AI voice generator for narration and voice-overs
Murf AI review
AI voice-overs for training videos, explainers and slide decks in 35+ languages from $19 a month billed yearly — but the PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins need the $66 Business plan, and only Enterprise gets a DPA.
Prices and terms checked against Murf AI's own pages — sources.
Pick Murf AI if…
- Small teams that narrate training videos, product demos or explainers and do not want to record their own voice
- Freelancers who need commercial voice-overs in several languages — Creator includes commercial rights from $19 a month billed yearly
- Teams that narrate PowerPoint decks every week and can justify Business for the add-in that turns speaker notes into audio
Skip it if…
- Anyone who only narrates one deck now and then — PowerPoint records your own voice for free
- Mac or PowerPoint-for-the-web users who want the add-in — it is a Windows installer
- EU businesses that put personal data into scripts without a DPA — Murf's DPA is tied to an Enterprise order form
Murf AI turns a written script into a voice-over. You pick one of more than 200 AI voices, adjust speed, pitch, pauses and emphasis, and download the audio or a finished video. Beyond its web studio, Murf sells an API, AI dubbing and add-ins for PowerPoint, Google Slides and Canva. Murf Inc. is a Delaware company based in San Francisco.
How we checked Murf AI
Checked without an account on 2 November 2026: the Studio, API and Dub pricing pages including the full feature table, terms of service, privacy policy, data protection agreement, security page, sub-processor list, ethical AI statement, the PowerPoint and Google Slides add-in pages with their FAQ, and Murf’s help center articles on the PowerPoint plugin and on cancelling. We have not generated audio with a paid plan. How we would narrate a deck is in our guide how to do a voice-over on PowerPoint.
| Checked | What we found |
|---|---|
| Pricing page | Studio plans Free, Creator, Business, Enterprise; separate pay-as-you-go pricing for the API and for dubbing |
| What counts | Voice generation time: 10 minutes on Free, 24 hours a year on Creator, 96 hours a year on Business |
| Free plan | Business features to try, but no downloads and no commercial rights |
| PowerPoint add-in | Windows installer (.msi); turns speaker notes into narration per slide; adding audio needs Business or Enterprise |
| Google Slides add-on | Narration from a script in Slides, plays in slide-show mode; Business or Enterprise |
| Script limit | 1,000 characters per audio block in the PowerPoint add-in; longer notes are split |
| Commercial rights | From Creator; no reselling of voices and no use of outputs to train AI models |
| Refunds | Only within 24 hours of purchase and under 10 minutes of voice used (terms, §2.5) |
| Cancelling | Any time in workspace settings; access runs to the end of the billing period |
| Price changes | Apply after 30 days’ notice |
| Training on data | “Do not use it for training our AI models in any way for our Enterprise customers” (ethical AI page); no such statement found for other plans |
| Data processing | DPA with EU Standard Contractual Clauses, entered with an Enterprise service order form; the privacy policy also refers to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which covers transfers but is not a processing agreement |
| Hosting | AWS US-East-2 (Ohio), backups in the same region; affiliate in India for support |
| Sub-processors | 21 listed, most in the USA, including AWS, Google, Microsoft, IBM, OpenAI (translation) and AssemblyAI |
| Certifications | ISO 27001, ISO 42001, SOC 2 Type II; HIPAA page for health data |
| Law and courts | Delaware law, courts in Delaware |
What it really costs
Official prices before tax, as of 2 November 2026.
| Scenario | What you need | Plan | Monthly billing | Yearly billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Try the voices once | Listen in the browser, no download | Free | $0 | $0 |
| Freelancer, a few client videos a month | Downloads, commercial rights | Creator | $29 | $19 a month ($228 a year) |
| Small business, one training deck a week | Audio from Murf Studio, inserted into PowerPoint by hand | Creator | $29 | $19 a month |
| Same team, narration straight from speaker notes | PowerPoint or Google Slides add-in | Business | $99 | $66 a month ($792 a year) |
| Company with SSO and a DPA | Enterprise contract | Enterprise | On request | On request |
The big step is the add-in: Business costs $792 a year against $228 for Creator, $564 more. Creator already gives you the voices and the downloads; with it, you insert one audio file per slide yourself. Business saves that manual step and updates the audio from your speaker notes.
What users report
Google’s search results show Murf with 4.6 out of 5 from 186 reviews on Trustpilot and 4.7 out of 5 from 1,411 reviews on G2 (snapshot of 2 November 2026). We could not open either page for this check, so we have not read the individual reviews, and the averages do not count towards our score.
Murf AI vs. the alternatives
| Checked | Murf AI | Your own voice in PowerPoint | ElevenLabs | Clipchamp text-to-speech |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI voice studio with slide add-ins | PowerPoint’s built-in recording | AI voice generator with voice cloning | Microsoft’s video editor with AI voices |
| Inside PowerPoint | Add-in on Windows (Business) | Yes, Windows and Mac; not in PowerPoint for the web | No, export audio and insert it | No, works on a video of the deck |
| Free option | 10 minutes, no downloads | Free with PowerPoint | Free tier | Included in Clipchamp |
| Good for | Decks you update often, several languages | One-off decks, personal tone | Very natural voices, cloning | A deck exported as video |
ElevenLabs and Clipchamp are listed for orientation; we have not reviewed their plans in detail. If you narrate a deck once and your own voice is fine, PowerPoint’s recording is free and good enough.
Change log
- 2 November 2026: First review. Prices, terms, DPA, security page, sub-processors and the PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins checked.
What to check before customer data goes into a tool is in AI tools and the GDPR.
What works
- 200+ voices in 35+ languages and accents, with control over speed, pitch, pauses and pronunciation
- Commercial rights from Creator; the terms leave ownership of your scripts and uploads with you (no reselling of Murf's voices)
- PowerPoint add-in turns speaker notes into narration on each slide and keeps animations and transitions
- Integrations for Google Slides, Canva, Articulate 360 and Adobe Captivate, plus an API and AI dubbing
- ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and SOC 2 Type II; Murf's own storage stays in one AWS region in Ohio, backups included
What to watch
- The PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins need Business at $792 a year ($99 monthly), against $228 a year for Creator
- The free plan does not allow downloads, so you cannot test a finished voice-over in your own deck
- Fees are non-refundable unless you ask within 24 hours and have used less than 10 minutes
- Murf promises not to train its models on Enterprise customers' data; we found no such promise for the other plans
- The DPA with EU Standard Contractual Clauses is signed with an Enterprise order form; we found none for self-serve plans, and the EU-US Data Privacy Framework does not replace it
How Murf AI scores
3.4 / 5
- Value for money Weight 25% 3.5 / 5 Creator at $19 a month billed yearly covers commercial voice-overs, but the PowerPoint add-in costs $66 a month billed yearly on Business.
- Features for small businesses Weight 25% 4.0 / 5 200+ voices in 35+ languages, fine control over delivery, add-ins for PowerPoint and Google Slides, Canva, e-learning tools, API and dubbing.
- Data protection (EU) Weight 20% 2.5 / 5 ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified, storage in one US region, but the DPA and the no-training promise are documented for Enterprise only; 21 sub-processors.
- Try before you pay Weight 15% 3.5 / 5 Free plan without a card for 10 minutes of voice, but no downloads; refund only within 24 hours and under 10 minutes used.
- Fair terms Weight 15% 3.0 / 5 Cancel any time, effective at the end of the paid period; price changes need 30 days' notice; no refunds after 24 hours; Delaware courts.
The score weighs documented facts — prices, plan limits, terms and the vendor's data-processing documents as of 2 Nov 2026. It is not a lab test. How the score works.
Murf AI plans and prices
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free | 10 minutes of voice generation, 10 projects, no downloads, no commercial rights |
| Creator | $29/mo | $19/mo | 24 hours of voice generation a year, 100 projects, 200+ voices, downloads, commercial rights, Canva |
| Business | $99/mo | $66/mo | 96 hours a year, 500 projects, business license, PowerPoint and Google Slides add-ins, transcription |
| Enterprise | — | — | Unlimited voice generation, 5+ editors, SSO, no training on your data, MSA and DPA, custom voice clones as add-on |
USD, excluding tax, from Murf AI's pricing page on 2 Nov 2026. Prices change — the vendor's page is binding.
Alternatives worth a look
ElevenLabs · WellSaid Labs · Clipchamp text-to-speech · Recording your own voice in PowerPoint
Sources
- Murf pricing (Studio, API and Dub plans)
- Murf terms of service
- Murf privacy policy
- Murf data protection agreement
- Murf security and data residency
- Murf sub-processors
- Murf ethical AI statement
- Murf PowerPoint plugin
- Murf Google Slides add-on
- Murf help center — cancelling a subscription
- Murf impressum (company details)
Checked 2 Nov 2026.
Questions
Murf AI: common questions
Is Murf AI free?
There is a free plan with 10 minutes of voice generation and no credit card, but you cannot download the audio and you get no commercial rights. Downloads and commercial use start with Creator at $19 a month billed yearly or $29 monthly.
Can I use Murf AI voices commercially?
Yes, on paid plans. Creator includes commercial rights; Business adds a business license. The terms do not allow reselling Murf's voices or using them to train another AI model.
Does Murf AI work in PowerPoint?
Yes. Murf's add-in for PowerPoint on Windows turns speaker notes or a typed script into narration on each slide. Adding audio to slides requires the Business or Enterprise plan; other plans can install and preview it. On Creator, you can download audio from Murf Studio and insert it with Insert, Audio.
Who owns Murf AI?
Murf Inc., a Delaware company based in San Francisco; its management, per its impressum, is Ankur Edkie, Sneha Roy and Divyanshu Pandey. A subsidiary in India, Murf Software Solutions, provides technical and support services.
Where does Murf AI store my data?
In the United States. Murf's security page says customer data, including backups, stays in AWS's US-East-2 region in Ohio; 21 sub-processors, most of them in the USA, and a subsidiary in India also process data. For EU personal data, its DPA with Standard Contractual Clauses is tied to an Enterprise order form.
Can I get a refund from Murf AI?
Only within 24 hours of buying and if you have generated less than 10 minutes of voice. After that, fees are non-refundable; cancelling stops the next renewal and the plan runs until the end of the period.