Amazon Polly
Converts text to natural-sounding speech using AI networks
- Vendor
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- Also known as
- amazon-polly
Available worldwide
What is Amazon Polly?
A cloud-based text-to-speech service that transforms written text into spoken audio using neural AI models. Supports multiple languages and voices with customization through markup language tags and pronunciation rules.
Amazon Polly pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $4.00 per 1M characters (Standard Voices). Four voice type tiers with different pricing. Free tier includes millions of monthly characters depending on voice type.
Standard Voices
Free- free_tier
- 5M characters/month
- Standard text-to-speech voices
- SSML support
- Custom pronunciation lexicons
Neural Voices
Free- free_tier
- 1M characters/month (first 12 months)
- High-quality neural voices
- Newscaster speaking style
- SSML support
- Speech Marks metadata
Long-Form Voices
Free- free_tier
- 500k characters/month (first 12 months)
- Long-form optimized voices
- Extended synthesis support
- SSML support
Generative Voices
Free- free_tier
- 100k characters/month (first 12 months)
- Generative voice synthesis
- Advanced voice quality
- Bidirectional streaming API
What Amazon Polly does
The capabilities that matter for text to speech, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Voice cloning
- -
- Zero shot cloning
- -
- Streaming synthesis
- ✓
- Ssml support
- ✓
- Emotion style control
- -
- On device offline
- ✗
- Open source
- ✗
- Watermarking provenance
- -
- Cloning consent verification
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- AWS Chime SDK⇄•
- Alexa Skills⇄•
- Amazon Chime•
- Amazon Connect
- Amazon Chime SDK
Security & compliance
Independently observed- PCI DSSactive
- HIPAA/HITECHactive
- FedRAMPactive
- FIPS 140-3active
- NIST 800-171active
Amazon Polly FAQ
Common questions about Amazon Polly, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Amazon Polly?
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. It is indexed under Text To Speech.
Is Amazon Polly free?
Amazon Polly offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $4. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Amazon Polly support?
Amazon Polly supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Amazon Polly be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon Polly, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Amazon Polly integrate with?
We have confirmed 4 integrations for Amazon Polly, including Amazon Connect, Amazon Chime SDK, AWS Chime SDK and Alexa Skills. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Amazon Polly have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon Polly. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon Polly not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is Amazon Polly available?
Amazon Polly is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.
Amazon Polly alternatives
Other text to speech we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Murf AIAI-powered voice platform for synthesizing, transforming, and localizing spoken contentmedium · 53%
- Coqui TTSA deep learning toolkit for converting written text into natural-sounding speechlow · 28%
- WellSaid LabsGenerate realistic studio-quality synthetic voices from text in secondslow · 36%
- ElevenLabsAPI platform for generating realistic synthetic speech and audio contentlow · 34%
- eSpeak NGFree, multilingual voice synthesis software for multiple platformslow · 38%
- Parler-TTSA lightweight text-to-speech model for generating natural speech in different speaker styleslow · 20%
Compare Amazon Polly
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 100 | 0.12 | 12.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 58 | 0.04 | 2.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.04 | 0.8 | ✓ |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Open source: No · Ssml support: Yes · Pricing model: pay_per_character_api · On device offline: No · Architecture model: managed_cloud_saas_and_api · Streaming synthesis: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-09-06 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-29 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-29 · 75% |
| Hipaa | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-29 · 75% |
| Pci | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-29 · 75% |
| Certifications | PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, FIPS 140-3, NIST 800-171 | mediumsource · 2026-09-06 · 60% |
| Fedramp | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-29 · 75% |
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-06 · 75% |
| Soc2 | Yes | highsource · 2026-09-06 · 75% |
| Trust center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
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