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Fish Audio vs HeyGen

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

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Fish Audio

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

Freemium
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Verdict

Fish Audio is listed under Audio & Speech AI and HeyGen under Video AI. Both have a free plan or trial. Only HeyGen is available on iOS, Android and CLI.

Best overall

HeyGen

  • Marketing teams
  • Corporate training and L&D teams
  • Sales teams
  • Content creators

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.

Choose HeyGen if

  • You want a tool built for Avatar-presented training and explainer videos.
  • Free plan with no time limit, though capped at 3 videos a month.
  • Video Translation with voice preservation and lip-sync in 175+ languages.
Best for beginners
Fish Audio
Best for business
Fish Audio

Features

18 features compared.

  • Expressive Text-to-Speech
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Voice Cloning
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Speech-to-Text
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Voice Library
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Voice Design
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Audio Tools
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Voice Agents
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Developer API and MCP
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • Avatar Lipsync and Media Generation
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Not available
  • AI Studio
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Avatars
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Video Translation
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Video Agent
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Multiple input types
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Voice cloning
    Fish Audio
    Available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Interactive video and SCORM export
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Developer API
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available
  • Identity verification and moderation
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    HeyGen
    Available

Pricing

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

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

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

HeyGen plans

  • Free

    $0

    3 videos per month, up to 1 minute each

    • 1 custom avatar
    • 500+ stock avatars
    • 30+ languages
    • Up to 3 Photo Avatars
    • 1 voice clone
    • Standard processing

  • Creator

    Most popular

    $29/month

    600 credits per month, videos up to 30 minutes

    • Watermark removal
    • Unlimited Photo Avatars
    • Voice cloning
    • 175+ languages and dialects
    • Credit rollover
    • 700+ stock avatars
    • Fast processing

  • Pro

    $49/month

    From 1,000 credits per month, videos up to 30 minutes

    • Everything in Creator
    • 4K export
    • Faster processing
    • Customizable monthly usage
    • All advanced AI models
    • Editing of translated scripts

  • Business

    $149/month

    1,500 credits per month plus $20 per extra seat, videos up to 60 minutes

    • Team seats
    • Workspace collaboration
    • SAML/SSO
    • Centralized billing
    • 5+ custom avatars
    • Interactive video
    • SCORM export
    • LMS integrations
    • Credit packs or auto-reload

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Contact sales

    • No maximum video length
    • SCIM provisioning
    • MFA
    • Invoice billing
    • Priority support
    • Dedicated customer success manager
    • Custom onboarding

Our ratings

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

Fish Audio
8.2overall
HeyGen
8.3overall

Fish Audio leads in 1 category and HeyGen in 1.

  • Ease of Use

    HeyGen leads by 0.2
    Fish Audio
    8.3
    HeyGen
    8.5

  • Feature Depth

    Fish Audio
    8.5
    HeyGen
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Fish Audio leads by 1.0
    Fish Audio
    8.0
    HeyGen
    7.0

  • Performance & Speed

    Fish Audio
    8.3
    HeyGen
    Not rated

  • Documentation & Support

    Fish Audio
    7.8
    HeyGen
    Not rated

  • Avatar Realism & Lip Sync

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    HeyGen
    9.0

  • Video Translation

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    HeyGen
    9.0

  • Developer & Team Features

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    HeyGen
    8.0

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

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.

HeyGen

Pros

  • Free plan with no time limit, though capped at 3 videos a month
  • Video Translation with voice preservation and lip-sync in 175+ languages
  • Text-based editor with Brand Kit, captions and multi-user editing
  • Custom avatars and voice cloning on every plan, including Free
  • Public API with CLI and MCP server, and iOS and Android apps
  • Business plan adds SAML/SSO, SCORM export and LMS integrations

Cons

  • Free plan limits videos to 1 minute and 3 per month
  • 4K export and advanced AI models need Pro at $49 per month or higher
  • Credit-based pricing makes the cost of a video depend on model, length and complexity
  • Business starts at $149 per month plus $20 for each extra seat
  • Android app is stated as available in the U.S. only

Platforms

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

Integrations

Fish Audio

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

HeyGen

5 integrations
  • ChatGPT
  • Zapier
  • Make
  • n8n
  • HubSpot

Company

  • Company
    Fish Audio
    Hanabi AI Inc.
    HeyGen
    HeyGen
  • Founded
    Fish Audio
    2025
    HeyGen
    2020
  • Headquarters
    Fish Audio
    Palo Alto, CA
    HeyGen
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Monthly users
    Fish Audio
    8M+
    HeyGen
    30M+
  • Listing
    Fish Audio
    Claimed
    HeyGen
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Fish Audio better than HeyGen?

It depends on your workflow. Fish Audio is built for expressive narration and character voices, cloning a voice from a short sample, and building voice agents through an API. HeyGen is built for Avatar-presented training and explainer videos.

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

Fish Audio: Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text with fine-grained emotion control. HeyGen: Create avatar videos from text and translate them into 175+ languages. HeyGen is rated 4.0/5 from 1 user review.

Does Fish Audio or HeyGen have a free plan?

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

Which is cheaper, Fish Audio or HeyGen?

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