Tier list

AI voiceover tools, tier list

No tool has enough evidence for a tier yet. Tools will be scored and tiered by the method set out below, from dated price checks of each vendor's own pricing page.

  • Last data check
  • Prices checked Oct 20, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
  • Method 1.0-draft · 7 criteria

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Voiceover tools we track (7)

Provisional: not yet tiered

No tool has enough evidence for a tier yet, so every tool below is Provisional, listed A to Z, with the reasons our scoring script found. Each shows its score so far, where missing data counts 0, so it is not a ranking.

  • Cartesia

    Realtime, low-latency voice AI: TTS, STT and voice agents via API.

    ProvisionalScore so far 24 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 60% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for money20
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price80
    • Pricing transparency60

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    $5/mo

    Pro

    Free plan

    Price checked · Source

    Go to Cartesia
  • Deepgram

    Speech-to-text and text-to-speech APIs for developers.

    ProvisionalScore so far 7.2 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 22% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for moneynot found
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price20
    • Pricing transparency60

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    Usage-based pricing, no monthly plan in our data

    Free credit

    Price checked · Source

    Go to Deepgram
  • ElevenLabs

    AI voice platform: text to speech, speech to text, voice cloning, dubbing, sound effects and music, with a creator studio and a developer API.

    ProvisionalScore so far 17.5 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 60% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for money3
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price80
    • Pricing transparency60

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    $6/mo

    Starter

    Free plan

    Price checked · Source

    Go to ElevenLabs
  • Fliki

    AI text-to-video and voiceover tool with a large voice library and voice cloning.

    ProvisionalScore so far 13.2 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 22% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for moneynot found
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price60
    • Pricing transparency60

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    $28/mo

    Standard

    Free plan

    Price checked · Source

    Go to Fliki
  • Murf AI

    AI voiceover studio and TTS API with 150+ voices in 35+ languages.

    ProvisionalScore so far 10.2 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 22% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for moneynot found
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price40
    • Pricing transparency60

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    $19/mo billed yearly

    Studio Creator

    Free plan

    Price checked · Source

    Go to Murf AI (paid link)
  • Speechify

    Text-to-speech reader app across devices, plus AI voiceover and dubbing tools.

    ProvisionalScore so far 52.6 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 60% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for money100
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price60
    • Pricing transparency80

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    $29/mo

    Premium

    Free plan

    Price checked · Source

    Go to Speechify
  • WellSaid Labs

    Enterprise-focused AI voiceover studio with curated voice actors.

    ProvisionalScore so far 7.2 · No tier letter yet
    Why Provisional:
    • Only 22% of the method's weight has data (80% needed).
    • Review ratings: 0 of 2 needed sources we have permission to use.
    • Fewer than 30 reviews from the last 12 months.
    • Value for moneynot found
    • User sentimentnot found
    • Output qualitynot found
    • Ease of usenot found
    • Reliability and supportnot found
    • Free plan and entry price20
    • Pricing transparency60

    Reviews: no review ratings used (0 of 3 review platforms switched on)

    From

    $10/mo billed yearly

    Starter

    Free trial

    Price checked · Source

    Go to WellSaid Labs

Not tiered: LOVO (Genny) (offline), PlayHT (shut down).

Side by side

Scores so far count missing data as 0, so they are not a ranking.

Paid links in this table are marked Paid link. We earn a commission if you sign up through them. Columns follow the order of the list above; commission never sets the order.

Voiceover tools side by side: tier, entry price, free plan, price check date and link
CartesiaDeepgramElevenLabsFlikiMurf AISpeechifyWellSaid Labs
TierProvisional · score so far 24Provisional · score so far 7.2Provisional · score so far 17.5Provisional · score so far 13.2Provisional · score so far 10.2Provisional · score so far 52.6Provisional · score so far 7.2
Entry price$5/moProUsage-based$6/moStarter$28/moStandard$19/mo billed yearlyStudio Creator$29/moPremium$10/mo billed yearlyStarter
Free planFree planFree creditFree planFree planFree planFree planFree trial
Price checkedSource for CartesiaSource for DeepgramSource for ElevenLabsSource for FlikiSource for Murf AISource for SpeechifySource for WellSaid Labs
LinkGo to CartesiaGo to DeepgramGo to ElevenLabsGo to FlikiGo to Murf AIPaid linkGo to SpeechifyGo to WellSaid Labs

Cost at your usage

Monthly cost from each vendor's listed per-character prices. For each tool we show its lowest-cost paid option at that usage. Free plans, free trials and one-time credits are not counted. Tools are listed A to Z. This table is for your own comparison and isn't used for scores or tiers.

Paid links: Murf AI. We earn a commission if you sign up through them. This table uses only each vendor's listed prices and links to their own pricing page, and the lowest cost is plain arithmetic, not a recommendation. See our affiliate disclosure.

Monthly cost in US dollars of each tool's lowest-cost paid option, by characters a month
Tool100,000 characters1,000,000 characters10,000,000 charactersPrice source
Cartesia$5.00
Pro plan (overages switched on)
$49.00
Startup plan (overages switched on)
$375.00
Scale plan (overages switched on)
Pricing pageChecked Oct 20, 2026
Deepgram$1.50
Aura-1, pay as you go
$15.00
Aura-1, pay as you go
$150.00
Aura-1, pay as you go
Pricing pageChecked Oct 20, 2026
ElevenLabs$4.00
v4 Turbo API
$40.00
v4 Turbo API
$400.00
v4 Turbo API
Pricing pageChecked Oct 20, 2026
FlikiNot found: Fliki prices by credits for minutes of audio or video, not by characters.Pricing pageChecked Oct 27, 2026
Murf AI$1.00
Falcon API, pay as you go
$10.00
Falcon API, pay as you go
$100.00
Falcon API, pay as you go
Pricing pageChecked Oct 20, 2026
Speechify$10.00
API Starter plan
$10.00
API Starter plan
$91.00
API Starter plan
Pricing pageChecked Oct 20, 2026
WellSaid LabsNot found: WellSaid Labs prices by minutes of downloaded audio, not by characters.Pricing pageChecked Oct 27, 2026
Lowest cost at this usage$1.00
Murf AI
$10.00
Murf AI, Speechify
$91.00
Speechify

US dollars a month at each vendor's listed prices, before any tax, from the dated price checks linked in the table. Pay-as-you-go costs are the listed rate times your usage, and a vendor may set a minimum purchase. Plans with included characters add the listed overage rate beyond them. "Not found" means the vendor's page does not price by characters, so the tool is left out of the lowest cost.

Product, plan and model names (such as Aura-1, Falcon and v4 Turbo) belong to their owners and are used only to identify each option.

  • 7

    criteria with fixed weights, the same for every tool

  • 2+

    review sources with 10+ reviews each before a tool gets a tier

  • 30 days

    a price check older than this at our latest data check pauses the score

  • 0 of 3

    review platforms switched on; each needs the platform's permission

How the tiers work

  • We earn a commission when you sign up through a paid link. It never affects our data, scores or order.
  • Each tool gets a score from 0 to 100 for voiceover, from 7 criteria: value for money 38, user sentiment 16, output quality 10, ease of use 7, reliability and support 7, free plan and entry price 15, pricing transparency 7.
  • Prices come from our dated checks of each vendor's pricing page, and each one links to that page. List prices only: promos, coupons and credits are never treated as prices.
  • We don't show or use ratings from G2, Capterra or Product Hunt without their permission, so user sentiment, output quality, ease of use and reliability show "not found" for now.
  • A criterion with no data scores 0; the other weights are never scaled up to fill the gap. A tool needs data for 80% of the weight, ratings from 2 sources with 10+ reviews each, and 30+ reviews from the last 12 months, or it shows Provisional with the reason and no tier letter.
  • Scores are calculated without affiliate data: the build fails if removing or changing a tool's paid-link status would change any score.
  • A price check older than 30 days at our latest data check pauses the tool's score until it is re-checked.
  • Scores are computed by a script from the input files. There is no field to set a score by hand: the build fails if the tier input file has one.
Tier score bands
TierScore
S85 to 100
A75 to 84.9
B65 to 74.9
C55 to 64.9
DBelow 55
ProvisionalNot enough evidence yet

Method 1.0-draft, data as of . Inputs sha256 ab2928e02e8ea693d3c502d676bde9d6fc931029411ed40486f948e1ddaf0a93, output sha256 d2394756140a08e3fed19ce6ae3622f3c584b6db15cde8f66b80614348a95ea0 (inputs and output). Full method