Audio and voice AI generates speech and music or cleans up recordings. Podcasts, ads and audiobooks need clear speech and clear licence terms. Here you compare AI tools for voice, transcription and music with prices, limits and sources.
Voice AI platform with speech-to-speech morphing, cloning, text-to-speech, and a real-time voice changer for calls and games.
Free accessFree plan3 minutes of online morphing per month. Free tokens are listed inconsistently: the plan card says 10,000, the comparison table says 1,000. Publication is allowed only for non-commercial use with attribution. Tokens do not roll over.
Paid fromAltered Studio - Creator (annual) · 30 USD60 online morphing minutes and 325,000 AI tokens/month; unused tokens roll over
Studio: cloning, speech-to-speech, TTS and audio editing
Real-Time Pro Call Center: Accent Translation, Voice Skins and Isolate; unlimited processing
Browser platform for audio and video recording, editing, AI generation, subtitles, voices and team production.
Free accessFree planFree access is available. However, the stated free credits conflict: one place lists 10 credits per month, another lists 150 credits for the account's lifetime.
Paid fromEssentials / 450 / monthly · 19.99 USD450 credits per month; monthly reset without rollover
Browser-based recording and audio/video editing
AI generation and chat-based editing with plan-dependent credits
Real-time text-to-speech, speech-to-text and managed voice agents through a usage-based API.
Free accessFree plan20000 credits per month, plus 1 USD of agent credit, which covers about 27 minutes with Sonic or about 1 hour 51 minutes with Ink. Concurrency limits are 2 for text-to-speech (TTS) and 8 each for speech-to-text (STT) and agents.
Generate speech, voiceovers, dubbing, and voice agents with synthetic voices.
Free accessFree plan10,000 credits per month. The pricing table lists about 10 minutes of TTS (text-to-speech) use in the interface.
Paid fromStarter · $6 / $530,000 credits
Text-to-speech (TTS) with expressive voices in 70+ languages via web and API API v4 costs 0.08 USD per 1000 characters. v4 Turbo costs 0.04 USD per 1000 characters. These API meters are separate from subscription credits.
Instant Voice Cloning and Professional Voice Cloning from short audio samples API v4 costs 0.08 USD per 1000 characters. v4 Turbo costs 0.04 USD per 1000 characters. These API meters are separate from subscription credits.
Free AI Music Creator is an AI music generator that turns text prompts, lyrics, or mood descriptions into complete, royalty-free songs and background music.
Free accessFree plan2 songs and 1 music generation per month · 1 concurrent task
Paid fromStarter · $14.99 / $10.49200 songs and 100 music generations per month
AI music generator: songs, instrumentals, and background music from text prompts for videos, podcasts, games, ads, and social media
AI lyrics generator: editable lyrics from title, mood, style, and language
AI transcription and subtitling platform with a meeting notetaker, automatic speech recognition in 60+ languages, translation and optional human proofreading.
Free accessFree plan
Paid fromBasic · 8,50 Euro / 17 Euro1,440 AI minutes/year
Automatic speech recognition in over 60 languages for transcription and subtitles
Bot-free meeting recorder with real-time transcription and unlimited recording duration
Google DeepMind's music model for full songs with vocals, accessed via the Gemini API, Vertex AI, or embedded in Google Flow Music.
Free accessNo free plan publishedThere is no free tier in the Gemini API. Free access for end users is only available through Google Flow Music with a Google account.
Paid fromGemini API - Lyria 3 Clip Preview · 0.04 USD30-second clip per call
Full songs with multilingual vocals, verse-chorus structure, and song length up to several minutes (Lyria 3.5)
Image-to-music: upload an image and have it turned into a matching track
Generative, royalty-free music as an API for apps, games, and livestreams; Content ID registration and streaming distribution are banned on every tier.
Free accessNo free plan publishedThere is no free API tier. The cheapest entry point is the discounted Trial at $49 per month.
Paid fromTrial · 49 USD100 generated tracks or streaming minutes per month
Text-to-music, image-to-music, BPM-based, and activity-based generation
WebRTC streaming with sub-second latency for live adaptation
On-device AI SDKs for wake word detection, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speaker recognition and more that run entirely on-device instead of in the cloud; free trial available, paid use only on request.
Free accessFree trial
Paid fromEnterprise / production · contact salesThe vendor describes a subscription model for enterprises including support, updates, upgrades and usage tracking; the official page names no …
On-device SDKs for wake word detection, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speaker recognition
Runs entirely on-device without cloud connectivity
German podcast hosting platform with distribution, analytics and monetization, extended since 2024/25 with AI credits for automatic transcription, shownotes and social copy.
Browser AI for short spoken producer tags, with voice choice, effects and download.
Free accessFree plan1 standard-voice tag per UTC day without login, plus 2 after sign-in, up to 3 from the same device or network. The free file is a 128kbps MP3.
Paid fromStarter · 9.90 USD300 credits, about 60 generated tags, at 5 credits per successful result.
Write a short line, choose a voice and effects, then preview and download in the browser
US platform for AI and human transcription, captions and translation, since its relaunch primarily aimed at legal and investigative teams, with classic transcription/captioning still a core offering.
Free accessFree plan
Paid fromEssentials · 25.49 $ / 29.99 $5,000 AI transcription/caption minutes per seat per month (English & Spanish)
Speech to text, captions, and translation, by AI or humans
Aimed at legal and investigative teams; classic captioning remains core
Indian AI API platform for text-to-speech, speech-to-text, translation, document AI, and multilingual chat models focused on Indian languages.
Free accessFree plan
Paid fromSarvam · TTS 3,00 rupees per 1.000 characters; other prices on the vendor websiteCovers TTS, STT, translation, document AI, dubbing and LLM chat under one API
Text-to-speech (TTS) for Indian languages at 3.00 rupees per 1,000 characters
Speech-to-text (STT) from 30 rupees per hour for transcription of Indian languages
Agentic AI music producer for songs, voice cloning, and stem separation; at least 1,000 free credits, Creator and Pro pricing is currently unpublished.
Free accessOne-off free allowance1,000 tokens on signup, non-commercial.
Paid fromCreator · Not verified for this marketPer the official page: unlimited generations, studio multitrack access, stems export, commercial licences
Agentic music assistant "Agent One" drives prompt-to-song generation, voice cloning, and iteration in dialogue
Stem separation and an Extend tool for lengthening existing tracks or loops
Core capabilities include: Generate music from descriptions and ideas; Combine music with AI-generated video; Create virtual music characters and artist identities.
Free accessnot publishedA free AI allowance is not clearly specified.
Browser-based DAW with an AI CoProducer that builds songs as editable MIDI instead of a finished audio file, including stem splitting and VST/AU hosting.
Free accessFree plan5 CoProducer requests per day for free, without premium models.
Paid fromPro · 20 USD20,000 credits per month
AI CoProducer builds songs layer by layer as editable MIDI: drums, bass, chords, melody, effects
Imported audio tracks are split into real stems on the timeline
Core capabilities include: Convert text into synthesized speech; Design new voices from text descriptions; Use reference voices for speech synthesis.
Free accessnot publishedA free AI allowance is not clearly specified.
Paid fromAccess · Not verified for this marketDownload and self-hosting are documented. Model APIs, hardware and hosting may incur additional costs; separate licence conditions apply.
AI dictation that turns speech into text, for Mac, Windows, and iPhone.
Free accessFree planBasic is 0 USD. Frontier Mini and 20 Scribe uses per week.
Paid fromPro · 15 USD15 USD per user per month when billed monthly. 12 USD per user per month when billed annually. The page shows Save 20% and strikes through 15 USD.
Basic is 0 USD, with 20 Scribe uses per week.
Pro is 15 USD per user per month, or 12 USD per user per month annually.
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64 of 79 listed tools offer free access - a permanent plan, a trial, or a no-card credit.
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