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Speechify: what’s new and our verdict

Text-to-speech app that reads PDFs, books and web pages aloud, with a Free plan and a $29 monthly premium price.

Official site

Release Ruler for Speechify: marked at its Reported release date on the timeline of every AI model we track.

At a glance

Evidence
Reported
First covered
Oct 25, 2026
Last verified
Oct 25, 2026
Pricing
Official page, dated
Best for
AI voice and speech

Evidence and ranking

Evidence behind this verdict

  1. Sources read2 cited sources, latest fetched Oct 25, 2026. (done)
  2. Facts re-checkedLast verified Oct 25, 2026. (done)
  3. Not run by us yetWe have not run it, so this is labelled Reported. (not done)

Where we rank it (editorial)

Listed here but not yet ranked. Ranks are editorial picks, not benchmark scores.

Pricing: Read from speechify.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25)

Our verdict

Text-to-speech app that reads PDFs, books and web pages aloud, with a Free plan and a $29 monthly premium price.

Good for

  • People who want documents read aloud

Skip if

  • Developers needing an API only

Status: Reported. This write-up is based on official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves yet.

Best for

Key facts

Speechify's pricing page lists Free and a premium plan at $29 a month billed monthly; its site says it has 60M+ users and supports voice typing and a Q&A assistant.

  • License: Proprietary
  • Platforms: Web and apps
  • Pricing model: Freemium
  • Free tier: Free plan
  • Paid plans: Premium $29 per month billed monthly
  • How to start: Sign up free and import a document.
  • Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

How to set it up: Get started with Speechify

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Speechify.

  1. Get access

    Sign up free and import a document.

  2. Check the limits and costs first

    Free plan. Paid: Premium $29 per month billed monthly. Read from speechify.com/pricing on 2026-10-25.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free plan

Cons

  • Monthly price shown is the unrebated rate

Alternatives and comparisons

  • ElevenLabs: Voice, speech, music and voice-agent platform with a detailed API changelog.
  • AssemblyAI: Speech AI APIs for transcription and understanding; start free, pay as you go.
  • Cartesia: Realtime voice AI: text-to-speech, speech-to-text in 44 languages and voice agents, with a free plan and credit tiers.
  • Deepgram: Voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and agents with $200 in free credit.

FAQ

What is Speechify?

Speechify's pricing page lists Free and a premium plan at $29 a month billed monthly; its site says it has 60M+ users and supports voice typing and a Q&A assistant.

Is Speechify free?

Free plan. Paid: Premium $29 per month billed monthly. Read from speechify.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

What license is Speechify under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

What we have not verified

  • Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)

Sources

Last verified · Agentic Weekly

  • AssemblyAI: Speech AI APIs for transcription and understanding; start free, pay as you go.
  • Cartesia: Realtime voice AI: text-to-speech, speech-to-text in 44 languages and voice agents, with a free plan and credit tiers.
  • Deepgram: Voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and agents with $200 in free credit.

How to cite this page

Agentic Weekly, "Speechify: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/speechify

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