# Qwen3-TTS Review

> Qwen3-TTS review: Genuinely open weights (confirmed - not API-only since the Jan 2026 release): Apache-2.0 checkpoints on Hugging Face with an Alibaba Cloud.

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Genuinely open weights (confirmed - not API-only since the Jan 2026 release): Apache-2.0 checkpoints on Hugging Face with an Alibaba Cloud DashScope API for hosted use.

Among the 46 text-to-speech tools we track, Qwen3-TTS has the 25th-widest language coverage.

See pricing · Open source · facts verified Jul 20, 2026

## What we know about Qwen3-TTS

Qwen3-TTS is a text-to-speech apis platform: genuinely open weights (confirmed - not API-only since the Jan 2026 release): Apache-2.0 checkpoints on Hugging Face with an Alibaba Cloud DashScope API for hosted use. This profile tracks every Qwen3-TTS fact we have verified, each linked to a primary source and dated.

Qwen3-TTS does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Qwen3-TTS quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Qwen3-TTS covers streaming audio output, instant voice cloning, emotion / style controls, and self-host / on-prem option. Each of those is verified against Qwen3-TTS's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

Qwen3-TTS ranks the 25th-widest language coverage of the 46 text-to-speech tools we track, so where it lands for you depends on which of those matters more.

In total we track 11 verified facts for Qwen3-TTS today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Qwen3-TTS fact sheet below.

## Fact sheet

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Streaming audio output | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| Instant voice cloning | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| Languages supported | 10 languages | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| Emotion / style controls | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |

### Compliance & trust

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Self-host / on-prem option | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| Model weights license | Apache-2.0 | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Official SDKs | Hugging Face Transformers | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |

### Commercial

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Model size (parameters) | 0.6B and 1.7B (variants: Base, CustomVoice, VoiceDesign) | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| Hosted API available | Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| Project maintenance status | active | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |
| GitHub stars | 12,500 stars | Jul 20 | [source](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3-TTS) |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/tts/tools/qwen3-tts/