# Amazon Polly vs WellSaid Labs

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Amazon Polly

| Attribute | Amazon Polly | WellSaid Labs |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 58.6 (61% (medium)) | 44.6 (44% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | Amazon Polly is a managed cloud service that synthesizes speech from text using neural networks and generative voice technology. It offers multiple voice options and languages, integrates through APIs, and supports various audio formats for use in applications and services. | An enterprise text-to-speech platform providing over 280 realistic AI voices in multiple languages for creating training, marketing, and customer-facing audio content. Features unlimited generations during creation with usage tracked only on downloaded audio ready for production. |
| features.capabilities | - | `{"voice_cloning":true,"emotion_style_control":true,"cloning_consent_verification":true}` |
| integrations.count | 2 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Amazon Connect"},{"name":"Amazon Chime SDK"}]` | `[{"name":"Adobe Premiere Pro"},{"name":"Adobe Express"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard Voices","summary":"$4.00 per 1M characters","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":4,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Basic quality voices with lower latency","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Neural Voices","summary":"$16.00 per 1M characters","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":16,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"High-quality neural synthesis voices","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Long-Form Voices","summary":"$100.00 per 1M characters","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":100,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Optimized for longer text passages and documents","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Generative Voices","summary":"$30.00 per 1M characters","components":[{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"characters"},"kind":"metered","amount":30,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Generative voice synthesis with custom voice options","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $4.00 per 1M characters. Free tier available (5M characters/month for Standard voices).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T22:02:51.594Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"characters","amount":4,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.wellsaid.io/resources/blog/ai-voice-pricing-finished-result","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T15:35:31.102Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":4,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Text To Speech)

| Capability | Amazon Polly | WellSaid Labs |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Voice cloning | - | ✓ |
| Zero shot cloning | - | - |
| Streaming synthesis | - | - |
| Ssml support | - | - |
| Emotion style control | - | ✓ |
| On device offline | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Watermarking provenance | - | - |
| Cloning consent verification | - | ✓ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:38:49.487Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*