Ranking Free text to speech
The 8 best free text to speech tools (2026): lip sync
The best free text to speech tools in October 2026 are ElevenLabs for Publishing, Synthesia and Async. ElevenLabs for Publishing is the pick for publishers and authors turning books and long-form stories into narrated audio. We read the price of all 8 on their own sites.
8 ranked · each checked against its own site 27–31 October 2026
- Under $2544 of 7
- $25 to $9933 of 7
- $100 to $29900 of 7
- $300 or more00 of 7
- 8
- ranked
- $22
- median first paid plan
- 8
- of the 8 have a free plan
dubsheet.com · First paid plan from each tool's own pricing page, read 27–31 October 2026.
The short answer
ElevenLabs for Publishing ranks first. It has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6 a month.
Synthesia ranks second with a free plan, then $19 a month, and Async third with a free plan, then about $22 a month. Speechify Studio and VEED have free plans too.
Half of the 7 tools with a monthly paid plan charge $22 a month or less.
8 tools here have a free plan to try before you pay. The highest ranked are ElevenLabs for Publishing, Synthesia and Async.
Pick by what you need
A free plan before you payElevenLabs for PublishingFree, then $6 a month
Enterprise training and comms teams making multilingual video in-houseSynthesiaFree, then $19 a month
Creators and small teams making social videoAsyncFree, then about $22 a month
Ranked fourthSpeechify StudioFree, then $100 a year
Marketers and solopreneurs making social video who need voice-overVEEDFree, then $25 a seat a month
All 8 picks at a glance
| # | Tool | Best for | Starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ElevenLabs for Publishing | Publishers and authors turning books and long-form stories into narrated audio | Free, then $6 a monthits pricing page |
| 2 | Synthesia | Enterprise training and comms teams making multilingual video in-house | Free, then $19 a monthits pricing page |
| 3 | Async | Creators and small teams making social video and podcasts in one browser tool | Free, then about $22 a monthits pricing page |
| 4 | Speechify Studio | A creator or small team making up to a few hours of narrated video a month | Free, then $100 a yearits pricing page |
| 5 | VEED | Marketers and solopreneurs making social video who need voice-over and captions in-editor | Free, then $25 a seat a monthits pricing page |
| 6 |  Akool | Marketing teams localizing brand video into many languages from one workspace | Free, then $12 a seat a monthits pricing page |
| 7 |  Vozo | Creators, marketers and course teams localizing video into many languages | Free, then $29 a monthits pricing page |
| 8 |  HeyGen | Creators and teams localizing video into many languages without reshooting | Free, then $29 a monthits pricing page |
Checked between 27 October 2026 and 31 October 2026. “About” figures are converted at the European Central Bank rate of 30 October 2026.
8 tools, ranked. How we rank
About this list
8 of 40 free text to speech tools match “Lip sync”. Of the rest: 8 on some plans only, 4 no, 20 unknown.
How the free text to speech tools matching “Lip sync” differ: 8 of 8 also match “Video dubbing”, against 7 of 32 in the rest of the category; and 8 of 8 also match “Voice to video”, against 10 of 32 in the rest of the category.
The ranking
A free plan before you pay
Best forPublishers and authors turning books and long-form stories into narrated audio
Lip sync: Yes — Lip-sync is listed within the separate Image & Video offering, rather than specifically under the publishing page's dubbing copy.“Image & Video is the ElevenLabs offering that generates, edits, and transforms images and video, including text-to-image, text-to-video, image-to-video, editing, upscaling, and lip-sync”Exhibit 5, Image & Video, Description and Availability · checked 2026-10-31
- Price
- Free, then $6 a month · source
Enterprise training and comms teams making multilingual video in-house
Best forenterprise training and comms teams making multilingual video in-house
Lip sync: Yes — Lip-sync is offered on every plan as an option in the dubbing setup, and switching it on doubles the credits a minute of source video consumes.“If your video features people speaking, we'll sync their lip movements to the translated audio.”More translation options, Lip sync tooltip · checked 2026-10-27
- Price
- Free, then $19 a month · source
Creators and small teams making social video
Best forcreators and small teams making social video and podcasts in one browser tool
Lip sync: Yes — Lip sync is an option you switch on in the dubbing settings, matching mouth movement and timing to the dubbed track rather than overlaying it.“AI matches timing and mouth movement so the dubbed voice lines up naturally with the original speaker.”Feature block, "Lipsync accuracy" · checked 2026-10-27
- Price
- Free, then about $22 a month · source
Best forA creator or small team making up to a few hours of narrated video a month
Lip sync: Yes — Claimed on the dubbing editor page only“With advanced AI dubbing and precise lip-syncing capabilities, this professional video editor offers a user-friendly experience for both seasoned editors and beginners.”Section 'The Best Free Video Dubbing Editor' · checked 2026-10-26
- Price
- Free, then $100 a year · source
Marketers and solopreneurs making social video who need voice-over
Best formarketers and solopreneurs making social video who need voice-over and captions in-editor
Lip sync: Yes — Lip sync is an optional switch in the dubbing setup step that re-times the speaker's mouth to the translated speech, and the same model is also sold on its own through the developer API.“Select your target language and preferred voice. Clone the original voice or choose one of our stock voices. Enable lipsync to match lip movement with the translated speech.”How to translate speech with AI dubbing, Step 02 Customize · checked 2026-10-27
- Price
- Free, then $25 a seat a month · source
Side by side
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| Feature | ElevenLabs for Publishing | Synthesia | Async | Speechify Studio | VEED | Akool | Vozo | HeyGen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | A publisher-focused audio toolkit that pairs long-form narration with ElevenReader distribution. | AI video platform that turns a script into avatar video with voice-over in 140+ languages. | Chat-based AI video studio with built-in AI voices, voice cloning, dubbing and subtitles. | Browser AI studio where voice-over, dubbing, captions and video editing share one credit pool. | Browser video editor with AI voice-over, voice cloning, dubbing and subtitles in one workspace. | AI video suite with video translation, lip sync, text to speech, voice cloning and a voice changer. | AI video translation with dubbing, lip sync, subtitles and on-screen text translation. | AI avatar video, voice cloning and video translation into 175+ languages with lip sync. |
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Questions buyers ask
How much do free text to speech tools cost?
The median first paid plan is $22 a month, across the 7 of the 8 that publish a monthly price. They run from $6 to $29.
Which free text to speech tools have a free plan?
All 8 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.
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