimax.io/audio/subscribe), checked 28 October 2026 - [Narration Box](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box.md): [narrationbox.com/pricing](https://narrationbox.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026 - [Amazon Polly](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly.md): [aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026 - [Wondercraft](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft.md): [wondercraft.ai/pricing](https://www.wondercraft.ai/pricing), checked 28 October 2026 - [Perso Dubbing](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai.md): [perso.ai/pricing](https://perso.ai/pricing), checked 27 October 2026 - [VEED](https://dubsheet.com/veed-io.md): [veed.io/pricing/index.html.md](https://www.veed.io/pricing/index.html.md), checked 27 October 2026 - [TTSReader](https://dubsheet.com/ttsreader.md): [ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing](https://ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026 - [TopMediai](https://dubsheet.com/topmediai.md): [topmediai.com/app/pricing](https://www.topmediai.com/app/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026 - [Akool](https://dubsheet.com/akool.md): [akool.com/pricing](https://www.akool.com/pricing), checked 27 October 2026 - [TTSFree](https://dubsheet.com/ttsfree.md): [ttsfree.com/pricing](https://ttsfree.com/pricing), checked 27 October 2026 - [Voicemaker](https://dubsheet.com/voicemaker.md): [voicemaker.in/pricing](https://voicemaker.in/pricing), checked 31 October 2026 - [Speechma](https://dubsheet.com/speechma.md): [speechma.com/faq](https://speechma.com/faq), checked 30 October 2026 - [HeyGen](https://dubsheet.com/heygen.md): [heygen.com/pricing](https://www.heygen.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026 - [Fish Audio](https://dubsheet.com/fish-audio.md): [fish.audio/plan](https://fish.audio/plan/), checked 28 October 2026 - [Narakeet](https://dubsheet.com/narakeet.md): [narakeet.com/docs/pricing](https://www.narakeet.com/docs/pricing/), checked 29 October 2026