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Amazon Polly vs iStock: 2026 Comparison

Amazon Polly iStock
Overview AWS text-to-speech service offering lifelike speech synthesis with neural and standard voices in dozens of languages. A stock photography marketplace by Getty Images offering affordable photos, illustrations, vectors, and video clips.
Pricing Pay-per-use ($-$$) Subscription ($12.99-$33/month)
Key Features
  • Neural voices
  • Standard voices
  • 30+ languages
  • SSML
  • Lexicons
  • Speech marks
  • Newscaster style
  • Stock photos
  • Illustrations
  • Vectors
  • Video
  • Curated collections
  • AI search
  • Flexible licensing
  • Plugin for design tools
Pros
  • Low cost
  • Reliable
  • Many languages
  • AWS integration
  • Affordable pricing
  • Getty quality
  • Good curation
  • Plugin integrations
Cons
  • Less natural than competitors
  • Limited voice styles
  • AWS dependency
  • Smaller library than Shutterstock
  • Credit system confusing
  • Some dated content
  • Extra license costs

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