Fish Audio review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Voice cloning and text to speech with credit plans and an API
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Fish Audio report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for cloned voices and a pay-as-you-go speech API
Fish Audio does text to speech and voice cloning in an app, with a separate pay-as-you-go API at $15 per million bytes. The free tier gives 8,000 credits a month, about 7 minutes. But each free generation stops at 500 characters, the FAQ says free output is non-commercial, and unused credits do not roll over.
Who Fish Audio is for
- Fits if you want cloned voices for videos or audiobooks on about $11 a month
- Works for developers who prefer paying per character with no subscription
Who Fish Audio is not for
- Not for you if you need free output for commercial work, because the FAQ says free is personal use
- Tight if you stay free: 8,000 credits is about 7 minutes and 500 characters a generation
- Watch out: unused monthly credits and minutes do not roll over
- Watch out: the free S2.1 Pro API model is free only through November 30, 2026, with no SLA
- Pricey if you want to self-host the open-weight models, which is an Enterprise deal under a paid license
Why Fish Audio gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPlus is $11 a month yearly ($15 monthly) for 250,000 credits, Pro $75. That is mid-category. The API is billed separately and needs no plan.
- CFree plan and trial8,000 credits a month, about 7 minutes, 500 characters a generation, no card. The FAQ says free-plan output is non-commercial, even though the card lists commercial use.
- BFeaturesSpeech, instant cloning from about 30 seconds, professional voice slots, direction tags, speech to text, voice changer and audio tools. The core job is covered.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. There is a text box for beginners and an API with SDKs for developers, but credits and voice slots need learning.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb and an API with Python and TypeScript SDKs and WebSocket streaming. No desktop or phone app and no integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Fish Audio's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Fish Audio's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 18 of the 43 other AI voice generators we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on features (B, above 27 of 43) and worst on platforms and integrations (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $11 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 19 of the 33 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 5 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 44 AI voice generators we grade, cut by the letter each got. Fish Audio’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 4 of 43, level with 27
- CFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 43, level with 26
- BFeaturesAbove 27 of 43, level with 15
- CEase of useAbove 7 of 43, level with 33
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 43, level with 19
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 34 AI voice generators. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Fish Audio, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Fish Audio you would be making a voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $132 a year.
What you could not
- A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make.
- A voice model trained on your recordings.
- Speech turned into text you can trust.
- An API that other software can build on.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Fish Audio’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Fish Audio?
Fish Audio is a voice generator with a web app and a separate developer API. The app sells monthly credit plans for text to speech, voice cloning, voice design and a public voice library. The API is billed per character and is independent of the subscription. The company also publishes open-weight speech models under a paid commercial license.
Worth knowing
- The free tier caps each generation at 500 characters, and the FAQ says free-plan output is for personal, non-commercial use even though the card lists commercial use.
- Unused monthly credits and minutes do not roll over.
- The free S2.1 Pro API model is free only through November 30, 2026, with no SLA, and requests may be used to improve the model.
- Self-hosting the open-weight models is an Enterprise engagement under a paid commercial license.
Key features
- Text to speech
- Generates speech from a text box or API call. A minute of audio costs roughly 600 to 625 credits on the subscription plans.
- Voice cloning
- Instant cloning from about 30 seconds of audio, plus professional voice slots on paid plans and a browsable public voice library.
- Direction tags
- Inline tags such as warm or near-whisper steer delivery inside the text itself; the developer page cites 15,000+ tags.
- Developer API
- A pay-as-you-go API at $15 per million UTF-8 bytes, with Python and TypeScript SDKs and WebSocket streaming. No subscription needed.
- Other audio tools
- The product list also covers speech to text, a voice changer, audiobooks, audio separation, audio translation and sound effects.
Fish Audio pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Fish Audio has a free plan, and paid plans start at $11 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $11 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 8,000 credits a month, about 7 minutes of generation, up to 500 characters per generation, 3 public voice slots.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | $0 | 8,000 credits monthly, up to 7 minutes of generation, standard speed. No card needed. |
| Plus | $11per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly) | 250,000 credits monthly (up to 200 minutes), 10 private voice slots, Voice Design and 1 professional voice slot. |
| Pro | $75per month, billed annually ($100 billed monthly) | 2,000,000 credits monthly (up to 1,620 minutes), 3 team seats, unlimited voice slots, 5 professional voices. |
Read from fish.audio on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Fish Audio before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave with annual billing
The plan page shows Plus at $11 a month billed annually against $15 monthly, and Pro at $75 against $100, with a banner of 3 months off.
Stated on fish.audio
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Common questions
Does Fish Audio have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Fish Audio is listed for Web.
Does Fish Audio have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Fish Audio is listed for Web.
Is Fish Audio open source?
Fish Audio is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Fish Audio have an API?
Yes. Fish Audio offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.