Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Piper
Piper clearly comes out ahead of Amazon Polly on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Piper has a free tier; Amazon Polly does not.
| Overview |  Amazon PollyCloud-based AI text-to-speech service by AWS. | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | ai tool |
| Company | Amazon Web Services | Rhasspy Project |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | MarketingDevelopmentEducation & EdTechAI & Machine Learning | MarketingDevelopment |
| Categories | ai-voice | ai-voice |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Piper
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| Feature | amazon-polly | piper |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Million Characters Per Month Free Tier For First 12 Months | ||
| 100+ Voices Across 30+ Languages | ||
| 100 Thousand Characters Per Month Free Tier For First 12 Months | ||
| Fast, Local Neural Text-To-Speech | ||
| 5 Million Characters Per Month Free Tier | ||
| No Cloud Required | ||
| 500 Thousand Characters Per Month Free Tier For First 12 Months | ||
| Optimized For Raspberry Pi 4 | ||
| Wyoming Protocol Support For Home Assistant |
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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, Piper comes out ahead overall, though Amazon Polly can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Piper offers a free tier; Amazon Polly does not currently list one.
Piper is open source. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
