Async vs Murf (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Async and Murf share a 2.2 GPA, and only Async has a free plan.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Async
Chat-based video editor with AI voices, dubbing and music
Murf
AI voiceover studio with dubbing, translation and a speech API
Which one is for you
Pick Async if
- Fits if you make videos or podcasts and want to edit by typing what you want
- Works for creators who also want AI voiceover in the same tool
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: allowances are lifetime, not monthly, at 1 hour and 10 credits
- Pricey if you want dubbing and lip sync, which start on Teams at $49.99 a creator
- Watch out: AI use burns credits fast, and premium models can use dozens per video
- Watch out: English-only subtitles on Essentials and Pro, and no desktop app
- Watch out: the trial's length isn't stated
Pick Murf if
- Fits if you make e-learning or training videos and need one narrator throughout
- Works for voiceovers that live in Google Slides, PowerPoint or Canva
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to clone your own voice without going through sales
- Not for you if you want to download a test clip before paying, or work in a phone or desktop app
- Tight if you redo lines a lot, since every render uses generation time
- Watch out: the API is billed on top, at $0.01 per 1,000 characters with Falcon or $0.03 with Gen2, after $10 of credit
- Pricey if you need a business license, which is $66 a month billed yearly, or broadcasting rights, which are Enterprise-only
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAAsyncFair | 2.2GPAMurfFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CEssentials is $11.99 a month billed yearly, above the voices middle of $10. Credits meter all AI use, and 450 credits is about 61 videos from one premium model. | CCreator is $19 a month billed yearly, for 24 hours of voice generation a year with commercial rights. That's around what this category charges. Every render uses generation time, edits included, so an hour of finished audio can take more. |
| Free plan and trial | CThe Free plan is 1 hour of media for AI chat and 10 AI credits, both lifetime. Paid plans have a free trial of unstated length. | CA free trial with 10 minutes of voice generation and 10 of transcription, and its own page says no card is needed. It never runs out, but nothing can be downloaded until you pay, so nothing leaves the studio, commercial or not. |
| Features | CChat editing, text to speech, voice cloning, generation, recording and clips. Dubbing and lip sync start at Teams, and subtitles are English only on Essentials and Pro. | C200+ voices with emphasis, pronunciation and pace controls, dubbing into 20+ languages, a voice changer, transcription and an API. The gap is cloning: it isn't self-serve, only Enterprise through Murf's team, and broadcasting rights are Enterprise-only too. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You learn the credits and which model to spend them on. | CNo store rating on record. It's a web studio where you write the script, pick voices and tune each line, with video and music on the same project. Not hard, but there's a bit to learn, and generation time to keep an eye on. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and iPhone, with Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube. | BWeb only, but with add-ons for Canva, Google Slides, PowerPoint, Adobe Captivate and Adobe Audition, plus a pay-as-you-go API. No desktop or phone app, so a B is the top. |
| Best for | editing video by chatting with an AI | voiceovers for training videos and slides |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Async and Murf. How we grade
Price against what you get
Async starts at $11.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Murf starts at $19 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Async starts $7.01 a month lower. Of the other AI voice generators on the chart, 6 score higher than Async for less, and 6 score higher than Murf for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Async also covers video editing, image generation and video generation.
At a glance
| Async | Murf | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $11.99 per month, billed annually | $19 per month and up, billed annually |
| Free plan | 1 hour of media for the AI chat and 10 AI credits, both one-time. | None |
| Free trial | A free trial is offered on the paid plans; the page does not state its length. | Free trial with 10 minutes of voice generation and 10 minutes of transcription, no downloads and no time limit |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Made by | Async | Murf Inc. |
| Price read from | async.com | murf.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Async
- Everything AI is metered in credits, and a single video from a premium model can use dozens; Essentials' 450 credits is about 61 Kling 3.0 videos or 900 Nano Banana 2 images.
- The Free plan's credits and media hours are lifetime allowances, not monthly ones.
- Dubbing and lip sync start on the Teams plan, and subtitles are English only on Essentials and Pro.
- The prices read are for yearly billing; the monthly-billing prices were not shown in the page text.
Murf
- The free trial gives 10 minutes of voice generation once, and nothing can be downloaded until you pay.
- Voice cloning is not self-serve: it is available only on Enterprise, through Murf's team. Broadcasting rights are Enterprise-only too.
- The API is billed separately by usage: $0.01 per 1,000 characters with Falcon and $0.03 with Gen2, after $10 of free credit.
- Voice generation time is used every time audio is rendered, edits included; unused monthly time carries forward to the next month.
Key features
Async
- Chat-based video editing
- You tell the editor what to cut, pace or polish and it makes the edit, including removing filler and pauses, syncing cuts to music, and adding captions.
- Text to speech and voice cloning
- Voices can be generated in chat or through the standalone text-to-speech and voice cloning tools. Paid plans include monthly text-to-speech hours.
- Dubbing and lip sync
- AI dubbing and lip sync, with multilingual voices, are listed from the Teams plan.
- Video, image, music and sound effects generation
- Credits are spent on third-party models such as Kling, Veo, Seedance, Nano Banana and GPT Image; the pricing page lists credit costs per video or image.
- Recording, audio cleanup and hosting
- The former Podcastle studio records remote guests, removes noise with Magic Dust, edits audio by transcript and publishes to Spotify, Apple and YouTube.
- Clips and subtitles
- Finds strong moments to turn into short clips for social platforms and adds subtitles, English only on lower plans.
Murf
- Voiceover studio
- Write a script, pick from more than 200 voices and adjust emphasis, pronunciation, speed and pitch, then add video, images and music to the project.
- AI dubbing and translation
- Translate scripts and dub video and audio into more than 20 languages, with dubbing paid from separate dubbing credits.
- Voice changer and transcription
- Turn your own recording into a studio-quality AI voice, and transcribe audio to text within the studio.
- Text-to-speech API
- A pay-as-you-go API with the Falcon model for real-time voice agents and the Gen2 model for voiceovers, plus voice changer and translation endpoints.
- Add-ons for other apps
- Add Murf voiceovers inside Canva, Google Slides, PowerPoint and Adobe Captivate and Audition.
Plans
Async
Free$0
1 hour of media uploaded to AI chat (lifetime) and 10 AI credits (lifetime).
Essentials$11.99
per month, billed annually
450 credits a month, 4 hours of recording, 2 hours of text to speech, 20 GB of storage and English-only AI subtitles.
Pro$23.99
per month, billed annually
1,200 credits a month, 20 hours of recording, 10 hours of text to speech, 120 GB of storage and AI video enhancement.
Teams$49.99
per creator / month, billed annually
3,000 credits a month, 40 hours of text to speech, 1 TB of storage, dubbing and lip sync, brand kit and basic user management.
BusinessCustom
Custom credits, hours and storage, advanced user management, priority support and security and compliance. Sold through sales.
Murf
Creator$19
per month and up, billed annually
24 hours of voice generation a year on yearly billing (2 hours a month on monthly billing), 5 project credits and commercial rights.
Business$66
per month and up, billed annually
For registered businesses, with a business license and 200 project credits; the help center lists 240 hours of voice generation a year.
EnterpriseCustom
Voice cloning, broadcasting rights, high-volume usage and custom terms, sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Async
- Annual discount
Save 40% with yearly plans
The pricing page shows a Yearly toggle labelled 40% off, and shows savings of $96 on Essentials, $192 on Pro and $420 on Teams per year.
Murf
- Annual discount
33% off with yearly billing
Murf's help center says yearly plans are a flat 33% off every subscription.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Async or Murf?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Async is cheaper to start with: $11.99 a month, against $19 a month for Murf. Async starts at $11.99 per month, billed annually, and Murf starts at $19 per month and up, billed annually.
Which has a free plan, Async or Murf?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Async has a free plan. Murf does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Async and Murf run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Async lists an iOS app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.