What are expressive voice styles?

Expressive voice styles let you control how a voice sounds emotionally. Instead of just neutral speech, you can make the same voice sound cheerful, angry, sad, excited, whispering, shouting, or any of 95 different styles. You also get an intensity slider to control how strong the emotion sounds, from subtle to very dramatic.

What is the difference between PRO and Creator plans?

PRO gives you expressive voice styles, HD voices, WAV export, commercial license, 10K characters per generation, and email support. Creator includes everything in PRO plus 1 voice clone with 100,000 cloned-voice characters per month, batch processing of up to 10,000 texts at once, multi-talker dialogue generation, background audio mixing, and 5 million regular characters per month.

Can I use FreeTTS audio for commercial projects?

The free plan is for personal, non-commercial use only. Free audio includes a watermark tag. PRO and Creator plans include a commercial license with clean, watermark-free audio for YouTube videos, podcasts, online courses, client work, marketing materials, apps, and any other monetized content.

What happens when I hit my monthly character limit?

When you reach your monthly character limit, your current generation completes normally. After that, you drop back to free tier limits until your billing cycle resets. No overage charges, no surprise bills. PRO includes 1 million characters per month and Creator includes 5 million.

What is the Founding 100 lifetime deal?

The first 100 users can lock in PRO for a one-time payment of $199 or Creator for $349. One payment, lifetime access, every future feature included automatically. Once all 100 slots are claimed, the lifetime option disappears permanently. Monthly character limits still apply to lifetime members.

Can I cancel my subscription anytime?

Yes. Cancel anytime from your dashboard. No cancellation fees, no hoops to jump through. Your plan stays active until the end of your current billing period. Lifetime plans obviously do not have cancellation since there is nothing recurring to cancel.

How does FreeTTS compare to ElevenLabs pricing?

ElevenLabs Starter is $5 per month for 30,000 characters with no voice styles. Their Creator plan is $22 per month for 100,000 characters. FreeTTS PRO is $19 per month for 1 million characters with 95 expressive styles, HD voices, and WAV export. That is roughly 10 times more characters for a similar price, with more voice control features included.

Lifetime Deal$199 one-time · PRO forever · First 100 only

Text to Speech Pricing

Free forever. PRO when you're ready.

The free tool works exactly like it always has. No tricks, nothing removed. PRO and Creator are for people who need expressive voice styles, HD audio, and commercial licensing.

FreeTTS Free tier includes all 400+ voices, 75+ languages, 1,000 characters per generation, 5,000 characters per month, MP3 download with watermark, and 15 API requests per minute. No credit card required. Personal use only.

FreeTTS PRO costs $19 per month, $149 per year (35% savings), or $199 one-time lifetime. Includes 95 expressive styles, HD voices, WAV export, 10,000 chars per generation, 1 million chars per month, PDF Studio in the dashboard (500 pages per upload), and commercial license.

FreeTTS PRO at $19/month includes 1,000,000 characters. ElevenLabs Creator at $22/month includes 100,000 characters. FreeTTS offers 10x more volume for $3 less, with 95 expressive styles and intensity control.

Monthly

AnnualSave up to 36%

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7-day money-back guarantee on all paid plans

Free

$0/forever

No credit card required.

Test every voice. 400+ AI voices, 75+ languages, MP3 download. Personal use, audio watermark, 5,000 chars/month cap.

Start free

✓ 400+ AI neural voices
✓ 75+ languages
✓ 1,000 chars per generation
✓ 2,000 chars per day
✓ 5,000 chars per month
✓ MP3 download (with watermark)
✓ Speed and pitch control
✓ API access (15 req/min)
× Commercial license
× No watermark
× Expressive voice styles
× HD neural voices
× WAV / OGG export
× Generation history

PRO

$19/month

$19/month. Cancel anytime from your dashboard.

Enough for ~14 hours of finished audio per month. Covers 4 weekly YouTube videos, 8 podcast episodes, or 30 short ad reads — with commercial license, no watermark, expressive styles, HD voices.

✓ Commercial license for YouTube, podcasts, courses
✓ 1,000,000 chars per month (200x free tier)
✓ No watermark, studio-quality audio
✓ 10,000 chars per generation
✓ 95 expressive voice styles new
✓ Emotion intensity control new
✓ 30 HD neural voices new
× Voice cloning — upgrade to Creator
✓ WAV + OGG export
✓ Speed and pitch fine control
✓ Multi-voice per file (2 voices)
✓ Studio Pro (projects + timeline) new
✓ Custom pronunciation dictionary
✓ SRT subtitles
✓ API: 200 req/min + SSML
✓ 30-day generation history
✓ Ad-free interface
✓ Email support (24h)

Creator

$39/month

Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.

The full studio. Multi-talker dialogue, unlimited voices per file, OPUS export. For serious producers.

✓ Everything in PRO
✓ 25,000 chars per generation
✓ 5,000,000 chars per month
✓ Multi-talker dialogue (unlimited voices)
✓ OPUS export (ultra-low bandwidth)
✓ API: 1,000 req/min
✓ 90-day generation history
✓ Priority support (4h)
✓ Voice cloning (1 clone, 100K chars/mo) new
✓ Audiobook batch export (2M chars/job) new
✓ Background audio mixing soon
✓ Viseme / lip-sync data soon
✓ 3 team seats soon
✓ API webhooks soon

Founder seatOnly 19 of 100 left · Founder Badge · pays back in month 11

How we stack up

Here's FreeTTS PRO at $19/mo compared to the alternatives. Numbers, not marketing.

FreeTTS PRO Best Value

Monthly price $19
Characters/month 1,000,000
Voice styles 95
Voices 400+
HD voices 30
WAV export Yes
Commercial license Yes

ElevenLabs Creator $22/mo

Monthly price $22
Characters/month 100,000
Voice styles Limited
Voices Varies
HD voices Yes
WAV export Yes
Commercial license Yes

Murf.ai Creator $29/mo

Monthly price $29
Characters/month Varies
Voice styles Limited
Voices 200+
HD voices Yes
WAV export Yes
Commercial license Yes

PlayHT Creator $39/mo

Monthly price $39
Characters/month ~50,000
Voice styles Limited
Voices 900+
HD voices Yes
WAV export Yes
Commercial license Yes

Frequently asked questions

Is the free plan actually free?▼

Yes, genuinely free, forever, no credit card. The free plan has all 400+ AI voices, all 75+ languages, 1,000 characters per generation, 5,000 characters per month, MP3 download, and speed/pitch controls. Free audio includes a short 'Generated with FreeTTS.org' tag at the end — that's the tradeoff. PRO has a 3-day free trial (card required) so you can hear the HD voices and expressive styles before deciding to pay — but the free tier itself never expires. The free tool is the product, not the bait.

What exactly are expressive voice styles?▼

So normally when you generate speech, it comes out in a neutral, flat tone. Fine for most things. But sometimes you need the voice to sound cheerful. Or angry. Or whispering. Or like a newscast anchor. Expressive voice styles let you pick from 95 different emotional tones and apply them to any supported voice. You also get an intensity slider that goes from "barely noticeable hint" all the way to "full dramatic performance." It's the difference between a voice that reads text and a voice that performs it.

What's the difference between PRO and Creator?▼

PRO is for individual creators who want better voice control and commercial rights. You get expressive styles, HD voices, WAV export, 10K chars per generation, and 1 million characters per month. Creator is for power users and small teams. It adds voice cloning (make the AI sound like you), batch processing (upload 10,000 texts and get audio back), multi-talker dialogue (create conversations between characters), background audio mixing, and 5 million characters per month. If you're making YouTube videos or podcasts, PRO is probably what you want. If you're producing audiobooks, running an agency, or building on the API, go Creator.

Can I use the audio for YouTube, podcasts, and commercial stuff?▼

With PRO or Creator, yes. Both plans include a commercial use license and clean, watermark-free audio. Use it in YouTube videos, online courses, podcast episodes, client presentations, marketing materials, apps, games, whatever makes you money. The free plan is for personal, non-commercial use and includes an audio watermark. If you're monetizing content with FreeTTS audio, you need a paid plan. Simple as that.

What happens if I hit my character limit?▼

Your current generation finishes normally. After that, you go back to free tier limits for the rest of the month (1,000 chars per generation, no expressive styles, MP3 with watermark). When your next billing cycle starts, the counter resets. No overage charges. No surprise bills. No "oh by the way we charged you $47 extra." PRO gets 1 million characters per month. Creator gets 5 million. For context, 1 million characters is roughly 23 hours of audio. Most people don't come close.

Tell me about the Founding 100 lifetime deal.▼

First 100 users get lifetime access. PRO Lifetime is $199 (one payment, never charged again). Creator Lifetime is $349. You get every current feature plus every future feature we add. Founding Members get a badge on their account. Monthly character limits still apply because we have to pay Azure per character. But you never pay a subscription again. When all 100 spots are filled, the lifetime option goes away permanently. Not "limited time" marketing. Actually limited to 100.

Can I cancel anytime?▼

Yeah. Monthly and annual plans can be cancelled from your dashboard. Takes about 3 seconds. No "tell us why you're leaving" survey, no "talk to a retention specialist" call, no dark patterns. You cancel, it stops billing, your plan stays active until the end of the current period. Lifetime plans obviously don't have anything to cancel since there's nothing recurring.

How does FreeTTS compare to ElevenLabs on price?▼

ElevenLabs Starter is $5/mo for 30,000 characters. Their Creator is $22/mo for 100,000 characters. FreeTTS PRO is $19/mo for 1,000,000 characters. That's 10x the characters for roughly the same price, plus 95 expressive voice styles with intensity control that ElevenLabs doesn't offer at that tier. ElevenLabs has better voice cloning tech, no question. If cloning your voice is your primary need, they might be a better fit. But if you need volume, voice variety, and expressive control at a reasonable price, FreeTTS gives you more per dollar.

Still not sure? Try the free version first.

The free tool has 400+ voices and works with zero signup. Go play with it. If you decide you need expressive styles or commercial licensing later, PRO is right here.

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