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Reviews

**Azure Text to Speech API** [

4.2/5(95)

](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/reviews#reviews)

**BeyondWords** [

4.4/5(56)

](https://www.g2.com/products/beyondwords/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Azure Text to Speech API**
No pricing available

**BeyondWords**
Free Trial

**Free** Per Month · Pilot

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Azure Text to Speech API**
5 months

Based on 23 responses

**BeyondWords**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**Azure Text to Speech API**
14 months

Based on 21 responses

**BeyondWords**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**Azure Text to Speech API**
$$$$$

**BeyondWords**
Not enough reviews yet

Average Discount

**Azure Text to Speech API**
13%

**BeyondWords**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**Azure Text to Speech API**
[
Ease of Use (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2295043&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Natural Voices (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2295058&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Expensive (2)
](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2295051&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Limited Emotions (1)
](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2468300&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

**BeyondWords**
Not enough data

Integrations

**Azure Text to Speech API**
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AWS Glue

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](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/integrations)

**BeyondWords**
Not enough data

Screenshots

**Azure Text to Speech API**
No screenshot available

**BeyondWords**
 ![BeyondWords screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/173107/BeyondWords---audio-CMS-overview.png)

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Azure Text to Speech API**

8.2

8.278

**BeyondWords**

9.0

9.054

Ease of Use

**Azure Text to Speech API**

8.7

8.778

**BeyondWords**

9.4

9.454

Ease of Setup

**Azure Text to Speech API**

7.7

7.752

**BeyondWords**
Not enough data

Ease of Admin

**Azure Text to Speech API**

7.6

7.647

**BeyondWords**
Not enough data

Quality of Support

**Azure Text to Speech API**

7.9

7.972

**BeyondWords**

9.0

9.049

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Azure Text to Speech API**

7.8

7.845

**BeyondWords**
Not enough data

Product Direction (% positive)

**Azure Text to Speech API**

8.8

8.876

**BeyondWords**

9.8

9.852

Features

Text to Speech[Hide 53 FeaturesShow 53 Features](javascript:void(0);)

8.7

38

8.8

43

Integration

Application Integration

8.8(won by 0.4)

36

8.4

39

Real-Time Streaming

8.8(won by 0.3)

35

8.5

40

Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Volume

9.0(won by 0.1)

35

8.9

42

Pitch

8.7

33

9.0(won by 0.3)

41

Speed

8.8

34

9.1(won by 0.3)

42

Pronunciation

8.9

36

9.0(won by 0.1)

40

Accent

8.8

34

9.0(won by 0.2)

40

Emotion

8.2

35

8.3(won by 0.1)

41

Speaking Styles

8.7(tied score)

36

8.7(tied score)

40

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Output

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audio Format

Natural Sounding Voices

8.5

36

8.7(won by 0.2)

39

Audio Format Flexibility

8.5

35

8.7(won by 0.2)

39

Audio Optimization

8.6(tied score)

33

8.6(tied score)

39

Audio Format

Not enough data

Not enough data

Custom Voices

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-Voice

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

AI Text-to-Speech

9.0

31

9.3(won by 0.3)

41

Gen AI 

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

For Online Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Grammar Check

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audio Editor

Not enough data

Not enough data

For Sales Teams/Organizations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

WCAG Compliance

Not enough data

Not enough data

Content Library

Not enough data

Not enough data

Publishing/Sharing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Chatbot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Content Creation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Recognition

Not enough data

Not enough data

Collaboration Tools

Not enough data

Not enough data

Text Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Phonetic Variation Detection

Not enough data

Not enough data

Voice Generator

Not enough data

Not enough data

SSML Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Transcripts/Chat History

Not enough data

Not enough data

For Marketers

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech-to-Text Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Project Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

Machine Translation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Natural Language Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Natural Language Generation (NLG)[Hide 11 FeaturesShow 11 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.0

10

Data Ingestion

Big Data Processing

Not enough data

8.0(won by default)

9

Unstructed Data Processing

Not enough data

7.4(won by default)

9

Processing of Various File Types

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

9

Presentation

Report Creation

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

9

Charts and Graphs

Not enough data

7.4(won by default)

7

Tailored Content

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

9

System

Programming Language Support

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

9

Drag and Drop

Not enough data

7.4(won by default)

9

Pre-Built Algorithms

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

9

Customizable Models

Not enough data

8.5(won by default)

10

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

9

Show 3 feature categories with incomplete data

Artificial Intelligence[Hide 37 FeaturesShow 37 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Tagging

Not enough data

Not enough data

Natural Language Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi-Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

Predictive Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speech Recognition

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA)

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customer Segmentation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Collaboration Tools

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

For eCommerce

Not enough data

Not enough data

Role-Based Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Branding

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Document Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Trend Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Machine Learning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Escalation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Metrics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Data

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Mobile App

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Data Sources

Not enough data

Not enough data

For Sales Teams/Organizations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Sentiment Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Chatbot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Workflow Automation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI[Hide 22 FeaturesShow 22 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Code Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Text to Image

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Natural Language Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Virtual Characters and Avatars

Not enough data

Not enough data

Content Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Personalization and Recommendation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Conditional Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Transformer Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automated Image & Video Editing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Interactive and Co-Creative Systems

Not enough data

Not enough data

Text Summarization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Augmentation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Variation Autoencoder Models

Not enough data

Not enough data

Adversarial Training

Not enough data

Not enough data

Transfer Learning and Fine-tuning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Simulation and Scenario Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Creative Design

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Prompt Engineering

Not enough data

Not enough data

Foundation Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

Synthetic Media[Hide 22 FeaturesShow 22 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audio

Accents

Not enough data

Not enough data

Voice Cloning

Not enough data

Not enough data

Range of Tones

Not enough data

Not enough data

Languages

Not enough data

Not enough data

Video

Closed Captions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Avatar Quality

Not enough data

Not enough data

Custom Avatars

Not enough data

Not enough data

Video Editing Capabilities

Not enough data

Not enough data

Image

Text to Image

Not enough data

Not enough data

Realism

Not enough data

Not enough data

Text

Text Optimization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Range of Sentiments

Not enough data

Not enough data

Platform

Collaboration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Speed of Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text-to-Image

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text-to-Speech

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Image-to-Text

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text-to-Video

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text-to-3D

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text-to-Music

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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Azure Text to Speech API

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

50.0%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

25.5%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

24.5%

[![BeyondWords](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/727769628950feffeb899d3424d815f0/beyondwords.svg "BeyondWords")](https://www.g2.com/products/beyondwords/reviews)

BeyondWords

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

57.1%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

30.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

12.5%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

50.0%

57.1%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

25.5%

30.4%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

24.5%

12.5%

Reviewers' Industry

[![Azure Text to Speech API](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1549901958/azure-text-to-speech-api.jpg "Azure Text to Speech API")](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-text-to-speech-api/reviews)
Azure Text to Speech API

Information Technology and Services

22.3%

Computer Software

19.1%

Hospital & Health Care

5.3%

Education Management

4.3%

Sporting Goods

2.1%

Other

46.8%

[![BeyondWords](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/727769628950feffeb899d3424d815f0/beyondwords.svg "BeyondWords")](https://www.g2.com/products/beyondwords/reviews)
BeyondWords

Computer Software

12.5%

Information Technology and Services

10.7%

Writing and Editing

7.1%

Accounting

5.4%

Internet

5.4%

Other

58.9%

Alternatives

**Azure Text to Speech API Alternatives**

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Murf.ai
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Google Cloud Text-to-Speech
](/products/google-cloud-text-to-speech/reviews)

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[
Polly
](/products/amazon-polly/reviews)

 ![IBM Watson Text to Speech](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1553623625/ibm-watson-text-to-speech.svg "IBM Watson Text to Speech")

[
IBM Watson Text to Speech
](/products/ibm-watson-text-to-speech/reviews)

**BeyondWords Alternatives**

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[
Descript
](/products/descript/reviews)

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Murf.ai
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ElevenLabs
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[
Synthesia
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## Azure Text to Speech API vs BeyondWords

- Reviewers felt that BeyondWords meets the needs of their business better than Azure Text to Speech API.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that BeyondWords is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of BeyondWords over Azure Text to Speech API.