Microsoft

Microsoft Azure Speech

Comprehensive speech services for enterprise applications.

Neural TTS voicesCustom speech modelsReal-time transcriptionScalability

Where it ranks today

Best for / Not great for

Best for
  • Customer service bots
  • Intelligent virtual assistants
  • Real-time captioning
  • Enterprise-level transcription
Not great for
  • Free tier limitations
  • Highly experimental music generation
  • Voice cloning without custom training

Why it ranks here

Azure Speech provides a powerful and integrated suite of tools for both speech-to-text and text-to-speech, backed by Microsoft's robust cloud infrastructure and enterprise focus.

30-day trend

Score breakdown

Search trends93
Benchmarks91
Developer buzz92
News mentions92

Pricing

API: $0.00 in · $0.00 out per 1M tokens · Consumer: $0.00/mo

Pricing plans

Free Account
Explore Azure AI services.
Free
  • Monthly free minutes
  • Access to standard features
Start Free
Popular
Standard
Pay-as-you-go for speech services.
$0 /usage
  • Per-transaction pricing for speech-to-text
  • Per-character pricing for text-to-speech
  • Access to all standard voices and models
Use Now
Custom Neural Voice
Create your own branded voice.
Custom
  • One-time training fee
  • Voice model creation
  • High-quality custom TTS
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