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EAI voice generation, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents for creators and teams
Free, from $6/mo
Speechify vs Vosk
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Speechify if…
- you work on Web, macOS, Windows
- you're in its core audience: students, professionals
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Choose Vosk if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Linux, Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: software developers, embedded and iot engineers
Side by side
Feature Speechify Vosk
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starting price$29/moFree
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Data retentionPersonal Data kept until account deleted; some kept for legal/business needs—
AI dubbing—
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome, APILinux, Android, iOS, API, Self-hosted
CategoryText to SpeechTranscription
CompanySpeechify, Inc.Alpha Cephei
Based inUnited States—
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
S Speechify
- Reads PDFs, docs, web pages and books aloud
- 1,000+ AI voices in 60+ languages
- Listening speed up to 5x on Premium
- Scan & Listen OCR for printed pages
- Voice typing in any app with grammar cleanup
- AI summaries and Q&A about what you read
- AI podcasts generated from documents
- Text to Speech API with SSML and streaming
V Vosk
- Fully offline speech recognition
- Streaming API for real-time transcription
- Speaker identification
- Quick vocabulary reconfiguration
- Compact models of about 50 MB per language
- Larger server models available
- Bindings for Python, Java, C#, JavaScript and more
- Runs on Raspberry Pi, Android and iOS
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Speechify
FreeFree
Premium$29/mo billed monthly
Schools & TeamsCustom
Vosk
Open sourceFree
Strengths and limitations
Speechify
- Free plan available, with voice typing included
- 1,000+ voices in 60+ languages on Premium
- Available on mobile, desktop, web and browser extensions
- Premium connects to Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive
- Free plan is limited to 10 robotic-sounding voices and 1.5x speed
- Premium costs $29/month on monthly billing
- School and team pricing requires contacting sales
Vosk
- Open source under the Apache-2.0 license
- Works fully offline, including on lightweight devices
- Supports 20+ languages and dialects
- Small models of about 50 MB each
- A developer toolkit, with no ready-made end-user app
- No commercial plans or pricing published on the site
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