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Azure Speech
✓ Third-Party VerifiedMicrosoft neural voice synthesis
Azure Speech pricing
Azure Speech pricing: Free (F0) Free, Neural voices $15 per 1M characters, Neural HD voices $22 per 1M characters, Custom neural HD voice $48 per 1M characters (source: azure.microsoft.com, checked 2026-10-27).
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free (F0) | Free | 0.5M characters of neural text to speech per month · 5 audio hours of speech to text per month |
| Neural voices | $15 per 1M characters | |
| Neural HD voices | $22 per 1M characters | |
| Custom neural HD voice | $48 per 1M characters |
Pay as you go. Paid rates are Microsoft's list prices for the East US region (Azure Retail Prices API); other regions can differ.
Source: azure.microsoft.com, checked by AurionX on 2026-10-27. Prices change — confirm on the vendor site.
Azure Speech vs other text to speech tools on price
| Tool | Lowest listed price |
|---|---|
| Uberduck | $2/mo |
| Kid Voices AI | $2.75/mo |
| Miso One | $4.95/mo |
| Opentypeless | $4.99/mo |
| Unrealspeech | $4.99/mo |
| Cartesia | $5/mo |
| Choicervoicer | $5/mo |
| Celebrity AI | $5/mo |
Lowest monthly price on each vendor's pricing page. Market-wide numbers: AI Tool Pricing Index.