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RAlitu vs WellSaid Labs
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Alitu if…
- you're in its core audience: new podcasters, hobbyist creators
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Choose WellSaid Labs if…
- you want a free plan to start with
- you want the lower entry price ($10/mo vs $38/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: marketing teams, l&d and training teams
Side by side
Feature Alitu WellSaid Labs
Pricing modelFree trialFreemium
Starting price$38/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your content—No
Security and compliance—GDPR, SOC 2 Type II
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryPodcastingText to Speech
Company—WellSaid Labs, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded—2019
Part of——
Key features
A Alitu
- Browser recording studio
- Remote call recorder for up to 5 guests
- Transcript-based and waveform editing
- Automatic noise reduction, leveling and hum removal
- Filler-word removal
- Automatic intro and outro music
- Built-in hosting with analytics and a podcast website
- Episode scheduling
W WellSaid Labs
- 280+ AI voices from licensed voice actor recordings
- 50+ languages and accents
- AI Director for pronunciation, pacing and tone
- Voice filters by language, accent, style and use case
- Shared team workspaces for review
- Caption file export
- Adobe Express and Premiere Pro integrations
- API for adding voice to products
Plans and prices
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Alitu
Alitu (monthly)$38/mo
Alitu (annual)$380/yr
Hosting add-on$10/mo
WellSaid Labs
Free (Trial)$0
Starter$10/mo billed yearly ($19 monthly)
Pro$33/mo billed yearly ($49 monthly)
Business$160/mo per user billed yearly
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Alitu
- Recording, editing and hosting in one tool
- Hosting free up to 1,000 downloads a month
- Guests join remote recordings without installing software
- 30-day money-back guarantee after the first charge
- No free plan, only a trial
- Hosting above 1,000 downloads a month costs extra
- Trial processing is capped at 2 hours of audio
WellSaid Labs
- Free plan needs no credit card
- Voices based on licensed professional voice actors
- Annual Starter plan costs $10/mo
- API trial key available after signup
- Free plan has no commercial rights and 3 minutes a month
- Starter and Pro include English voices only; all languages require Enterprise
- Business plan is billed annually only
- No native desktop or mobile apps listed
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