# The best free text to speech and AI voice plans (2026) — Dubsheet

> Source: https://dubsheet.com/category/free-plan (curated, re-verified)
> Updated 31 October 2026 · Reviewed by the Dubsheet editorial team

Free plans that make speech you can download, how much they make a month, and whether you may publish it.

40 tools in this category, ranked by what we can confirm about each (a public price, an API and docs, independent sources, stated limits; payment never changes the order). Each name links to its answer-first markdown twin.

## Facts

- Free to start: 38 of 40
- API: 35 of 40
- First paid plan a month: 35 of 40 publish one, $4 to $49, median $14
- Checked against their own sites: 27–31 October 2026 (40 of 40)
- Added in October 2026: 40

| Name | What it is | Pricing | API |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Akool](https://dubsheet.com/akool.md) | AI video suite with video translation, lip sync, text to speech, voice cloning and a voice changer. | Free, then $12 a seat a month | Yes |
| [Altered Studio](https://dubsheet.com/altered-studio.md) | Speech-to-speech voice morphing studio with text-to-speech, cloning, transcription and dubbing tools. | Free, then $40 a month | Yes |
| [Amazon Polly](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly.md) | Pay-per-character cloud text to speech from AWS, with four voice engines and a browser console. | Free, then $4 per 1m characters | Yes |
| [Apple Books digital narration](https://dubsheet.com/apple-books-digital-narration.md) | Free Apple Books audiobook production from eligible English ebooks through publishing partners. | Free | — |
| [Async](https://dubsheet.com/async.md) | Chat-based AI video studio with built-in AI voices, voice cloning, dubbing and subtitles. | Free, then €19.99 a month (about $22) | Yes |
| [Audimee](https://dubsheet.com/audimee.md) | Voice-to-voice singing conversion with a library of royalty-free singer models. | Free, then $12 a month | Yes |
| [Deepgram Aura](https://dubsheet.com/deepgram-aura.md) | A developer speech API with Aura voices, selectable formats, and direct character-based pricing. | Free, then $0.015 per 1k characters | Yes |
| [Descript](https://dubsheet.com/descript.md) | Text-based video and audio editor with AI voices, voice clones, dubbing and captions. | Free, then $24 a seat a month | Yes |
| [ElevenLabs](https://dubsheet.com/elevenlabs.md) | Voice studio where one credit pool covers speech, cloning, dubbing, captions and audiobooks. | Free, then $6 a month | Yes |
| [ElevenLabs for Publishing](https://dubsheet.com/elevenreader-publishing.md) | A publisher-focused audio toolkit that pairs long-form narration with ElevenReader distribution. | Free, then $6 a month | Yes |
| [Fish Audio](https://dubsheet.com/fish-audio.md) | Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and long-form studio with a credit-metered API. | Free, then $15 a month | Yes |
| [Fliki](https://dubsheet.com/fliki.md) | Script-to-video studio with voice cloning, multilingual dubbing, and direct social publishing. | Free, then €24 a seat a month (about $27) | Yes |
| [HeyGen](https://dubsheet.com/heygen.md) | AI avatar video, voice cloning and video translation into 175+ languages with lip sync. | Free, then $29 a month | Yes |
| [Jellypod](https://dubsheet.com/jellypod.md) | AI podcast studio for editable narrated shows, videos, shorts, and voiceovers. | Free, then $30 a month | Yes |
| [Kits AI](https://dubsheet.com/kits-ai.md) | Music-focused voice cloning with 30-second instant clones and a licensed artist voice library. | Free, then $10 a month | Yes |
| [Lalals](https://dubsheet.com/lalals.md) | Music-focused voice transformation with a large voice library and audio production tools. | Free, then $12.99 a month | No |
| [Luvvoice](https://dubsheet.com/luvvoice.md) | Browser text-to-speech with 200+ voices in 70+ languages, voice cloning, MP3 download and an API. | Free, then $8 a month | Yes |
| [MiniMax Audio](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio.md) | 40 languages, 300+ system voices and 10-second voice cloning, in one studio and the matching API. | Free, then $5 a month | Yes |
| [Narakeet](https://dubsheet.com/narakeet.md) | Duration-priced browser voice-over and narrated-video maker with non-expiring capacity. | Free, then $6 per 30 minutes | Yes |
| [Narration Box](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box.md) | Block-based voice studio with 1500+ narrators, voice cloning and chapter-by-chapter audiobook production. | Free, then $15 a month | No |
| [NaturalReader](https://dubsheet.com/naturalreader.md) | Commercial voiceover editor combining several voice providers with multilingual voice cloning. | Free, then $29 a seat a month | — |
| [Perso Dubbing](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai.md) | AI video dubbing in 99+ languages with voice cloning, lip sync and subtitles. | From $6.99 a month | Yes |
| [Riverside](https://dubsheet.com/riverside.md) | A conversation-focused studio that records locally, edits by transcript, and publishes finished episodes. | Free, then $9.99 a month | — |
| [Speechify Studio](https://dubsheet.com/speechify-studio.md) | Browser AI studio where voice-over, dubbing, captions and video editing share one credit pool. | Free, then $100 a year | Yes |
| [Speechma](https://dubsheet.com/speechma.md) | Free text to speech and creator audio tools with no account or credit card. | Free, then $9 a month | Yes |
| [Synthesia](https://dubsheet.com/synthesia.md) | AI video platform that turns a script into avatar video with voice-over in 140+ languages. | Free, then $19 a month | Yes |
| [TopMediai](https://dubsheet.com/topmediai.md) | AI studio for text to speech, voice cloning and video dubbing on one shared credit balance. | From $35.99 a month | Yes |
| [TTSFree](https://dubsheet.com/ttsfree.md) | Browser text-to-speech with a no-signup free tier and character-metered paid plans. | Free, then $5 a month | Yes |
| [TTSMaker](https://dubsheet.com/ttsmaker.md) | Browser text-to-speech studio with 600+ voices, a free weekly quota and character-metered paid plans. | Free, then $13.99 a month | Yes |
| [TTSReader](https://dubsheet.com/ttsreader.md) | Browser text-to-speech reader and MP3/WAV voice-over studio with premium AI voices. | Free, then $10.99 a month | Yes |
| [Typecast](https://dubsheet.com/typecast.md) | Expressive AI voice generator with emotion controls, voice cloning and a developer speech API. | Free, then $5 a month | Yes |
| [Uberduck](https://dubsheet.com/uberduck.md) | AI text-to-speech, voice cloning and AI music generation in the browser, with a developer API. | Free, then $4 a month | Yes |
| [Unreal Speech](https://dubsheet.com/unreal-speech.md) | Kokoro-powered text-to-speech API with a free browser studio. | Free, then $49 a month | Yes |
| [VEED](https://dubsheet.com/veed-io.md) | Browser video editor with AI voice-over, voice cloning, dubbing and subtitles in one workspace. | Free, then $25 a seat a month | Yes |
| [Voice.ai](https://dubsheet.com/voice-ai.md) | Text to speech studio with thousands of voices, instant voice cloning and a speech API. | Free, then $8 a month | Yes |
| [Voicemaker](https://dubsheet.com/voicemaker.md) | Credit-metered AI text-to-speech studio with 2,000+ voices, voice cloning, speech-to-speech and SRT export. | Free, then $5 a month | Yes |
| [Voicv](https://dubsheet.com/voicv.md) | Clones a voice from a 10-30 second sample and speaks it in eight languages, with transcription alongside. | Free, then $19.90 a month | Yes |
| [Vozo](https://dubsheet.com/vozo-ai.md) | AI video translation with dubbing, lip sync, subtitles and on-screen text translation. | Free, then $29 a month | Yes |
| [WellSaid](https://dubsheet.com/wellsaid.md) | AI voice-over studio with 240+ licensed actor voices, metered by downloaded minutes. | Free, then $19 a month | Yes |
| [Wondercraft](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft.md) | AI studio for voice-over, podcasts and video, with multi-engine voices, cloning and a timeline editor. | Free, then $25 a month | Yes |

## October in free text to speech and AI voice plans

- Prices checked: 40 of 40 tools, on their own pricing pages
- Added in October: 40 new tools
- Last checked: 31 Oct, oldest check 27 Oct

## Free text to speech and AI voice plans compared

| Tool | Price on its site | MCP server | API | Open source | Self-host |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Akool](https://dubsheet.com/akool) | Free, then $12 a seat a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Altered Studio](https://dubsheet.com/altered-studio) | Free, then $40 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Amazon Polly](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly) | Free, then $4 per 1m characters | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Apple Books digital narration](https://dubsheet.com/apple-books-digital-narration) | Free | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Async](https://dubsheet.com/async) | Free, then about $22 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Audimee](https://dubsheet.com/audimee) | Free, then $12 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Deepgram Aura](https://dubsheet.com/deepgram-aura) | Free, then $0.015 per 1k characters | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Descript](https://dubsheet.com/descript) | Free, then $24 a seat a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [ElevenLabs](https://dubsheet.com/elevenlabs) | Free, then $6 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [ElevenLabs for Publishing](https://dubsheet.com/elevenreader-publishing) | Free, then $6 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Fish Audio](https://dubsheet.com/fish-audio) | Free, then $15 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Fliki](https://dubsheet.com/fliki) | Free, then about $27 a seat a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [HeyGen](https://dubsheet.com/heygen) | Free, then $29 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Jellypod](https://dubsheet.com/jellypod) | Free, then $30 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Kits AI](https://dubsheet.com/kits-ai) | Free, then $10 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Lalals](https://dubsheet.com/lalals) | Free, then $12.99 a month | Not stated | No | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Luvvoice](https://dubsheet.com/luvvoice) | Free, then $8 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [MiniMax Audio](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio) | Free, then $5 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Narakeet](https://dubsheet.com/narakeet) | Free, then $6 per 30 minutes | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Narration Box](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box) | Free, then $15 a month | Not stated | No | Not stated | Not stated |
| [NaturalReader](https://dubsheet.com/naturalreader) | Free, then $29 a seat a month | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Perso Dubbing](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai) | From $6.99 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Riverside](https://dubsheet.com/riverside) | Free, then $9.99 a month | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Speechify Studio](https://dubsheet.com/speechify-studio) | Free, then $100 a year | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Speechma](https://dubsheet.com/speechma) | Free, then $9 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Synthesia](https://dubsheet.com/synthesia) | Free, then $19 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [TopMediai](https://dubsheet.com/topmediai) | From $35.99 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [TTSFree](https://dubsheet.com/ttsfree) | Free, then $5 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [TTSMaker](https://dubsheet.com/ttsmaker) | Free, then $13.99 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [TTSReader](https://dubsheet.com/ttsreader) | Free, then $10.99 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Typecast](https://dubsheet.com/typecast) | Free, then $5 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Uberduck](https://dubsheet.com/uberduck) | Free, then $4 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Unreal Speech](https://dubsheet.com/unreal-speech) | Free, then $49 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [VEED](https://dubsheet.com/veed-io) | Free, then $25 a seat a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Voice.ai](https://dubsheet.com/voice-ai) | Free, then $8 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Voicemaker](https://dubsheet.com/voicemaker) | Free, then $5 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Voicv](https://dubsheet.com/voicv) | Free, then $19.90 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Vozo](https://dubsheet.com/vozo-ai) | Free, then $29 a month | Not stated | Yes | Not stated | Not stated |
| [WellSaid](https://dubsheet.com/wellsaid) | Free, then $19 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |
| [Wondercraft](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft) | Free, then $25 a month | Not stated | Partly | Not stated | Not stated |

All 40 free text to speech and AI voice plans we list.

## Narrow it down

- [Captions and subtitles](https://dubsheet.com/best/free-plan/captions): 18
- [Cost for 10 hours a month (heavy use)](https://dubsheet.com/best/free-plan/cost-10): 15
- [Lip sync](https://dubsheet.com/best/free-plan/lip-sync): 8

## Questions buyers ask

### Which tool here costs the least?

38 of the 40 have a free plan: Akool, Altered Studio, Amazon Polly, Apple Books digital narration and Async and 33 more. The lowest paid plan is Perso Dubbing, from $6.99 a month. Price checked on 27 October 2026.

### How much do free text to speech and AI voice plans cost?

Paid plans run from $4 to $49 a month, across the 35 with a monthly price. The median is $14 a month.

### When were these prices checked?

Read between 27 October 2026 and 31 October 2026 on each vendor’s pricing page.

## Sources and method

Ordered by what the vendors’ own pages confirm: price, the right to publish, API and limits. [How we rank](https://dubsheet.com/methodology/)

Each price is quoted from the vendor’s pricing page.

- [Akool](https://dubsheet.com/akool): [akool.com/pricing](https://www.akool.com/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Altered Studio](https://dubsheet.com/altered-studio): [altered.ai/pricing](https://www.altered.ai/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026
- [Amazon Polly](https://dubsheet.com/amazon-polly): [aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing](https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026
- [Apple Books digital narration](https://dubsheet.com/apple-books-digital-narration): [authors.apple.com/support/4519-digital-narration-audiobooks](https://authors.apple.com/support/4519-digital-narration-audiobooks), checked 29 October 2026
- [Async](https://dubsheet.com/async): [async.com/pricing](https://async.com/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Audimee](https://dubsheet.com/audimee): [audimee.com/pricing](https://audimee.com/pricing), checked 30 October 2026
- [Deepgram Aura](https://dubsheet.com/deepgram-aura): [deepgram.com/pricing](https://deepgram.com/pricing), checked 31 October 2026
- [Descript](https://dubsheet.com/descript): [descript.com/pricing](https://www.descript.com/pricing), checked 29 October 2026
- [ElevenLabs](https://dubsheet.com/elevenlabs): [elevenlabs.io/pricing](https://elevenlabs.io/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [ElevenLabs for Publishing](https://dubsheet.com/elevenreader-publishing): [elevenlabs.io/studio](https://elevenlabs.io/studio), checked 31 October 2026
- [Fish Audio](https://dubsheet.com/fish-audio): [fish.audio/plan](https://fish.audio/plan/), checked 28 October 2026
- [Fliki](https://dubsheet.com/fliki): [fliki.ai/pricing](https://fliki.ai/pricing), checked 30 October 2026
- [HeyGen](https://dubsheet.com/heygen): [heygen.com/pricing](https://www.heygen.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [Jellypod](https://dubsheet.com/jellypod): [jellypod.com/pricing](https://www.jellypod.com/pricing), checked 30 October 2026
- [Kits AI](https://dubsheet.com/kits-ai): [kits.ai/pricing](https://www.kits.ai/pricing), checked 30 October 2026
- [Lalals](https://dubsheet.com/lalals): [lalals.com/pricing](https://lalals.com/pricing), checked 30 October 2026
- [Luvvoice](https://dubsheet.com/luvvoice): [luvvoice.com/pricing](https://luvvoice.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [MiniMax Audio](https://dubsheet.com/minimax-audio): [minimax.io/audio/subscribe](https://www.minimax.io/audio/subscribe), checked 28 October 2026
- [Narakeet](https://dubsheet.com/narakeet): [narakeet.com/docs/pricing](https://www.narakeet.com/docs/pricing/), checked 29 October 2026
- [Narration Box](https://dubsheet.com/narration-box): [narrationbox.com/pricing](https://narrationbox.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [NaturalReader](https://dubsheet.com/naturalreader): [help.naturalreaders.com/en/articles/9363601-plans-pricing-commercial-version](https://help.naturalreaders.com/en/articles/9363601-plans-pricing-commercial-version), checked 30 October 2026
- [Perso Dubbing](https://dubsheet.com/perso-ai): [perso.ai/pricing](https://perso.ai/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Riverside](https://dubsheet.com/riverside): [riverside.com/mobile](https://riverside.com/mobile), checked 30 October 2026
- [Speechify Studio](https://dubsheet.com/speechify-studio): [speechify.com/pricing-studio](https://speechify.com/pricing-studio/), checked 27 October 2026
- [Speechma](https://dubsheet.com/speechma): [speechma.com/faq](https://speechma.com/faq), checked 30 October 2026
- [Synthesia](https://dubsheet.com/synthesia): [synthesia.io/pricing](https://www.synthesia.io/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [TopMediai](https://dubsheet.com/topmediai): [topmediai.com/app/pricing](https://www.topmediai.com/app/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026
- [TTSFree](https://dubsheet.com/ttsfree): [ttsfree.com/pricing](https://ttsfree.com/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [TTSMaker](https://dubsheet.com/ttsmaker): [pro.ttsmaker.com/pricing](https://pro.ttsmaker.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [TTSReader](https://dubsheet.com/ttsreader): [ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing](https://ttsreader.com/docs/support/pricing/), checked 27 October 2026
- [Typecast](https://dubsheet.com/typecast): [typecast.ai/pricing](https://typecast.ai/pricing/), checked 28 October 2026
- [Uberduck](https://dubsheet.com/uberduck): [uberduck.ai/pricing](https://www.uberduck.ai/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [Unreal Speech](https://dubsheet.com/unreal-speech): [unrealspeech.com/pricing](https://unrealspeech.com/pricing), checked 29 October 2026
- [VEED](https://dubsheet.com/veed-io): [veed.io/pricing/index.html.md](https://www.veed.io/pricing/index.html.md), checked 27 October 2026
- [Voice.ai](https://dubsheet.com/voice-ai): [voice.ai/pricing](https://voice.ai/pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Voicemaker](https://dubsheet.com/voicemaker): [voicemaker.in/pricing](https://voicemaker.in/pricing), checked 31 October 2026
- [Voicv](https://dubsheet.com/voicv): [voicv.com/pricing](https://voicv.com/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [Vozo](https://dubsheet.com/vozo-ai): [vozo.ai/pricing](https://www.vozo.ai/pricing), checked 28 October 2026
- [WellSaid](https://dubsheet.com/wellsaid): [wellsaid.io/ai-voice-pricing](https://www.wellsaid.io/ai-voice-pricing), checked 27 October 2026
- [Wondercraft](https://dubsheet.com/wondercraft): [wondercraft.ai/pricing](https://www.wondercraft.ai/pricing), checked 28 October 2026

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