# Fish Audio review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Voice cloning and text to speech with credit plans and an API Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** AI Voices & Text to Speech - **Made by:** Hanabi AI Inc. - **Website:** https://fish.audio - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you need free output for commercial work, because the FAQ says free is personal use. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $11 per 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 | $75 per 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 https://fish.audio/plan/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Fish Audio before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://fish.audio/plan/ ## 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. ## Good for - Creators who want cloned voices for videos and audiobooks - Developers who prefer pay-as-you-go API pricing without a plan - Character and companion apps that need expressive delivery ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Plus 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** 8,000 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. - **Features: B.** Speech, instant cloning from about 30 seconds, professional voice slots, direction tags, speech to text, voice changer and audio tools. The core job is covered. - **Ease of use: C.** No 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. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web and an API with Python and TypeScript SDKs and WebSocket streaming. No desktop or phone app and no integrations listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among AI voice generators - 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-voices ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: A voice model, which you can rent by the minute but not make. - You could not: A voice model trained on your recordings. - You could not: Speech turned into text you can trust. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Text to speech, Voice cloning, Transcription, Public API, AI features ## Alternatives - [ElevenLabs](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elevenlabs): AI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elevenlabs-vs-fish-audio) - [Cartesia](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cartesia): Low-latency speech models and voice agents for developers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cartesia-vs-fish-audio) - [Murf](https://toolgpa.com/tools/murf): AI voiceover studio with dubbing, translation and a speech API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fish-audio-vs-murf) - [Typecast](https://toolgpa.com/tools/typecast): AI voice generator with emotion controls, voice cloning and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fish-audio-vs-typecast) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://fish.audio/plan/ - https://fish.audio/developers/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/fish-audio Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).