Honest comparison. See which TTS service fits your needs.
Last updated: July 2026. Verified July 2026.
Vendor status — Verified July 2026
Neets.ai's TLS certificate has been broken for months — as of July 2026 the site fails HTTPS and the API is effectively unreachable. No shutdown notice has been published, and there is no status page.
| Feature | EasyVoice | Neets.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | 5K chars/day (~150K/mo) | Site unreachable (broken TLS) |
| Pro Price | $9.99/mo | $1/1M chars (advertised) |
| Voices | 56 | Unknown — site down |
| Languages | 9 | Unknown — site down |
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Voice Cloning | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open Source | ✓ | ✗ |
Neets.ai's pitch was unbeatable for hobbyists: TTS at $1 per 1M characters. The problem: the site has failed TLS for months and the service is effectively unreachable (re-verified July 2026). Cheap only counts if it's up. If you were on Neets for the price, EasyVoice's free tier — 5,000 chars/day, no card, roughly 150K/mo — covers most hobby workloads at $0, and $9.99/mo unlimited covers the rest.
| Provider | Price | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Neets.ai | $1/1M (advertised) | Unreachable for months — broken TLS, no status page (July 2026) |
| EasyVoice Free | $0 — 5,000 chars/day | ~150K chars/mo, no credit card; covers most hobby workloads |
| EasyVoice Pro | $9.99/mo flat | Unlimited characters — the bill is $9.99 at any volume |
| DeepInfra (Kokoro-82M) | $0.62/1M | Cheapest metered API still online; raw endpoint only — no app, no long-form studio |
| OpenAI tts-1 | $15/1M | No free tier — bills from the first character |
| ElevenLabs API | $50–$100/1M | Creator plan: $22/mo = 121K credits (≈$182/1M effective) |
| AnySpeech | $9.99/mo = 50K chars | Copies the price, meters the characters (≈$200/1M effective) |
1. Check whether the free tier already covers you
A Neets-scale hobby project rarely passes 150K chars/mo. EasyVoice free is 5,000 chars/day with no card — for most Neets refugees the honest answer is you'll pay $0.
2. Create a free account and API key
Sign up at easyvoice.ae, generate a key in the dashboard. No card, no trial clock.
3. Point your code at the OpenAI-compatible endpoint
POST https://easyvoice.ae/api/v1/audio/speech with a Bearer key and an 'input' field. If your Neets integration used an OpenAI-style shape, this is a base-URL change; otherwise the 5-line diff at /openai-tts-alternative/migration-guide covers Python and JavaScript.
4. Pick replacement voices
Play the free samples at /voices and swap your voice IDs. 56 voices across 9 languages.
5. Upgrade only if you hit the daily cap
If a project outgrows 5,000 chars/day, Pro is $9.99/mo unlimited — monthly, cancel in-app.
There has been no official shutdown announcement — what we can verify is what's observable: Neets.ai's TLS certificate has been broken for months, the site fails HTTPS, and the API is effectively unreachable as of July 2026. No status page, no timeline, no support response reported. Whatever the company's internal status, a service you can't reach is a service you can't build on.
Run the numbers for your actual usage. EasyVoice's free tier is 5,000 chars/day (~150K/mo) at $0 — at Neets' advertised rate that same usage cost 15 cents, so for most hobby projects the switch is free, not a price increase. Above the free cap, $9.99/mo unlimited beats metered billing once you pass ~666K chars/mo vs OpenAI-style pricing. And if you genuinely want the cheapest metered API that's still online, DeepInfra serves Kokoro-82M at $0.62/1M — raw endpoint only, no app or studio. We'd rather tell you that than pretend it doesn't exist.
No. The free tier needs an account but no card — 5,000 characters/day, resetting daily, indefinitely. You can even generate anonymously (2,000 chars/day) before creating an account at all.