Speechify
Shares rank 13 of 18 text-to-speech models by recommenders
People recommend it for good voice quality at a reasonable price, with several saying it looks promising. Some say cheaper or better alternatives may exist.
People recommend it for good voice quality at a reasonable price, with several saying it looks promising. Some say cheaper or better alternatives may exist.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 64%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good quality for the price
“that model has a good price and best quality”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Speechify's Simba 3.2 API takes the #1 spot on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena” “The quality-to-cost ratio is hard to beat.”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Speechify – WE'RE NUMBER ONE (for streaming quality+price)” Looks promising to new users
“Looks very promising! Going to try it asap”
Comment from 7 Jul 2026 in “Speechify's Simba 3.2 API takes the #1 spot on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena” “This looks really promising.”
Comment from 6 Jul 2026 in “Speechify – WE'RE NUMBER ONE (for streaming quality+price)”
Other text-to-speech models people recommend
The four most recommended other text-to-speech models, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | 59 | 20 | 75% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Kokoro TTS | 59 | 9 | 87% | 11 | 1 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Pocket TTS | 41 | 16 | 72% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Qwen3-TTS | 41 | 13 | 76% | 7 | — | Approved |
| SpeechifyThis page | 7 | 4 | 64% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
10 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Speechify charges $30 per month for read aloud.”
“It has recently pretty much stopped working properly”
“The voices are better than the cloud provider IMO.”
“Looks very promising! Going to try it asap”
“that model has a good price and best quality”
“The quality-to-cost ratio is hard to beat.”
“This looks really promising.”
“it comes out cheaper than if I had paid $9 perbook”
“Speechify has been good for me although there might be better / cheaper alternatives I'm not aware of.”
“they're missing the interactive piece entirely”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.