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Free Text-To-Speech vs Speechify

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Speechify publishes a starting price ($29); Free Text-To-Speech does not. Both have a free tier. Only Speechify ships a public API.

Free Text-To-SpeechBrowser-based text-to-speech tool with adjustable voice, speed, and pitch, exporting MP3 or WAV.SpeechifyReads PDFs, web pages and email out loud

Side by side

FactFree Text-To-SpeechSpeechify
CategoryText-to-SpeechText-to-Speech
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starts at—$29 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebiOS, Android, Chrome Ext, Web, macOS, API
Company—Speechify Inc.
Launched—2017
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Free Text-To-Speech

Free Text-To-Speech presents itself as a straightforward, no-registration voice generator with the controls, speed, pitch, and voice style, that most quick TTS jobs need. Direct verification of the live page's full content was limited in this review, so treat the specifics as a starting point to confirm yourself before relying on it.

Pros

  • No registration required to generate speech
  • Supports dozens of languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean
  • Exports to both MP3 and WAV

Cons

  • Pricing, company identity, and headquarters could not be directly confirmed during this review
  • Voice quality and naturalness could not be independently assessed here
  • No evidence of an API for programmatic use

Speechify

The most complete listen-to-anything reader on a phone, but the $29 monthly sticker is a trap — the same thing is $139 a year, and the free tier is deliberately unpleasant.

Pros

  • Handles almost any input, including scanned pages captured through the camera
  • Voices stay intelligible all the way up to 5x playback
  • One library syncs between phone, browser extension and Mac

Cons

  • Monthly billing costs about 2.5x the annual rate for the same features
  • Free tier is held to 10 robotic voices and 1.5x speed
  • Studio and the developer API are separate products on a separate domain
  • API pricing is unpublished and gated behind a sales conversation

Which one fits

Choose Free Text-To-Speech if you need

  • Quick one-off text-to-speech conversion without creating an account
  • Users needing basic speed and pitch control across dozens of languages

Choose Speechify if you need

  • Students and professionals working through long PDFs and articles by ear
  • Readers with dyslexia or low vision who need OCR capture plus playback
  • Developers who want the Simba voices without building a reader app

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