Head to head / AI Voice

Amazon Polly vs LOVO AI

The verdict
  • Amazon Polly has a free tier to start; LOVO AI does not.
ComparedAmazon PollyLOVO AI
Cost / 1M chars$16
Starting price$29/mo
Free tierYes
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Feature by feature

FeatureAmazon PollyLOVO AI
Languages30+100+
Voice cloningNoYes
APIYesYes
Commercial useAll usagePaid plans
Styles/emotionsLimitedYes
OutputMP3, OGG, PCMMP3, WAV

Amazon Polly

Developers and AWS teams needing cheap, scalable programmatic TTS at high volume.

  • +Very cheap per-character pricing
  • +Rock-solid AWS scale and uptime
  • +SSML, lexicons, speech marks
  • +Generous free tier first year

LOVO AI

Video creators wanting many languages and emotional voice range in one app.

  • +100+ languages, 500+ voices
  • +Strong emotion and style controls
  • +Built-in video and subtitle editor
  • +Voice cloning on paid plans

Compared on the metrics we track for this category. Prices are the cheapest paid tier. Some links are affiliate links.