Comparison # Mix It Up TTS vs Chat2Speech: which to choose Updated November 11, 2026 ยท 5 min read Mix It Up is a streaming bot with actions, commands and an overlay. TTS is one of its actions: text is read by a voice from a provider you pick, from Windows voices to cloud services. If you're deciding between Mix It Up TTS with provider setup and Chat2Speech with character voices from one link, here are the two compared, point by point. Mix It Up details come from its documentation as of November 2026. ## In short In Mix It Up, TTS is a bot action you attach to commands and events, with a provider you choose. Chat2Speech is ready-made TTS for your whole chat in character voices, with moderation and voice subscriptions, half of which go to the streamer. Mix It Up suits people who already build stream automation on it. Chat2Speech suits people who want TTS that works right away. ## TTS providers in Mix It Up According to the docs, the Text To Speech action can use Windows voices installed on your PC, ResponsiveVoice, TTS.Monster via API or overlay URL, Amazon Polly, Microsoft Azure Speech, TikTok TTS, EDGE TTS and Google Cloud TTS. You get volume, pitch and rate settings, a random voice option and SSML for some providers. ResponsiveVoice runs through the Mix It Up Overlay, but the docs say outright it's no longer the recommended default provider. ## Provider limits and billing Amazon Polly and Azure are limited to one TTS action every 5 minutes. To remove the cooldown you link your own provider account, which is then billed for usage. Google Cloud TTS needs your own billed account and offers no free limits. TikTok TTS and EDGE TTS are free but limited to three actions a minute, and free services can drop requests under heavy load. In practice, free limits won't cover an active chat, so you'd set up a paid cloud account. Character voices are something you source separately, for example through TTS.Monster. ## Providers you wire up versus voices ready to go In Mix It Up you pick a TTS provider, link accounts for the paid ones, live with cooldowns on the free ones and source character voices separately, for example through TTS.Monster. It is flexible, and it is setup work. Chat2Speech comes with the voices built in: 250+ characters, narrators and meme heroes, with premium voices that laugh and whisper, and no cloud account of your own to bill. You sign in with Twitch, add one link to OBS as a Browser source, and messages play about a second later. Schemes, filters and mod commands such as!tts skip and!tts mute @name are in the same dashboard. ## Side by side The key differences between Mix It Up and Chat2Speech in one list. - Purpose: Mix It Up is a bot with a TTS action; Chat2Speech reads your whole chat in character voices. - Voices: Mix It Up uses provider voices; Chat2Speech has 250+ character voices plus premium voices with emotions. - Limits: in Mix It Up, Polly and Azure allow one action per 5 minutes, TikTok and EDGE 3 per minute; Chat2Speech gives 7 free minutes of TTS a day. - Setup: Mix It Up needs actions, providers and keys; Chat2Speech is one link in OBS. - Moderation: Chat2Speech has filters,!tts skip,!tts clear,!tts mute @name and a remote in the OBS dock. - Income: Mix It Up has none; Chat2Speech pays half of every viewer voice subscription. ## Cooldowns versus a chat that can keep talking A free provider limited to three actions a minute, or one every five minutes for Polly and Azure without your own account, can't keep up with an active chat. Chat2Speech's free tier is counted in audio minutes instead: 7 minutes a day, about 100 messages, and plans give 70 minutes, 200 minutes or unlimited for $5, $10 or $20 a month. That matters because TTS works best when every viewer who types can be heard: quiet viewers start writing and newcomers see a lively chat. ## A tool you pay for versus a tool that pays you Mix It Up's TTS is an automation feature; with paid providers you are the one billed for usage, and nothing in it turns TTS into income for you. In Chat2Speech viewers buy a voice subscription on your channel, $9.99, $19.99, $49.99 and up for 30 days, and half of every purchase goes to your balance from the first stream, without Affiliate. The subscriber speaks in a premium voice with emotions and is heard after the daily limit; a handful of subscribers covers your plan, and the rest is income. ## Can you use both? Yes. Chat2Speech is a separate OBS source and does not interfere with other services. Just watch the volume so two TTS sources do not speak at once. ## Which one to choose If you already automate your stream in Mix It Up and need TTS for specific events or commands, the built-in action may be enough. If you want your whole chat in character voices with no one-per-5-minutes limits, no provider keys and income from voice subscriptions, choose Chat2Speech. You can try it free: 7 minutes of TTS a day, about 100 messages, no card. Plans for 70 minutes, 200 minutes or unlimited cost $5, $10 and $20 a month. ## Questions ### Which TTS providers does Mix It Up support? According to its docs: Windows voices, ResponsiveVoice, TTS.Monster, Amazon Polly, Azure Speech, TikTok TTS, EDGE TTS and Google Cloud TTS. ### Does Mix It Up limit free TTS? Yes. Polly and Azure allow one action every 5 minutes without your own account; TikTok and EDGE allow 3 actions a minute. ### Can I use Mix It Up and Chat2Speech together? Yes. The bot and automation stay in Mix It Up, and chat TTS goes into OBS as a separate Chat2Speech source. ### What does Chat2Speech cost, and does it need a bot? TTS is free for 7 minutes a day, and plans are $5, $10 and $20 a month. No bot is needed: TTS runs through a link in OBS, and Twitch sign-in gives the service no permission to post in your chat. ## Sources - [Mix It Up Docs: Text To Speech action](https://mixitup.bot/docs/actions/text-to-speech-action) ## Read also - [Tangia alternative: how Chat2Speech compares](https://chat2speech.com/en/guides/tangia-alternative) - [Lumia Stream alternative for TTS: how Chat2Speech compares](https://chat2speech.com/en/guides/lumia-stream-alternative) - [Creati's Bot alternative: how Chat2Speech compares](https://chat2speech.com/en/guides/creati-bot-alternative) - [TTS Monster alternative: how Chat2Speech compares](https://chat2speech.com/en/guides/tts-monster-alternative) - [Streamlabs TTS alternative: what a streamer should choose](https://chat2speech.com/en/guides/streamlabs-tts-alternative) - [StreamChat AI alternative: how Chat2Speech compares](https://chat2speech.com/en/guides/streamchat-ai-alternative) [Try Chat2Speech free](https://chat2speech.com/en/) [Powered by SuperClonica](https://superclonica.com/en/) - [Chat2Speech](https://chat2speech.com/en/) - [Sign in](https://chat2speech.com/en/login)