Fish Audio

Audio & Speech

Fish Audio

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Voice generation platform from the team behind the open-source TTS star Fish Speech. Clone a voice from just 10-30 seconds of audio; the S1/S2 models deliver natural, expressive speech with commercial use and pay-as-you-go API

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Our Verdict

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Near-ElevenLabs quality at a fraction of the price — with an open-source escape hatch

Fish Audio attacks the TTS market from an angle the incumbents cannot easily copy: it open-sources its core models. The Fish Speech / OpenAudio line routinely tops community benchmarks, and the hosted platform wraps those models in a studio that clones a voice from 10-30 seconds of audio with startling fidelity. The economics are the headline — Plus at an effective $5.5/month buys around 200 minutes of generation, a fraction of what equivalent quality costs at ElevenLabs, and developers who outgrow the platform can simply self-host S1-mini for free. The trade-offs are the ecosystem, not the engine: the voice marketplace is thinner than ElevenLabs', dubbing and audio-native tooling is younger, and commercial voice cloning rightly requires ownership checks and a paid plan. The free tier's seven-ish minutes a month is a taste, not a meal. But for narrators, indie developers and anyone doing serious TTS volume on a budget, Fish Audio is currently the strongest price-performance play in AI voice — and the open-source escape hatch means you are never trapped.

Best for

•Creators producing narration at volume on a tight budget
•Developers wanting cheap TTS APIs or free self-hosted models
•Open-source enthusiasts who refuse vendor lock-in

Consider alternatives if

•You need the biggest voice marketplace and dubbing ecosystem (→ ElevenLabs)
•You want TTS bundled with a broader Chinese AI suite (→ MiniMax Audio)

Try Fish Audio

Supported Platforms

Web AppAPI

Available platforms include Web App and API.

Key Features

Voice cloning from just 10-30 seconds of reference audio, capturing timbre and style

S1/S2 model family delivers natural, emotionally expressive multilingual speech

Open-source roots: Fish Speech / OpenAudio models can be self-hosted for free

Voice Design lets paid users craft custom voices beyond simple cloning

Commercial use allowed on paid tiers, with professional voice slots

Pay-as-you-go developer API alongside the web studio

Pricing

free

Free tier includes 8,000 credits monthly (about 7 minutes of generation), up to 500 characters per generation and 3 public voice slots — no credit card needed. Self-hosting the open-source models is free.

paid

Plus is $15/month or $5.5/month billed annually ($66/year, 250K credits ≈ 200 minutes). Pro is $100/month or $37.5/month annually ($450/year, 2M credits ≈ 1,620 minutes, 3 team seats). Max is $999/month or $749/month annually (25M credits). Enterprise is custom, and the API bills pay-as-you-go. (Verified against the official pricing page, 2026-07-28.)

Use Cases

Narrating videos, podcasts and audiobooks with a cloned or designed voice

Indie developers adding low-cost TTS to apps via API or self-hosted models

Localizing content into multiple languages with one consistent voice

Researchers and tinkerers running state-of-the-art open TTS locally

Pros

Price-per-minute among the lowest of any premium-quality TTS service

Open-source model family means zero lock-in — self-host anytime

Voice cloning quality from short samples rivals far pricier competitors

Generous annual discounts (Plus effectively $5.5/month)

Cons

Free tier's ~7 minutes per month is only enough for light testing

Voice library and dubbing ecosystem is smaller than ElevenLabs'

Commercial use of cloned voices requires ownership verification and paid plans

Self-hosting the models demands a capable GPU and technical setup

Latest Update

2026: The S2 generation sharpened voice cloning from 10-30 second samples while the open-source Fish Speech / OpenAudio line (including the self-hostable S1-mini) keeps topping community TTS benchmarks. Pricing now spans a free 8,000-credit tier through Plus ($15/mo), Pro ($100/mo) and Max ($999/mo), with steep annual discounts and a pay-as-you-go API.