Head to head / AI Voice

Amazon Polly vs Murf AI

The verdict
  • Amazon Polly has a free tier to start; Murf AI does not.
ComparedAmazon PollyMurf AI
Cost / 1M chars$16
Starting price$19/mo
Free tierYes
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Feature by feature

FeatureAmazon PollyMurf AI
Languages30+20+
Voice cloningNoYes
APIYesYes
Commercial useAll usagePaid plans
Styles/emotionsLimitedLimited
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

Murf AI

Businesses producing corporate voiceovers, e-learning, and presentation narration.

  • +Clean studio for pro voiceovers
  • +Sync voice to video/music
  • +Team collaboration features
  • +API and cloning available

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