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Best free AI for text to speech
Options you can use without paying: free, open source or with a free tier, ranked from public benchmarks.
STop ranked: Eleven v4 Turbo (ElevenLabs), 1,329 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices).24 options listed · data verified 19 Oct 2026
Ranked list
| Tier | Name | Approach | Runs | Rated by | Price | Skill | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S |  Eleven v4 TurboElevenLabs | Models | Cloud | 1,329 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $40/M characters | — | |
| S | Eleven v4 ElevenLabs | Models | Cloud | 1,328 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $80/M characters | — | vs Eleven v4 Turbo |
| S | ElevenLabs ElevenLabs | Apps | Cloud | via Eleven v4 Turbo | Free tier · $6/mo | beginner | |
| A |  Fish Audio Drama 3 (Preview)Fish Audio | Models | Local | 1,244 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~48 GB VRAM | — | |
| A |  SpeechifySpeechify | Apps | Cloud | via Simba 3.2 | Free tier · $29/mo | beginner | |
| A |  Fish AudioFish Audio | Apps | Cloud | via Fish Audio Drama 3 (Preview) | Free tier · $15/mo | beginner | |
| B |  Breeze TTS 2BreezeBlue | Models | Local | 1,222 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~12 GB VRAM | — | |
| B |  MurfMurf AI | Apps | Cloud | via Falcon 2 | Free tier · $29/mo | beginner | |
| C |  Async Flash v1.5Async | Models | Cloud | 1,141 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $10/M characters | — | |
| C | Async Pro v1.0 Async | Models | Cloud | 1,129 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $20/M characters | — | |
| C |  Step-Audio-EditXStepFun | Models | Local | 1,100 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~8 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Voxtral TTS (4B, 2603)Mistral AI | Models | Local | 1,089 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~10 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Kokoro-82M v1.0hexgrad | Models | Local | 1,064 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~1 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026)NVIDIA | Models | Local | 1,064 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~1 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Flux TTSDeepgram | Models | Cloud | 1,052 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | $45/M characters | — | |
| C |  Maya1Maya Research | Models | Local | 1,046 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~8 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  Higgs TTS 3 (4B)Boson AI | Models | Local | 1,042 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~12 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  VibeVoice-1.5BMicrosoft | Models | Local | 957 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) | ~8 GB VRAM | — | |
| C |  VoiceboxJamie Pine (open source) | Apps | Local | via Kokoro-82M v1.0 | Free | beginner | |
| C | sherpa-onnx k2-fsa (Next-gen Kaldi) | Local servers & APIs | Local | via Kokoro-82M v1.0 | Free | advanced | |
| C |  Kokoro-FastAPIremsky (open source) | Local servers & APIs | Local | via Kokoro-82M v1.0 | Free | intermediate | |
| C |  Speachesspeaches-ai (open source) | Local servers & APIs | Local | via Kokoro-82M v1.0 | Free | advanced | |
| C |  TTS WebUIrsxdalv (open source) | Local servers & APIs | Local | via Kokoro-82M v1.0 | Free | intermediate | |
| C |  NVIDIA NeMo SpeechNVIDIA | Local servers & APIs | Local | via Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026) | Free | advanced |
Tiers come only from public benchmarks (Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices)); tools without a result of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer. How we rank.