Azure AI Speech pricing
3 plans read from azure.microsoft.com
Free (F0)Free Speech to Text Standard: 5 audio hours free/month · Speech to Text Custom: 5 audio hours free/month, shared with Standard · Custom endpoint hosting: 1 model free/month · Neural Text to Speech: 0.5 million characters free/month · Speech Translation Standard: 5 audio hours free/month Read 11 Oct 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
Pay as You GoPrice not published Pay only for what you use · Text-to-speech billed per character Read 20 Sep 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
Pay as You GoPriced on request Pay only for what you use · Text-to-speech billed per character Read 20 Sep 2026 · azure.microsoft.com
In short
- Azure AI Speech has a free plan (Free (F0)).
- 1 plan is priced on request (Pay as You Go).
What the alternatives costAll alternatives →
| Tool | From | Free plan | Free trial |
|---|---|---|---|
| spaCy | — | Yes | No |
| Relative Insight | — | No | Yes |
| Symanto | — | No | No |
| Apache UIMA | — | No | No |
| Amazon Comprehend | — | No | No |
| Expert.ai Platform | — | No | No |
| fastText | — | No | No |
| Flair | — | No | No |