Voice and text-to-speech Kokoro-82M
Kokoro-82M alternatives for game developers
Other voice and text-to-speech tools on the ledger, with their commercial-use summary and verified fact counts. Nothing here is ranked by payment.
Altered Studio
Voice changer, text-to-speech, and voice cloning app (Altered Ltd), usable for temp VO and character voices. Licensing is set by plan: Free is attribution-only and non-commercial, Creator allows commercial use under $100k revenue or funding, and Professional carries the full commercial license. Altered keeps ownership of its stock Voices.
A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
8 verified · 0 unverified
Cartesia
Cartesia sells text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and voice agents. Pro is the first card that lists a commercial use license. Output ownership was not on the pricing page.
Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
5 verified · 2 unverified
ElevenLabs
Speech, sound effects, and music generation. The terms allow commercial use on paid plans and restrict free use to non-commercial. Starter is listed at $6 per month, with a $1 first-month promo shown until Nov 1, 2026.
A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
8 verified · 0 unverified
Fish Audio
AI text-to-speech and voice cloning from Hanabi AI. Free tier at $0 (non-commercial), Plus $15/month ($11 billed annually), Pro $100/month. The terms license paid users for commercial use and allow training on your content; output ownership is not stated.
A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
7 verified · 1 unverified
Piper
Piper is a free, open-source text-to-speech engine that runs locally on CPU, with pre-trained voices in dozens of languages. The engine is GPL-3.0-or-later, and every voice carries its own license in its MODEL_CARD: some are CC0 or CC BY, others are non-commercial or research-only.
Commercial terms are only partly verified. This is not a yes.
10 verified · 1 unverified
Typecast
Typecast, from Neosapience, is an AI text-to-speech and voice-cloning studio with a library of character and game voices for NPC dialogue, narration, and cutscenes. Generating and playing back audio is free on every plan; credits are spent when you download. Free gives 3,000 lifetime credits and requires attribution; Basic is $5 a month and adds a commercial license, then Plus $19, Pro $29, and Business $69 (businesses, institutions, and agencies are told to use Business). The terms say you own the output during your subscription, and you can keep using audio you downloaded after it ends. Selling voices as standalone files or sound libraries is not allowed, and API or automated integrations need a separate agreement.
Paid plans are the cleaner shipping path. Free-plan output needs the attribution the license requires.
15 verified · 0 unverified
WellSaid
WellSaid is an AI voiceover studio with hundreds of voices. The free trial says it has no commercial rights; Starter and Pro list full commercial rights, metered by downloaded minutes. Output ownership was not on the pricing page.
A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
9 verified · 1 unverified