Free AI voice generators & text to speech
7 voice tools we track offer a free plan, free starting credit or pay-as-you-go use without a subscription. What "free" covers varies: a monthly character allowance in a studio app, a one-time API credit, or a reader app that plays text aloud.
Everything below comes from each vendor's pricing page, re-checked on Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET. "Not stated" means the page doesn't say.
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Free AI voice generators compared
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Sorted by cheapest paid plan. ElevenLabs and Cartesia count 1 credit per character of text to speech, per their pricing pages.
Voice studios vs. voice APIs
Studio and reader apps (ElevenLabs, Murf Studio, the Speechify reader, WellSaid) are for making or listening to audio in the browser; their plans set a monthly allowance or feature limits. APIs bill developers per character or per minute; the free part is usually a starting credit. Free API credit we found: Deepgram ($200 of credit), Murf AI ($10 of API credit), and Speechify (500K API characters a month).
Speechify's text-to-speech API is the one free tier we found that states commercial use: 500K characters a month, with commercial use.
Per-character API rates are compared on text-to-speech API pricing.
Free AI voice for commercial use
Many free voice tiers exclude commercial use. Cartesia, ElevenLabs, Murf AI, and WellSaid Labs say so on the pricing page. On ElevenLabs and Cartesia, the commercial license (and instant voice cloning) starts on the first paid plan: ElevenLabs Starter · $6/mo and Cartesia Pro · $5/mo.
Free voice cloning
ElevenLabs' and Cartesia's free plans don't include instant voice cloning; both list it from their first paid plan. For the other free tiers here, the pricing page doesn't say whether cloning is included. See voice cloning tools for every cloning plan.
Trials and pay-as-you-go
- Rask AI: The free trial needs no credit card.
- WellSaid Labs: 3 download minutes a month (trial)
- Resemble AI: There's no free plan, but the Flex plan is pay-as-you-go with no subscription or minimum commitment, and you don't need a credit card to try it.
Sources: rask.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); wellsaid.io, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /ai-voice-pricing); cartesia.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); deepgram.com, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); elevenlabs.io, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); fliki.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); murf.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing); resemble.ai, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET (page /pricing)
Open-source text to speech
We only track hosted products, so open-source TTS models aren't listed here. Running one yourself has no license fee where its license allows it, but you pay for the hardware and set it up yourself. Also note: LOVO (Genny) (site offline) and PlayHT (shut down).
More free plans
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FAQ
What is the best free AI voice generator?
We don't rank voice quality. By what the free tier includes: Cartesia (20K credits a month (1 credit = 1 character)), ElevenLabs (10k credits a month (1 credit = 1 character of TTS)), Fliki (3 credits a month), and Murf AI (10 minutes of voice generation (Studio)).
Is there a free AI voice generator for commercial use?
Speechify's text-to-speech API Free plan lists 500K characters a month with commercial use. The studio free plans we track (Cartesia, ElevenLabs, Murf AI, and WellSaid Labs) exclude commercial use.
Can I clone my voice for free?
Not on ElevenLabs' or Cartesia's free plans: both list instant voice cloning from their first paid plan. The other free tiers we track don't say either way on their pricing pages.
Which text-to-speech APIs have free credit?
Deepgram: $200 of credit, Murf AI: $10 of API credit, and Speechify: 500K API characters a month.
Sources
Every price and plan fact above comes from these vendor pages, captured and checked at the times shown (ET). Read how we verify prices.
- cartesia.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- deepgram.com/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- elevenlabs.io/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- fliki.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- murf.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- resemble.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- speechify.ai/pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET
- speechify.com/pricing/, checked Oct 20, 2026, 10 PM ET