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Free AI tools for text-to-speech & voice cloning
ElevenLabs is the strongest tool for text-to-speech & voice cloning you can use without paying, at 49/100. What you get for nothing: Starter $5/mo, Creator $22/mo. 4 of the 6 tools tracked for this job have a free tier, an open-source licence, or are free outright. It is also the top-ranked tool for this job overall, free or not.
Same evidence score as the ranking — GitHub stars, Hacker News mentions, release activity, free access — recomputed nightly, never sold. See all 6 tools for text-to-speech & voice cloning.
Top 3
evidence / 100+ Voices carry emotion and pacing that still beat most competitors, and AI dubbing translates a video while keeping the speaker's voice.
− Character-based credits run out fast on long scripts, and voice cloning raises consent and misuse concerns.
+ Among the fastest real-time transcription APIs available, with diarization and keyword boosting built in.
− Developer-only; there is no end-user app, and accuracy on heavily accented speech trails Whisper-class models.
+ Listens to anything you would otherwise read, including scanned pages via OCR, at up to 4.5x speed.
− Aggressive upsells and auto-renewing annual billing generate frequent complaints.
All 4, side by side
| Tool | Score | Pricing | What you get free | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EElevenLabs | 49 | Free tier | Starter $5/mo, Creator $22/mo | web, ios, android, api |
| Deepgram | 18 | Free tier | $200 free credit; Nova STT from about $0.0043/min | api |
| Speechify | 17 | Free tier | Premium $139/yr | web, mac, ios, android, chrome-extension |
 Murf AI | 9 | Free tier | Creator from $19/mo | web, api |
A free tier counts, and so does an open-source licence you can self-host — both are in the table, so a tool that is only free for a trial is not here.
Head to head: ElevenLabs vs Deepgram ElevenLabs vs Speechify Deepgram vs Speechify