Amazon Polly Pricing 2026
Complete pricing guide with plans, hidden costs, and cost analysis
Amazon Polly uses usage-based pricing from $4.00–$100.00 per million characters; there is no monthly subscription price for this API tier.
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Best for
- Basic text-to-speech applications and simple voice announcements
- High-quality voice applications and conversational interfaces
- Expressive speech for conversational AI and interactive applications
- Audiobooks, podcasts, and extended content narration
Amazon Polly Usage Pricing
| Item | Dimension | Unit | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| polly-standard | character | 1M characters | $4.00 |
- AWS GovCloud (US) Standard voices priced at $4.80 per 1M characters
| Item | Dimension | Unit | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| polly-neural | character | 1M characters | $16.00 |
- AWS GovCloud (US) Neural voices priced at $19.20 per 1M characters
| Item | Dimension | Unit | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| polly-generative | character | 1M characters | $30.00 |
| Item | Dimension | Unit | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| polly-long-form | character | 1M characters | $100.00 |
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Amazon Polly uses usage-based pricing from $4.00 to $100.00 per million characters as of August 2026. The median contract is $5,600/year based on 4 verified purchases.
- Median contract: $5,600/yr from 4 purchases Thin data
- 4 documented hidden costs beyond list price
How much does Amazon Polly cost?
Amazon Polly Pricing Overview
Amazon Polly uses usage-based pricing from $4.00–$100.00 per million characters across 4 published rates.
The median Amazon Polly customer pays $5,600/year based on 4 verified purchases.
There are at least 4 documented hidden costs beyond Amazon Polly's list price, including implementation, training, and add-on fees.
This pricing was last verified in June 2, 2026 from 5 independent sources.
Amazon Polly is AWS's text-to-speech service that converts text into lifelike speech using advanced deep learning technologies. With support for dozens of languages and multiple voice types including Standard, Neural, Generative, and Long-Form voices, Polly enables developers to add speech capabilities to applications ranging from simple announcements to complex voice assistants and audiobook narration.
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What Companies Actually Pay for Amazon Polly
The median Amazon Polly buyer pays $5,600/year based on 4 verified purchase transactions.
Amazon Polly Year 1 Total Cost by Company Size
Real deployment costs including licenses, implementation, training, and admin — not just the sticker price.
Mobile app with 100K characters/month using Neural voices
Course narration with 5M characters/month using Standard voices
Call center with 10M characters/month using Neural voices
Monthly audiobook creation with 2M characters using Long-Form voices
How Amazon Polly Pricing Compares
| Software | Starting Price | Top Price |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Polly | $4.00 | $100.00 per million characters |
| Bark (Suno AI open-source TTS) | Custom | Custom |
| ElevenLabs | Free | $990/month |
| Google Cloud Text-to-Speech | $4 per 1M characters | $160 per 1M characters |
| Hume AI (voice) | Free | $500/month |
| IBM Watson Text to Speech | Free | $5000 per 1000 characters |
Detailed pricing comparisons:
Amazon Polly Pricing FAQ
01 How much does Amazon Polly cost?
Amazon Polly pricing starts at $4 per million characters for Standard voices, $16 for Neural voices, $30 for Generative voices, and $100 for Long-Form voices. You only pay for the characters you convert to speech.
02 Does Amazon Polly have a free tier?
Yes, Amazon Polly includes a 12-month free tier with 5 million characters per month for Standard voices, 1 million for Neural voices, 100,000 for Generative voices, and 500,000 for Long-Form voices.
03 What are the hidden costs of Amazon Polly?
Additional costs include data transfer fees ($0.09/GB), S3 storage for audio files ($0.023/GB/month), optional AWS support plans starting at $29/month, and CloudWatch monitoring costs.
04 How does Amazon Polly pricing compare to competitors?
Polly's $4-16/million characters for standard/neural voices is competitive with Google Cloud TTS and Azure Cognitive Services, but significantly cheaper than premium services like ElevenLabs ($15-99/month).
05 Can I estimate my monthly Amazon Polly costs?
Use the AWS Pricing Calculator. For example: 1M neural characters monthly costs $16, plus minimal data transfer and storage fees. A typical mobile app using 100K characters would cost about $1.60/month.
06 What's the difference between Standard and Neural voices?
Neural voices ($16/million) use deep learning for more natural, human-like speech quality compared to Standard voices ($4/million). Neural voices are 4x more expensive but provide significantly better audio quality.
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