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Fish Audio vs Runway

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 Runway under Image & Visual AI. Runway scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.4 vs 8.2 out of 10). Both have a free plan or trial. Only Runway is available on iOS and Android.

Best overall

Runway

  • Filmmakers
  • Video creators
  • Marketers and ad teams
  • Designers

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 Runway if

  • You want a tool built for Text-to-video and image-to-video generation.
  • Combines video, image and audio generation and editing in one workspace.
  • Offers Runway's own Gen-4.5 plus third-party models such as Seedance 2.0.
Best for beginners
Fish Audio
Best for business
Fish Audio

Features

18 features compared.

  • Expressive Text-to-Speech
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Voice Cloning
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Speech-to-Text
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Voice Library
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Voice Design
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Audio Tools
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Available
  • Voice Agents
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Developer API and MCP
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Avatar Lipsync and Media Generation
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Not available
  • Gen-4.5 video model
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available
  • Creative Agent
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available
  • Multiple models
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available
  • Characters
    Fish Audio
    Limited
    Runway
    Available
  • Aleph and Act-Two
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available
  • Audio tools
    Fish Audio
    Available
    Runway
    Available
  • Workflows and Recipes
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available
  • Runway Dev API
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available
  • Runway MCP
    Fish Audio
    Not available
    Runway
    Available

Limited means partial support or a paid add-on.

Pricing

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

  • Pricing model
    Fish Audio
    Freemium
    Runway
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Fish Audio
    Yes
    Runway
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Fish Audio
    $0
    Runway
    $0
  • Plans
    Fish Audio
    5 plans
    Runway
    4 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

Runway plans

  • Free

    $0

    125 one-time credits that do not expire

    • A selection of generative models
    • 5GB storage

  • Standard

    $15/month

    625 credits per month; $12 per month billed annually

    • All video and image models
    • Creative Agent
    • 5 parallel generations
    • Music and voice and sound effects
    • Up to 3 projects
    • No watermarks
    • 4K upscaling
    • 20GB storage

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $35/month

    2,250 credits per month; $28 per month billed annually

    • Everything in Standard
    • 15 parallel generations
    • Up to 5 projects
    • 1 Brand Kit
    • 1 custom voice clone
    • Top-up credits
    • Runway MCP
    • Unlimited 4K video upscaling
    • 100GB storage

  • Max

    $95/month

    9,500 credits per month; $76 per month billed annually

    • Everything in Pro
    • Early access to new models
    • 20 parallel generations
    • Up to 10 projects
    • Up to 3 Brand Kits
    • Up to 3 custom voice clones
    • HDR and ProRes and image sequence outputs
    • 500GB storage

Our ratings

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

Fish Audio
8.2overall
Runway
8.4overall

  • Ease of Use

    Fish Audio
    8.3
    Runway
    Not rated

  • Feature Depth

    Fish Audio
    8.5
    Runway
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Fish Audio
    8.0
    Runway
    Not rated

  • Performance & Speed

    Fish Audio
    8.3
    Runway
    Not rated

  • Documentation & Support

    Fish Audio
    7.8
    Runway
    Not rated

  • Video Quality

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    Runway
    9.0

  • Camera & Motion Control

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    Runway
    8.8

  • Model Variety

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    Runway
    8.5

  • Editing Tools

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    Runway
    8.6

  • Pricing Clarity

    Fish Audio
    Not rated
    Runway
    7.2

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.

Runway

Pros

  • Combines video, image and audio generation and editing in one workspace
  • Offers Runway's own Gen-4.5 plus third-party models such as Seedance 2.0
  • Creative Agent builds videos from a conversation
  • Runway Dev API with Node and Python SDKs
  • Free plan with 125 credits that do not expire
  • Native iOS and Android apps

Cons

  • Credit-based pricing: a 5-second Gen-4.5 clip costs 60 credits, so the 625 credits on Standard cover about 10 such clips
  • Standard and Pro credits do not roll over at the end of the month
  • Some App Store reviewers complain about the cost of failed or unusable generations
  • 4K upscaling is unlimited only on Pro and Max

Platforms

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

Integrations

Fish Audio

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

Runway

5 integrations
  • Runway MCP
  • ChatGPT plugin
  • Meta Ads
  • Google Ads
  • TikTok Ads

Company

  • Company
    Fish Audio
    Hanabi AI Inc.
    Runway
    Runway AI, Inc.
  • Founded
    Fish Audio
    2025
    Runway
    2018
  • Headquarters
    Fish Audio
    Palo Alto, CA
    Runway
    New York, NY
  • Monthly users
    Fish Audio
    8M+
    Runway
    Not listed
  • Listing
    Fish Audio
    Claimed
    Runway
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Fish Audio better than Runway?

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. Runway is built for Text-to-video and image-to-video generation.

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

Fish Audio: Expressive text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text with fine-grained emotion control. Runway: AI video, image and audio creation suite with Gen-4.5, agents and an API.

Does Fish Audio or Runway have a free plan?

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

Which is cheaper, Fish Audio or Runway?

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