A comprehensive comparison of Amazon Polly and Murf AI text-to-speech services. Compare pricing, voice quality, language support, and features to find the best TTS API for your project.
Summary: Amazon Polly offers enterprise-grade reliability and lower costs at scale, while Murf provides better quality voices and an integrated video editor.
We ran the identical sentence through both Amazon Polly and Murf AI so you can judge the voices yourself instead of reading about them. Press play to compare.
“Hello! Welcome to our service. I'm here to help you with anything you need today. How can I assist you?”
Samples generated by TextToLab through each provider’s own API (February 2026). Every voice reads the identical sentence above, at normal speed, so differences you hear are the voices — not the script.
| Feature | AAmazon Polly | MMurf AI |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $4.00/1M chars | Free tier available |
| Pricing Model | Pay per character | Subscription |
| Voice Count | 60+ | 200+ |
| Languages | 33 languages | 33 languages |
| Models Available | Standard, Neural, Long-form, Generative | Studio, Standard |
| Special Features | SSML SupportSpeech MarksLexicons | Video EditorEmotional StylesTeam Collaboration |
| Latency | Streaming supported | Streaming supported |
AWS cloud TTS with multiple engine options
Studio-quality voiceovers with emotional styles
Pay per character
Subscription
Amazon Polly aws cloud tts with multiple engine options, while Murf AI studio-quality voiceovers with emotional styles. Amazon Polly offers 60+ voices across 33 languages, whereas Murf AI provides 200+ voices in 33 languages.
Amazon Polly starts at $4.00/1M chars (pay per character), while Murf AI starts at Free tier available (subscription). The best value depends on your usage patterns and specific needs.
Both services offer high-quality voices, but they excel in different areas. Amazon Polly's strengths include: aws integration, ssml support. Murf AI's strengths include: excellent emotional range, built-in video editor.
Murf AI supports more languages with 33 languages compared to 33. However, language quality and accent options vary between services.
Amazon Polly does not currently offer voice cloning. Murf AI does not currently offer voice cloning.
For real-time applications, consider latency and streaming support. Amazon Polly offers streaming support. Murf AI offers streaming support.