A powerful synthesizing tool that enables users to create and edit songs by inputting melodies and lyrics, adjusting pronunciations, applying effects like vibrato, and modifying vocal dynamics and tones for a realistic singing experience.


The best Text to Speech alternative to UTAU is VOCALOID. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Alter/Ego or Cadencii. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to UTAU and five of them are Text to Speech Services so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Text to Speech Service alternatives to UTAU are Emvoice and Chipspeech.
A powerful synthesizing tool that enables users to create and edit songs by inputting melodies and lyrics, adjusting pronunciations, applying effects like vibrato, and modifying vocal dynamics and tones for a realistic singing experience.


Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it focuses on more ‘modern’ (1990+) singing synthesis algorithms and research.


We're building a Text-to-Voice engine that can sing and speak expressively. We're giving music producers access to the only virtual instrument they lack: the human voice.



Cadencii is a program that allows cross-importation of vocal MIDI, VSQ, UST, and VSQX files. It supports both UTAU and Vocaloid voice banks.



chipspeech is a vintage-style speech synthesizer which recreates the sound of famous 80's voice synthesis chips. It features 12 different voices, each with its own characteristic timbre. It is specially tailored for musical needs – simply type in your lyrics, and then play...
It supports Vocaloid voicebanks as well as UTAU ones already making it a better alternative. It also has the Vocaloid 2 interface which makes it easier to use. If you want an easier interface to use your UTAU on, this is one. The only downside is that it has a bit of an obnoxious metallic noise for some voicebanks.