{"name":"CosyVoice","tagline":"Text-to-speech and voice-cloning model family from Alibaba Cloud.","url":"https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice","category":"audio","pricing":"paid","price_note":"CosyVoice 2 from ~$0.287/10,000 characters; CosyVoice 3.5 Plus from ~$0.22/10,000 characters; CosyVoice voice creation free; Qwen-TTS voice creation $0.20/voice; free quota: 10 voice creations in first 90 days (Singapore region)","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"api":true,"self_host":true,"model_routing":"locked","verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"Best-in-class Chinese TTS naturalness, plus open-source weights you can self-host. Pricing is token-based and can be confusing compared with per-minute audio APIs; English quality is good but not market-leading.","limitations":["Token/character pricing can be confusing vs per-minute audio APIs.","Commercial rights and voice-cloning ethics need review.","English and non-Chinese quality are good but not market-leading.","Same Alibaba Cloud region/compliance friction as other Qwen services."],"strengths":["Top-tier naturalness for Chinese text-to-speech.","Open-source weights that can be self-hosted.","API and voice-creation options on Alibaba Cloud."],"use_for":["Chinese-language applications that need natural-sounding TTS.","Teams that can self-host to keep voice data off shared cloud endpoints."],"skip_when":["You need simple per-minute pricing and predictable audio costs.","English or non-Chinese output must be market-leading.","Alibaba Cloud region and compliance requirements are a blocker."],"receipts":["https://github.com/QwenAudio/CosyVoice","https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/model-studio/voice-design-user-guide","https://cloudprice.net/models/alibaba-cosyvoice-2","https://cloudprice.net/models/alibaba-cosyvoice-3-5-plus","https://guijiagi.com/posts/ai-tts-2026-comparison/"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"blueshift","featured":false,"data_sensitivity":{"trains_on_inputs":"unknown","local_processing":true},"last_verified":"2026-08-24","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"cosyvoice","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/cosyvoice/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}