Voice & Music: Price Ladder (2026) — entry prices by tier
The published entry prices of all 55 recorded Voice & Music tools, grouped by billing unit (monthly, per user, one-time and the rest of the recorded units), with each group's price range, the channel's pricing.model distribution, and how each group's recorded Value-for-Money scores compare. Prices are compared only within the same billing unit — entry prices with different units are never placed on one scale.
Entry-Price Ladder by Billing Unit
| Billing unit (recorded) | Tools | Entry price range | Median entry | Median Value-for-Money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly unit="mo" | 49 | $0 – $29 | $10 | 78 |
| Per user unit="user" | 3 | $4.99 – $15 | $8 | 76 |
| One-time unit="once" | 1 | $11 – $11 | $11 | 78 |
| Per hour unit="hour" | 1 | $0.15 – $0.15 | $0.15 | 82 |
| Per hour unit="hr" | 1 | $2 – $2 | $2 | 72 |
Ranges and medians are computed within each billing unit only. The highest median recorded Value-for-Money currently sits in the "Per hour" group (82/100) — a statement about recorded rubric scores, not a price-performance claim across units.
Pricing-Model Distribution
| pricing.model (recorded) | Tools | Median overall | Median Value-for-Money | Tools |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| freemium | 38 | 78.8 | 76 | PLPlayHTELElevenLabsCACartesiaADAdobe PodcastWIWispr FlowUDUdioSUSunoWOWondercraftFIFish AudioLALALAL.AIPOPodcastleSTStable AudioASAsyncAIAIVAMUMurfRIRiffusionSPSpeechifyMOMoisesREResemble AIWEWellSaid LabsBEBeatoven.aiMUMurekaNANaturalReaderSOSoundfulMUMubertSNSnipdAUAudioPenLIListnrVOVoicemodLOLoudlyBOBoomyKIKits.AISOSoundverse AIPOPodwiseWAWavveUBUberduckFAFakeYouVOVoice.ai |
| usage | 7 | 82.6 | 82 | |
| free | 6 | 81.7 | 95.5 | |
| subscription | 4 | 77.7 | 72 |
Per-Tool Entry Prices (Complete Record)
| Tool | Overall | pricing.model | Entry price (recorded) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlayHT | 89.2 | freemium | $9.99 / mo |
| ElevenLabs | 87.8 | freemium | $6 / mo |
| Cartesia | 85.8 | freemium | $5 / mo |
| Adobe Podcast | 85.6 | freemium | $0 / mo |
| Deepgram | 85.1 | usage | not recorded |
| AssemblyAI | 84.5 | usage | $0.15 / hour |
| Auphonic | 84.2 | usage | not recorded |
| Wispr Flow | 82.8 | freemium | $15 / user |
| Chatterbox | 82.6 | free | not recorded |
| Hume AI | 82.6 | usage | $3 / mo |
| Kokoro TTS | 82.5 | free | not recorded |
| Rime | 82.5 | usage | not recorded |
| Udio | 82.4 | freemium | $10 / mo |
| Suno | 82.0 | freemium | $10 / mo |
| Wondercraft | 82.0 | freemium | $25 / mo |
| Coqui TTS | 81.8 | free | not recorded |
| Krisp | 81.8 | subscription | $8 / user |
| Fish Audio | 81.7 | freemium | $15 / mo |
| LALAL.AI | 81.6 | freemium | $7.5 / mo |
| F5-TTS | 81.5 | free | not recorded |
| Piper | 81.1 | free | not recorded |
| Podcastle | 81.1 | freemium | not recorded |
| Stable Audio | 80.8 | freemium | $12 / mo |
| Async | 80.7 | freemium | $11.99 / mo |
| AIVA | 80.2 | freemium | $11 / mo |
| Murf | 80.2 | freemium | $19 / mo |
| Riffusion | 80.1 | freemium | $6 / mo |
| Respeecher | 79.7 | usage | $2 / hr |
| Speechify | 79.6 | freemium | $29 / mo |
| Moises | 79.5 | freemium | not recorded |
| Resemble AI | 79.4 | freemium | not recorded |
| Soundraw | 79.4 | subscription | $16.99 / mo |
| WellSaid Labs | 78.2 | freemium | $10 / mo |
| Beatoven.ai | 77.5 | freemium | $10 / mo |
| Cleanvoice | 77.5 | usage | $11 / once |
| Mureka | 77.5 | freemium | $8 / mo |
| NaturalReader | 77.3 | freemium | $6.58 / mo |
| TTSMaker | 77.1 | free | $0 / mo |
| Soundful | 77.0 | freemium | $4.99 / user |
| Mubert | 76.6 | freemium | $11.69 / mo |
| Speak | 76.0 | subscription | not recorded |
| Snipd | 75.7 | freemium | not recorded |
| AudioPen | 75.1 | freemium | not recorded |
| Listnr | 75.0 | freemium | not recorded |
| Voicemod | 75.0 | freemium | not recorded |
| Loudly | 74.6 | freemium | not recorded |
| Boomy | 74.4 | freemium | $9.99 / mo |
| Kits.AI | 74.2 | freemium | not recorded |
| Soundverse AI | 74.2 | freemium | not recorded |
| Podwise | 74.1 | freemium | not recorded |
| Altered Studio | 73.5 | subscription | not recorded |
| Wavve | 73.2 | freemium | not recorded |
| Uberduck | 72.9 | freemium | not recorded |
| FakeYou | 72.6 | freemium | not recorded |
| Voice.ai | 72.5 | freemium | not recorded |
Methodology — all figures read only published archives (data/tools, dimsVersion v2-5dim, snapshots 2026-09-06 – 2026-09-17; 55 audio tools). The composite is the published deterministic weighting (quality 0.25 + features 0.20 + usability 0.15 + performance 0.20 + value 0.20); this page never recomputes or re-weights recorded scores, and medians use the standard median (middle element, or mean of the two middle elements rounded to 1 decimal). Entry prices are compared only within the same billing unit. No placement on this page is sponsored or affiliate-ranked; ordering is by recorded archive scores only.