{
  "version": "2026-10-15-v2",
  "checked": "2026-10-15",
  "scope": "Public USD character-metered rates; not GovCloud, negotiated rates or token-priced models.",
  "rates": [
    {
      "id": "aws-standard",
      "name": "Amazon Polly Standard",
      "usdPerMillion": 4,
      "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/"
    },
    {
      "id": "aws-neural",
      "name": "Amazon Polly Neural",
      "usdPerMillion": 16,
      "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/"
    },
    {
      "id": "aws-generative",
      "name": "Amazon Polly Generative",
      "usdPerMillion": 30,
      "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/"
    },
    {
      "id": "aws-longform",
      "name": "Amazon Polly Long-Form",
      "usdPerMillion": 100,
      "source": "https://aws.amazon.com/polly/pricing/"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-standard",
      "name": "Google TTS Standard",
      "usdPerMillion": 4,
      "source": "https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-wavenet",
      "name": "Google TTS WaveNet",
      "usdPerMillion": 4,
      "source": "https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-neural2",
      "name": "Google TTS Neural2",
      "usdPerMillion": 16,
      "source": "https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-chirp",
      "name": "Google TTS Chirp 3 HD",
      "usdPerMillion": 30,
      "source": "https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-studio",
      "name": "Google TTS Studio",
      "usdPerMillion": 160,
      "source": "https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing"
    }
  ],
  "rights": [
    {
      "id": "elevenlabs",
      "name": "ElevenLabs",
      "paid": "Conditional: paid, non-Beta output",
      "free": "No commercial license",
      "broadcast": "Not separately established here",
      "client": "Transfer/redistribution requires agreement check",
      "cloning": "Separate voice authorization required",
      "cancellation": "Paid-period output may remain usable under service-specific terms",
      "note": "Beta output is excluded from commercial use. Attribution follows the applicable agreement.",
      "source": "https://help.elevenlabs.io/hc/en-us/articles/13313564601361-Can-I-publish-the-content-I-generate-on-the-platform",
      "status": "Current vendor guidance"
    },
    {
      "id": "murf",
      "name": "Murf Studio",
      "paid": "Conditional: paid Studio plans",
      "free": "No commercial rights or downloads on Free (pricing page)",
      "broadcast": "Traditional TV/radio: Enterprise broadcasting add-on",
      "client": "Transfer/redistribution requires agreement check",
      "cloning": "Separate voice authorization required",
      "cancellation": "Not established here",
      "note": "Commercial Rights are listed on paid Studio plans; Business License starts at Business. Confirm the license needed for client work; its precise scope is not established here. Full Broadcasting Rights is an Enterprise add-on. Pricing source: https://murf.ai/pricing",
      "source": "https://help.murf.ai/do-i-have-commercial-rights-over-the-voice-over-created",
      "status": "Current vendor guidance"
    },
    {
      "id": "wellsaid",
      "name": "WellSaid Studio",
      "paid": "Conditional: paid subscription and agreements",
      "free": "Trial excludes commercial rights (pricing page)",
      "broadcast": "Not separately established here",
      "client": "Transfer/redistribution requires agreement check",
      "cloning": "Separate voice authorization required",
      "cancellation": "Check payment obligations and agreement",
      "note": "Commercial audio permission does not transfer ownership of the proprietary voices. Trial source: https://www.wellsaid.io/ai-voice-pricing",
      "source": "https://help.wellsaid.io/hc/en-us/articles/39074237024915-Can-I-Use-the-Voices-for-Commercial-Use",
      "status": "Current vendor guidance"
    },
    {
      "id": "fliki",
      "name": "Fliki",
      "paid": "Commercial rights listed for paid plans",
      "free": "Commercial rights excluded in plan table",
      "broadcast": "Not separately established here",
      "client": "Transfer/redistribution requires agreement check",
      "cloning": "Separate voice authorization required",
      "cancellation": "Not established here",
      "note": "Online monetization remains subject to original content and rights in included assets.",
      "source": "https://fliki.ai/pricing",
      "status": "Current pricing/help guidance"
    },
    {
      "id": "descript",
      "name": "Descript Regenerate",
      "paid": "Plan-level commercial entitlement unresolved; terms section 8.4 addresses output ownership between the parties",
      "free": "Unresolved",
      "broadcast": "Unresolved",
      "client": "Unresolved",
      "cloning": "Terms section 9.3 requires speaker consent for AI voice training/use",
      "cancellation": "Unresolved",
      "note": "Terms checked 15 October 2026; revision 25 February 2025. Generated inputs/outputs are user content where legally protectable; uniqueness and copyright protection are not guaranteed. Users remain responsible for lawful use and third-party rights. No blanket plan or distribution permission inferred. Historical help now redirects: https://help.descript.com/script-editing/speakers",
      "source": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
      "status": "Current terms; plan/distribution scope unresolved"
    }
  ]
}