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Amazon Polly
AWS-native text-to-speech with neural and generative voices.
Try Amazon Polly✓ Free trial available
Best for
AWS-resident workloads (IVR, notifications, e-learning) that need cheap, reliable TTS.
At a glance
- Pricing
- paid
- Setup time
- 15 minutes
- Learning curve
- moderate
- Last verified
- 5/22/2026
What we love
- ✓Generous free tier
- ✓Tight AWS integration
- ✓Predictable pricing
Where it falls short
- −Less natural than ElevenLabs
- −No voice cloning
- −Setup outside AWS is awkward
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20264 tiers
Free tier
5M chars/mo
first 12 months
- ✓Standard
- ✓Neural
- ✓Generative voices
Standard
$4
per 1M chars
- ✓Standard voices
Neural
$16
per 1M chars
- ✓Neural voices
Generative
$30
per 1M chars
- ✓Most natural
Why we picked it
Polly is the original cloud TTS. If you're deep in AWS and don't need the absolute frontier on naturalness, it's still solid.
Overview
AWS-native text-to-speech with neural and generative voices. AWS-resident workloads (IVR, notifications, e-learning) that need cheap, reliable TTS.
Key features
- ●60+ languages
- ●Neural and Generative engines
- ●Speech marks for lip-sync
- ●SSML control
- ●Newscaster style
- ●Long-form synthesis
- ●Lexicons for pronunciation
Best use cases
IVR system voices
Replace pre-recorded prompts with dynamic TTS.
E-learning narration
Generate course audio at scale.
Integrations
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