Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Amazon Polly
Amazon Polly clearly comes out ahead of OpenAI TTS on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Neither lists a free tier.
| Overview |  Amazon PollyCloud-based AI text-to-speech service by AWS. | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | ai tool |
| Company | Amazon Web Services | OpenAI |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | MarketingDevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine Learning | MarketingDevelopmentMedia & Entertainment |
| Categories | ai-voice | ai-voice |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | amazon-polly | openai-tts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Million Characters Per Month Free Tier For First 12 Months | ||
| Gpt-4O-Mini-Tts Model ($0.60 Per 1 Million Input Tokens, $12.00 Per 1 Million Audio Output Tokens) | ||
| 100 Thousand Characters Per Month Free Tier For First 12 Months | ||
| Tts-1 Model ($15.00 Per 1 Million Characters) | ||
| 5 Million Characters Per Month Free Tier | ||
| Tts-1-Hd Model ($30.00 Per 1 Million Characters) | ||
| 500 Thousand Characters Per Month Free Tier For First 12 Months |
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Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Amazon Polly comes out ahead overall, though OpenAI TTS can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
