Ranking · narration & voiceover
Best AI voices for narration and voiceover
The voice and text-to-speech engines for pre-recorded narration, voiceover and video work, ranked for a narration buyer. The score leans on voice quality and range (the voice is the product), with the narration price shown per 1,000 characters and the size of each voice library. Live-call platforms sit on their own ranking.
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| Platform | Overall | Voice quality | Voice range | Voices | Narration is priced by how much text you turn into speech, not by call time. This is the cost per 1,000 characters, roughly a paragraph and a half. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.3 Exceptional | 10 | 10 | 10,000+ | $0.10 |
| 2 Fish Audio Voice engine
From $0.02/min | 7.9 Excellent | 8 | 8 | 2,000,000+ | $0.01 |
| 3 | 7.9 Excellent | 9 | 8 | 100+ | $0.04 |
| 4 Speechify Voice engine
From $0.06/min | 7.8 Excellent | 8 | 7 | 1,500+ | $0.01 |
| 5 | 7.6 Excellent | 8 | 7 | 200+ | $0.16 |
| 6 | 6.5 Strong | 8 | 5 | — | $0.15 |
| 7 Rime Voice engine
From $0.04/min | 6.4 Capable | 7 | 6 | 300+ | $0.05 |
| 8 | 6 Capable | 7 | 5 | 90+ | $0.03 |
- 1ElevenLabs Voice engineBest voice quality
- Overall
- 9.3 Exceptional
- Voice quality
- 10
- Voice range
- 10
- Voices
- 10,000+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.10
- 2Fish Audio Voice engine
- Overall
- 7.9 Excellent
- Voice quality
- 8
- Voice range
- 8
- Voices
- 2,000,000+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.01
- 3Cartesia Voice engineFastestBudget pick
- Overall
- 7.9 Excellent
- Voice quality
- 9
- Voice range
- 8
- Voices
- 100+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.04
- 4Speechify Voice engine
- Overall
- 7.8 Excellent
- Voice quality
- 8
- Voice range
- 7
- Voices
- 1,500+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.01
- 5Murf AI Voice engineEasiest to use
- Overall
- 7.6 Excellent
- Voice quality
- 8
- Voice range
- 7
- Voices
- 200+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.16
- 6Hume AI Voice engineBest voice quality
- Overall
- 6.5 Strong
- Voice quality
- 8
- Voice range
- 5
- Voices
- —
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.15
- 7Rime Voice engine
- Overall
- 6.4 Capable
- Voice quality
- 7
- Voice range
- 6
- Voices
- 300+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.05
- 8Deepgram Speech-to-textBudget pick
- Overall
- 6 Capable
- Voice quality
- 7
- Voice range
- 5
- Voices
- 90+
- Narration /1k chars
- $0.03
Ranked by our narration-weighted score (voice quality and range lead; ease and value still count, in the Overall), then voice library and narration price. The four sub-scores in full are on each platform's page. Scores are an editorial preview; every price is sourced and dated on the platform's own page.