ElevenLabs vs Fish Audio

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

ElevenLabs logo

ElevenLabs

Text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents built on in-house audio models

Freemium
Fish Audio logo

Fish Audio

Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text with fine-grained emotion control

Freemium

Verdict

ElevenLabs and Fish Audio are both Audio & Speech AI tools. ElevenLabs scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (9.1 vs 8.2 out of 10). Both have a free plan or trial. Only ElevenLabs is available on iOS and Android.

Best overall

ElevenLabs

  • Content Creators
  • Video Producers
  • Podcasters
  • Audiobook Publishers

Choose ElevenLabs if

  • You want a tool built for Voiceovers, audiobook narration, video dubbing, voice cloning, and real-time voice agents.
  • Broad product range in one account: text-to-speech, speech-to-text, cloning, dubbing, sound effects, music and agents.
  • Language coverage of 90+ languages on Eleven v4 and Scribe v2.

Choose Fish Audio if

  • You want a tool built for expressive narration and character voices, cloning a voice from a short sample, and building voice agents through an API.
  • Inline emotion and non-verbal tags give direct control over delivery.
  • Voice cloning from about 10 to 15 seconds of audio.
Best for beginners
ElevenLabs
Best for business
ElevenLabs

Features

15 features compared.

  • Text to Speech
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Not available
  • Voice Cloning
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Voice Design
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Speech to Text (Scribe)
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Not available
  • Dubbing Studio
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Not available
  • Sound Effects and Music
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Not available
  • ElevenAgents
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Not available
  • API and SDKs
    ElevenLabs
    Available
    Fish Audio
    Not available
  • Expressive Text-to-Speech
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Speech-to-Text
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Voice Library
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Audio Tools
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Voice Agents
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Developer API and MCP
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available
  • Avatar Lipsync and Media Generation
    ElevenLabs
    Not available
    Fish Audio
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    ElevenLabs
    Freemium
    Fish Audio
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    ElevenLabs
    Yes
    Fish Audio
    Yes
  • Starting price
    ElevenLabs
    $0
    Fish Audio
    $0
  • Plans
    ElevenLabs
    7 plans
    Fish Audio
    5 plans

ElevenLabs plans

  • Free

    $0

    For trying the platform; no commercial license

    • 10,000 credits/month
    • About 10 minutes of text-to-speech
    • 3 Studio projects
    • 2 concurrent requests
  • Starter

    $6/month

    Commercial license and instant voice cloning

    • 30,000 credits/month
    • Commercial license
    • Instant Voice Cloning
    • 20 Studio projects
    • Dubbing Studio
    • 3 concurrent requests
  • Creator

    Most popular

    $22/month

    Adds professional voice cloning

    • 121,000 credits/month
    • Professional Voice Cloning
    • Everything in Starter
    • 5 concurrent requests
  • Pro

    $99/month

    Higher volume and higher-quality audio output

    • 600,000 credits/month
    • 44.1kHz PCM output via API
    • 192kbps audio
    • 10 concurrent requests
  • Scale

    $299/month

    For small teams

    • 1,800,000 credits/month
    • 3 workspace seats
    • 3 Professional Voice Clones
    • 15 concurrent requests
  • Business

    $990/month

    For larger teams and low-latency text-to-speech

    • 6,000,000 credits/month
    • 10 workspace seats
    • 10 Professional Voice Clones
    • Low-latency text-to-speech
    • 25 concurrent requests
  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Contract plan with security and support terms

    • Custom credits
    • Custom SSO
    • DPA and SLA
    • HIPAA BAAs
    • Volume discounts
    • Priority support

Fish Audio plans

  • Free

    $0

    Personal use with monthly credits

    • 8,000 credits/month
    • 500 characters per generation
    • 3 public voice slots
    • standard speed
  • Plus

    Most popular

    $15/month

    Individual creators needing more volume and private voices

    • 250,000 credits/month
    • 15,000 characters per generation
    • 10 private voices
    • 1 professional voice
    • Voice Design
    • priority generation
  • Pro

    $100/month

    Heavier production use with team seats

    • 2,000,000 credits/month
    • 30,000 characters per generation
    • 5 professional voices
    • 3 team seats
  • Max

    $999/month

    High-volume production

    • 25,000,000 credits/month
    • 15 professional voices
    • 10 team seats
  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Organizations needing controls and compliance

    • Pay-as-you-go
    • zero data retention
    • on-premise deployment
    • SOC2 compliance
    • volume discounts

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.

ElevenLabs
9.1overall
Fish Audio
8.2overall
  • Voice Quality

    ElevenLabs
    9.4
    Fish Audio
    Not rated
  • Voice Cloning

    ElevenLabs
    9.0
    Fish Audio
    Not rated
  • Language Coverage

    ElevenLabs
    9.2
    Fish Audio
    Not rated
  • Latency

    ElevenLabs
    8.8
    Fish Audio
    Not rated
  • Developer API & SDKs

    ElevenLabs
    9.0
    Fish Audio
    Not rated
  • Ease of Use

    ElevenLabs
    Not rated
    Fish Audio
    8.3
  • Feature Depth

    ElevenLabs
    Not rated
    Fish Audio
    8.5
  • Value for Money

    ElevenLabs
    Not rated
    Fish Audio
    8.0
  • Performance & Speed

    ElevenLabs
    Not rated
    Fish Audio
    8.3
  • Documentation & Support

    ElevenLabs
    Not rated
    Fish Audio
    7.8

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

ElevenLabs

Pros

  • Broad product range in one account: text-to-speech, speech-to-text, cloning, dubbing, sound effects, music and agents
  • Language coverage of 90+ languages on Eleven v4 and Scribe v2
  • Low-latency models: Flash v2.5 at about 75 ms and Eleven v4 Turbo at about 100 ms median
  • Free plan with 10,000 credits per month for testing
  • Official SDKs for Python and TypeScript, plus mobile and React SDKs for agents

Cons

  • Credits are consumed quickly on long-form work; the Starter plan's 30,000 credits is about 30 minutes of text-to-speech
  • The Free plan has no commercial license and needs attribution when published
  • Professional Voice Cloning requires Creator ($22 per month) or higher
  • Plan structure is complex, with credits, concurrency limits and different per-model API rates

Fish Audio

Pros

  • Inline emotion and non-verbal tags give direct control over delivery.
  • Voice cloning from about 10 to 15 seconds of audio.
  • Permanent free tier with 8,000 credits per month.
  • Separate pay-as-you-go API with published per-unit prices and an MCP integration.
  • Large public voice library, reported at more than 2 million voices.
  • Open-source roots in Fish Speech and OpenAudio.

Cons

  • No official mobile app confirmed; web and API only.
  • Free plan is limited to 500 characters per generation, and its commercial-use terms are inconsistent on the plan page.
  • Big price jumps between tiers: $15 Plus, $100 Pro and $999 Max per month.
  • Plan page credit-per-minute estimates do not match plan figures, which makes usage hard to forecast.

Platforms

  • Web
    ElevenLabs
    Supported
    Fish Audio
    Supported
  • Windows
    ElevenLabs
    Not supported
    Fish Audio
    Not supported
  • macOS
    ElevenLabs
    Not supported
    Fish Audio
    Not supported
  • iOS
    ElevenLabs
    Supported
    Fish Audio
    Not supported
  • Android
    ElevenLabs
    Supported
    Fish Audio
    Not supported
  • API
    ElevenLabs
    Supported
    Fish Audio
    Supported
  • Browser Extension
    ElevenLabs
    Not supported
    Fish Audio
    Not supported

Integrations

ElevenLabs

4 integrations
  • Twilio
  • Zapier
  • HubSpot
  • Cal.com

Fish Audio

9 integrations
  • HeyGen
  • Retell
  • LiveKit
  • Telnyx
  • ComfyUI
  • OpenArt
  • Novita AI
  • Viggle
  • Runware

Company

  • Company
    ElevenLabs
    Eleven Labs Inc.
    Fish Audio
    Hanabi AI Inc.
  • Founded
    ElevenLabs
    2022
    Fish Audio
    2025
  • Headquarters
    ElevenLabs
    New York, NY
    Fish Audio
    Palo Alto, CA
  • Monthly users
    ElevenLabs
    Not listed
    Fish Audio
    8M+
  • Listing
    ElevenLabs
    Claimed
    Fish Audio
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is ElevenLabs better than Fish Audio?

It depends on your workflow. ElevenLabs is built for Voiceovers, audiobook narration, video dubbing, voice cloning, and real-time voice agents. Fish Audio is built for expressive narration and character voices, cloning a voice from a short sample, and building voice agents through an API.

What are the key feature differences between ElevenLabs and Fish Audio?

ElevenLabs: Text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents built on in-house audio models. Fish Audio: Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text with fine-grained emotion control.

Does ElevenLabs or Fish Audio have a free plan?

Yes, both do. ElevenLabs is freemium and Fish Audio is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

Which is cheaper, ElevenLabs or Fish Audio?

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.