Fish Audio
Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text with fine-grained emotion control
Freemium
Otter.ai
Record, transcribe and summarize meetings, with action items and searchable AI chat
Freemium
Verdict
Fish Audio and Otter.ai are both Audio & Speech AI tools. Otter.ai scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.4 vs 8.2 out of 10), led by ease of use. Both have a free plan or trial. Only Otter.ai is available on Windows, macOS and iOS.
Best overall
Otter.ai
- Sales teams
- Students and educators
- Journalists and media teams
- Recruiters
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 Otter.ai if
- You want a tool built for meeting transcription and summaries.
- Permanent free plan with 300 monthly transcription minutes.
- Works through a notetaker bot or bot-free via desktop apps and Chrome extension.
- Best for beginners
- Fish Audio
- Best for business
- Fish Audio
Features
18 features compared.
- Expressive Text-to-SpeechFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Voice CloningFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Speech-to-TextFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Voice LibraryFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Voice DesignFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Audio ToolsFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Voice AgentsFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Developer API and MCPFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Avatar Lipsync and Media GenerationFish AudioAvailableOtter.aiNot available
- Live transcriptionFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- Notetaker botFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- Bot-free recordingFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- AI summaries and action itemsFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- Otter AI ChatFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- ChannelsFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- File importFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- CRM syncFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
- Otter MCP serverFish AudioNot availableOtter.aiAvailable
Pricing
Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.
- Pricing modelFish AudioFreemiumOtter.aiFreemium
- Free planFish AudioYesOtter.aiYes
- Starting priceFish Audio$0Otter.ai$0
- PlansFish Audio5 plansOtter.ai4 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
Otter.ai plans
Basic
$0
For those who want to give it a try
- 300 monthly transcription minutes
- 30 minutes per conversation
- 3 lifetime file imports
- Live transcription
- AI Chat
- iOS and Android apps
Pro
Most popular$16.99/user/mo
For individuals and small teams
- 1,200 monthly transcription minutes
- 90 minutes per meeting
- 10 monthly file imports
- Advanced search and export
- Custom vocabulary
- Salesforce and HubSpot and Zapier integrations
Business
$30/user/mo
For medium-sized teams
- Unlimited meetings and recordings
- 4 hours per meeting
- Unlimited file imports
- 3 concurrent meetings
- Custom AI workflows
- Admin activity logs and usage analytics
- Prioritized support
Enterprise
Custom/custom
For large teams and companies
- Everything in Business
- SSO and SCIM and Domain Capture
- Otter API and Webhooks
- Custom CRM and dialer integrations
- HIPAA compliance add-on
- Customer Success Program
Our ratings
Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.
- Fish Audio
- 8.2overall
- Otter.ai
- 8.4overall
Fish Audio leads in 1 category and Otter.ai in 1.
Ease of Use
Otter.ai leads by 0.7- Fish Audio
- 8.3
- Otter.ai
- 9.0
Feature Depth
- Fish Audio
- 8.5
- Otter.ai
- Not rated
Value for Money
Fish Audio leads by 0.2- Fish Audio
- 8.0
- Otter.ai
- 7.8
Performance & Speed
- Fish Audio
- 8.3
- Otter.ai
- Not rated
Documentation & Support
- Fish Audio
- 7.8
- Otter.ai
- Not rated
Transcription Accuracy
- Fish Audio
- Not rated
- Otter.ai
- 8.4
Meeting Summaries & Action Items
- Fish Audio
- Not rated
- Otter.ai
- 8.5
Integrations
- Fish Audio
- Not rated
- Otter.ai
- 8.3
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.
Otter.ai
Pros
- Permanent free plan with 300 monthly transcription minutes
- Works through a notetaker bot or bot-free via desktop apps and Chrome extension
- Summaries, action items and AI Chat across past meetings
- Apps for web, iOS, Android, Mac and Windows, rated 4.8 on the App Store from 86K ratings
- Integrations with Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Slack and CRMs such as Salesforce and HubSpot
Cons
- Free plan caps conversations at 30 minutes and file imports at 3 lifetime
- Pro caps monthly transcription at 1,200 minutes and meetings at 90 minutes
- Business costs $30 per user per month on monthly billing
- API access, SSO and HIPAA add-on require the Enterprise plan
- Transcription is limited to six listed languages
Platforms
- WebFish AudioSupportedOtter.aiSupported
- WindowsFish AudioNot supportedOtter.aiSupported
- macOSFish AudioNot supportedOtter.aiSupported
- iOSFish AudioNot supportedOtter.aiSupported
- AndroidFish AudioNot supportedOtter.aiSupported
- APIFish AudioSupportedOtter.aiSupported
- Browser ExtensionFish AudioNot supportedOtter.aiNot supported
- Chrome ExtensionFish AudioNot supportedOtter.aiSupported
Integrations
Fish Audio
9 integrations- HeyGen
- Retell
- LiveKit
- Telnyx
- ComfyUI
- OpenArt
- Novita AI
- Viggle
- Runware
Otter.ai
13 integrations- Zoom
- Microsoft Teams
- Google Meet
- Google Calendar
- Slack
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Zapier
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Asana
- ClickUp
- Claude
Company
- CompanyFish AudioHanabi AI Inc.Otter.aiOtter.ai, Inc.
- FoundedFish Audio2025Otter.ai2016
- HeadquartersFish AudioPalo Alto, CAOtter.aiMountain View, CA
- Monthly usersFish Audio8M+Otter.aiNot listed
- ListingFish AudioClaimedOtter.aiClaimed
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Frequently asked questions
Is Fish Audio better than Otter.ai?
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. Otter.ai is built for meeting transcription and summaries.
What are the key feature differences between Fish Audio and Otter.ai?
Fish Audio: Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text with fine-grained emotion control. Otter.ai: Record, transcribe and summarize meetings, with action items and searchable AI chat.
Does Fish Audio or Otter.ai have a free plan?
Yes, both do. Fish Audio is freemium and Otter.ai is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.
Which is cheaper, Fish Audio or Otter.ai?
Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.