Amazon Polly
Deploy high-quality, natural-sounding human voices in dozens of languages
Data verified Sep 11, 2026
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About Amazon Polly
Amazon Polly is a fully-managed AWS cloud service that uses deep learning to convert text such as articles, web pages, and PDFs into lifelike spoken audio via an API. It offers 100+ neural and standard voices across 40+ languages and variants, with SSML tags and custom lexicons to control pronunciation, emphasis, intonation, and style. Output can be streamed in real time or saved to standard audio files like MP3 and OGG for use in speech-enabled applications.
Commonly Cited Strengths & Limitations
Strengths
- Natural-sounding, lifelike voices
- Supports 100+ voices in 40+ languages and language variants
- Content is not retained by Amazon Polly
- No extra cost to store text-to-speech output
Limitations
- Not open source; cannot download or deploy source code in your own environment
Common Use Cases
- Generate speech in dozens of languages for RSS feeds, websites, or videos
- Make mobile and IoT applications voice-ready
- Engage customers through interactive or automated voice response systems
- Create voiceovers for animations, games, and other media from scripts
- Multilingual dubbing
Details
- Pricing Model
- Freemium
- Category
- Developer Tools
Who is Amazon Polly for?
Application Developers
Integrate the Amazon Polly API into existing applications to become voice-ready quickly and build speech-activated applications.
Media Producers
Create voiceovers for animations, games, and other media directly from scripts at a fraction of the cost.
Customer Support Teams
Store and replay speech output to prompt callers through interactive or automated voice response systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Amazon Polly free?
Amazon Polly offers a free plan.
Does Amazon Polly offer a free trial?
Yes, Amazon Polly offers a free trial of 365 days.
Does Amazon Polly have an API?
Yes, Amazon Polly provides an API for developers.
What does Amazon Polly integrate with?
Amazon Polly integrates with Alexa.
Is Amazon Polly cloud-based or self-hosted?
Amazon Polly is offered as a cloud-based (SaaS) deployment.
What are the downsides of Amazon Polly?
Not open source; cannot download or deploy source code in your own environment
Who is Amazon Polly best for?
Amazon Polly is best suited for Application Developers, Media Producers, Customer Support Teams.
What can I use Amazon Polly for?
Common uses for Amazon Polly include generate speech in dozens of languages for rss feeds, websites, or videos, make mobile and iot applications voice-ready, engage customers through interactive or automated voice response systems, create voiceovers for animations, games, and other media from scripts.
How does Amazon Polly compare to Suno AI?
Amazon Polly and Suno AI are both used for developer tools -- specifically voice & speech tools. See the full side-by-side comparison for pricing and feature differences.
Key Features
- Lifelike voicesChoose from dozens of lifelike voices created using native speakers across various languages, with male and female options.
- Customizable outputUse custom lexicons and SSML tags to modify pronunciation and adjust emphasis, intonation, phrasing, and style.
- Gen AI powerMultiple voice engines deploy a billion-parameter transformer to generate streamable, emotionally engaged synthetic speech.
- Control and securityStore speech output in standard audio formats like MP3 and OGG; Polly does not retain the content of your text submissions.
- SSML supportUse the W3C standard XML-based markup language to adjust phrasing, emphasis, and intonation and automatically adjust speech duration for multilingual dubbing.
Integrations
Technical Details
- Deployment
- Cloud
- Target Market
- B2B
- API
- Available
- Free Trial
- 365 days
- Free Plan
- Available
Official Pricing
Amazon Polly's published plans · verified Sep 11, 2026
Free Tier
Free
- Free for 12 months after sign-up
- Threshold from 100 thousand to 5 million characters depending on voice engine
- New AWS customers receive up to $200 in AWS Free Tier credits (starting July 15, 2025)
Pricing shown above is sourced from Amazon Polly's own published plans as of Sep 11, 2026 and can change at any time -- confirm current pricing on Amazon Polly's own site before purchasing.
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