Free AI voice & audio tools, verified October 2026
Free TTS, speech-to-text, and AI music - ElevenLabs, Suno, and Deepgram credits, verified.
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Right now the catalog has 23 audio tools, sorted by how much you get for free. By type, the audio tools split into 11 credit grants, 11 free tiers and 1 startup program. 19 of the 23 audio tools were verified by a person, most recently on Oct 12, 2026; 4 are listed and waiting for a first check. None of the audio tools asks for a credit card, ElevenLabs Free Plan, Deepgram Free $200 Credit and Suno Free Plan included. In the 7 days to Oct 29, 2026, the audio tools had 9 with changed terms (Scaleway Generative APIs Free Tier, OpenRouter Free AI Models and 7 more). Leading the audio tools ranking: ElevenLabs Free Plan (10,000 credits/month), Deepgram Free $200 Credit ($200) and Suno Free Plan (50 credits/day). None of the audio tools has an end date in the next 90 days. Across these audio tools the catalog records 59 free models; the most listed are Eleven v3, Flash v2.5 and Multilingual v2.
The short answer
The strongest free audio stack right now, split by job.
- Voice and TTS: ElevenLabs' permanent plan (10,000 credits a month), Cartesia (20,000 monthly credits for real-time voice), Amazon Polly (5M characters a month for the first year).
- AI music: Suno's free plan (50 credits daily).
- Speech-to-text credits: Deepgram $200, Speechmatics $100, AssemblyAI $50, Gladia €50 - one-time grants, no monthly clock.
The catch: free TTS plans usually restrict commercial use and cap monthly characters or credits, and one-time credit offers assume you will evaluate, not run production. Every row was claimed and tested; the limits below are the ones we hit.
All audio tools, best free value first
Tick 2–4 offers to compare them side by side.
| Compare Tool | What's free | Key limits | Card? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10K credits/monthresets monthly | Shared across all products · No commercial license · No instant or professional voice… More: ElevenLabs Free Plan | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $200one-time | Applies to the Pay As You Go plan · No expiration on the credit · No minimums · Moves to… More: Deepgram Free $200 Credit | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 50 credits/dayresets daily | No carryover · No commercial rights · No monthly song downloads · Free models only (best… More: Suno Free Plan | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $100one-time | $100 sign-up credit lasts 12 months · 2 concurrent real-time sessions on the Free tier ·… More: Speechmatics $100 Free Credit | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $5,500one-time | 33,000,000 characters (~680+ hours of Agents usage) over 12 months · Startups and small… More: ElevenLabs Startup Grants | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $200one-time | Standard voices: 5 million characters/month (no stated time limit) · Neural voices: 1… More: Amazon Polly Free Tier | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $50one-time | Free-tier streaming concurrency: 5 new streams per minute · Free-tier accounts may… More: AssemblyAI Free Credits | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $20one-time | New accounts start on the free tier with $20 in credits · 10,000 characters per month… More: Hume AI Free Tier | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| $5one-time | One-time $5 credit; no recurring free tier · 203 models included with one API key ·… More: YepAPI Free $5 Credit | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 1M tokens | Serverless, token-billed models · 60 minutes free audio transcription · Free quota split… More: Scaleway Generative APIs Free Tier | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 20K credits/monthresets monthly | $1 prepaid agents balance per month · Sonic-3.6 TTS: about 27 minutes/month, 2… More: Cartesia Free Plan | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 50 requests/dayresets daily | 20 requests per minute on all free variants · 50 requests per day for accounts that have… More: OpenRouter Free AI Models | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 25 credits | Granted on Google social-login signup · One-time grant for initial testing and evaluation | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 5 requests/dayresets daily | 5 free video generations per 24 hours (rolling reset) · Up to 15 seconds per video ·… More: fal.ai MiniMax H3 Max Free Daily Generations | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| Free tierongoing | Free plan includes limited AI features versus Pro and Business plans · File storage… More: 1min.AI Free Plan | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| Free credits | One-time 50 EUR credit at signup, valid for one year, no monthly reset · Roughly 312 h… More: Gladia Free Credits | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| Free tierongoing | No expiration · Free models include gemini-3.8-flash, gemini-3.6-flash,… More: Google Gemini Developer API Free Tier | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| Free tierongoing | Free for a limited number of runs; exact cap not published · Free models (11):… More: Replicate Try for Free | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| Free credits | INR 100 one-time signup credits · Credits never expire and work across all Sarvam APIs ·… More: Sarvam AI Free API Credits | No card | Verified Oct 12, 2026 | |
| 500K tokens | No expiration (subject to change) · 500K tokens per LLM model, 2M video tokens, 200… More: BytePlus Free Trial | No card | Listed | |
| 60 minutes/monthresets monthly (1st) | Up to 2 AI questions per recording on the free plan · Allowance resets at the start of… More: ToText Free Plan | No card | Listed | |
| 5 requests/dayresets daily | Up to 5 jobs per browser per UTC day (two-track and four-track jobs share the allowance)… More: Vocal Separator Free Daily Jobs | No card | Listed | |
| 1 credits | 1 free song attempt at sign-up (1 credit) that generates 2 songs to choose from ·… More: Neume Free Songs | No card | Listed |
Top picks
- ElevenLabs as the default free TTS - best voice quality at 10,000 monthly credits; its startup program extends it dramatically if you are incorporated.
- Deepgram's $200 credit for speech-to-text - the most generous grant we have verified, no card; Speechmatics' $100, AssemblyAI's $50, and Gladia's €50 as second opinions (Gladia is tuned for European languages).
- Suno's free plan for AI music - the only verified free route to full songs.
- Cartesia for real-time voice agents, and Amazon Polly for sheer volume - 5M characters a month free for a year.
How we verify
Audio tools hide their real limits behind "credits", so we convert them: we claim each free tier or grant, then synthesize or transcribe real audio.
- We record what a credit buys, what a minute costs, and whether a card was requested.
- We re-check monthly. The verified date on each row is the day we last confirmed the numbers.
- We pull providers that shrink allowances or repoint credits to paid-only models once the free tier stops being useful.
Frequently asked questions
How many free AI voice & audio tools does aifree.dev list?
23 right now: 19 verified by a person and 4 listed, waiting for a first check. By type: 11 credit grants, 11 free tiers and 1 startup program. The newest verification is from Oct 12, 2026.
Which audio tools need no credit card?
23 of 23, among them ElevenLabs Free Plan, Deepgram Free $200 Credit and Suno Free Plan. The "Card?" column of the table marks each row.
What changed in free AI voice & audio tools this week?
In the 7 days to Oct 29, 2026: 9 with changed terms (Scaleway Generative APIs Free Tier, OpenRouter Free AI Models and 7 more). Every change is on the hub's changes page and its RSS feed.
Are these voice and audio tools really free?
Yes - ElevenLabs, Suno, Cartesia, and Amazon Polly run permanent free tiers, and Deepgram, Speechmatics, AssemblyAI, and Gladia grant one-time credits. Each was claimed with a real account before it earned a row here.
How long do free audio credits last?
Permanent tiers (ElevenLabs, Suno, Cartesia) reset monthly and do not expire. One-time grants like Deepgram's $200 or AssemblyAI's $50 stay until spent unless the provider states otherwise - durations are in the "Key limits" column.
Can I use free TTS for commercial projects?
Usually not on free plans - most providers gate commercial rights and higher limits behind paid tiers. Amazon Polly's free tier is an exception many developers start with. Each offer page summarizes the usage terms the provider states.
What is the best free text-to-speech option?
ElevenLabs for quality, Amazon Polly for volume (5M characters a month for a year), and Cartesia for real-time latency. All three are permanent tiers we verified - pick by whether quality, scale, or latency matters most.
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Last verified Oct 19, 2026 · 23 offers checked · 19 re-checked this month · Providers that fail our checks land on the scam list.