AI voice and text to speech

Text-to-speech and voice-cloning tools. Free plans are often non-commercial, so check the plan before you publish.

9 tools

• Descript
  • Free / paid Yes

  You own your Descript AI inputs and outputs (to the extent protectable). No plan-based commercial restriction was found in the terms.

• ElevenLabs (voice, image, video)
  • Free No
  • Paid (Starter and up) Yes

  The free plan is non-commercial and makes images but not video. Paid plans (Starter and up) can sell voice, image and video output. Sound effects can only be sold as part of a larger work. Image and video run on third-party models such as Veo, Kling and Seedance, and each provider's own terms apply on top.

• Fish Audio
  • Free No
  • Paid Yes

  Free use is personal and non-commercial; paid users are licensed for commercial use.

• HeyGen Voice (TTS & voice cloning)
  • Free No
  • Creator / Pro / Business Yes

  HeyGen Voice (instant and professional voice clones, text to speech) launched in October 2026. It's covered by HeyGen's main terms: Free plan output can't be monetised; on Creator, Pro and Business you own the output and may use it commercially.

• MiniMax API (H3 video, Speech, Music)
  • API (pay as you go) Yes

  Through MiniMax's own API, you keep ownership of what you generate and the terms set no non-commercial limit. The open H3 and Music 3 weights have their own licences with extra rules, and H3's excludes the EU, UK, South Korea and US.

• Murf
  • All plans (per terms) Yes

  Murf voices may be used commercially, but you cannot resell Murf's voices or use them to train AI.

• OpenAI API (GPT Image, text to speech)
  • API (pay as you go, business terms) Yes

  Through the API, you own what OpenAI's models make and OpenAI assigns you its rights. There's no non-commercial limit. AI speech needs a disclosure, and OpenAI's copyright cover has exceptions.

• Speechify
  • Reader / listening plans No
  • Speechify Voice Over Studio Yes

  Speechify's services are licensed for personal, non-commercial use, with one exception: AI voice overs made in Speechify Voice Over Studio may be used commercially. The terms don't say who owns the output.

• WellSaid
  • Paid Unknown

  The page we track is WellSaid's website terms only; product output rights are in a separate customer agreement we have not checked.