iSpeech vs KugelAudio
iSpeech
ispeech.orgKugelAudio
kugelaudio.comSide by side
| Figure | iSpeech | KugelAudio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.25/mo | €0.04/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 15 | 6 |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 9.2 (#6) | 8.8 (#25) |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 9.2 (#11) | 8.7 (#38) |
| API access | API access requires an API key, with mobile development, mobile production, and web/general production key types. | Yes |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Export formats | aiff,mp3,ogg,wma,flac,wav,alaw,ulaw,vox,mp4 | WAV,PCM,MP3,µ-law,a-law |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | The company lists Newark, New Jersey as headquarters and San Francisco as an additional office. | Berlin, Germany |
| Languages | The homepage says the Speech API supports text-to-speech and speech recognition in more than 30 languages. | Its multilingual model supports 39 languages. |
| Platforms | web,ios,android,api | web,api,self_hosted |
| Product | iSpeech provides text-to-speech and automated speech recognition services through APIs, SDKs, and online tools. | KugelAudio is a text-to-speech platform for real-time applications such as voice agents, interactive applications, and content creation tools. |
| Security | The privacy policy says iSpeech uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards, while stating it cannot warrant the security of transmitted information. | The Trust Center says customer traffic is served over TLS 1.2 or higher and terminates at KugelAudio ingress. |
| Support | The developer pricing page lists priority technical support with purchases; the API guide directs support requests to [email protected]. | The Trust Center says customers can report failures, incidents, and concerns through the in-product messenger or email. |
Plans
iSpeech
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
- Pay Per Use$50 a month
- Pay Per Install$0.25 a month
- BasicFree
- HackerFree
- Plus$2.95 a month
- Premium$3.95 a month
- Junior$29 a month
- Pay-per-use 2,000 credits$50, paid once
KugelAudio
- Free tierFree
- kugel-2-turbo€0.04 a month
- kugel-3€0.07 a month
- kugel-2-turbo€0.04, paid once
- kugel-3€0.07, paid once
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
iSpeech
iSpeech provides text-to-speech and automated speech recognition through APIs, SDKs, and online tools. Its speech API can synthesize audio with multiple voices, formats, bitrates, frequencies, and playback speeds, and supports MathML and SSML. The API can also transcribe submitted audio across multiple languages and recognition models; iSpeech says custom models can be created. The homepage lists support for more than 30 languages. Audio downloads are available in AIFF, MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, WAV, A-law, μ-law, VOX, and MP4 formats. Listed access includes Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, API, and extension. The Basic plan is free for personal use, and commercial use is listed as available. Plus costs $2.95 a month, billed monthly, and includes 30-minute recordings, approximately 4,167 words. Premium costs $3.95 a month, billed monthly, with 12-hour recordings, approximately 100,000 words. Pay Per Use costs $50 a month for dynamic TTS usage only and includes 2,000 credits. Pay Per Install costs $0.25 a month and has a 10,000-install minimum.
KugelAudio
KugelAudio has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.