Fish Audio

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

Freemiumfish.audioUpdated 19 Oct 2026

About Fish Audio

Fish Audio is an AI voice platform that offers text-to-speech, voice cloning and speech-to-text through a web app and a developer API. It is operated by Hanabi AI Inc. and grew out of the open-source Fish Speech and OpenAudio model work. The current flagship voice model listed on the site is S2.1 Pro, and the homepage also promotes a real-time model called Drama 3.

Best for

Expressive narration and character voices, cloning a voice from a short sample, and building voice agents through an API
Narration and Audiobooks: Generating expressive long-form narration with emotion tags and cloned voices.
Game and Character Voices: Creating or cloning character voices for games, animation and dubbing.
Voice Agents: Powering conversational agents through the API with partners such as LiveKit or Retell.
Video Dubbing and Translation: Translating and re-voicing audio with the audio translation and voice changer tools.
Transcription: Converting meetings or media to text with multispeaker support.

Not ideal for

Users who need a released native Android or official mobile app, or free commercial use of generated audio

Popular with

Content Creators
Game Developers
Developers
Voice Agent Builders
Marketing and Media Teams

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Key features

Expressive Text-to-Speech
Voice Cloning
Speech-to-Text
Voice Library
Voice Design
Audio Tools
Voice Agents
Developer API and MCP
Avatar Lipsync and Media Generation

Pros and cons

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.

Pricing

Plans as listed by the vendor on 19 Oct 2026. Check their site for current prices.

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Free

Personal use with monthly credits

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

Plus

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.

8.2overall

Ease of Use: 8.3
Feature Depth: 8.5
Value for Money: 8.0
Performance & Speed: 8.3
Documentation & Support: 7.8

Platforms and integrations

Available on

Works with

HeyGen
Retell
LiveKit
Telnyx
ComfyUI
OpenArt
Novita AI
Viggle
Runware

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Release history

Jul 1, 2026
Announced a $52M seed round led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today; the company reports 8M+ users and 2M+ communi...
Announced a $52M seed round led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today; the company reports 8M+ users and 2M+ community voices.
Oct 1, 2026
S2.1 Pro listed as the current flagship voice model; s1 is deprecated and retires December 31, 2026
S2.1 Pro listed as the current flagship voice model; s1 is deprecated and retires December 31, 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Fish Audio free?

There is a permanent free plan with 8,000 credits per month, a 500-character limit per generation and 3 public voice slots. Paid plans start at $15 per month.

Can I use Fish Audio voices commercially?

Paid plans allow commercial use. The FAQ on the plan page says free-plan content is for personal, non-commercial projects, although the plan table also lists commercial use for Free, so check the current terms.

How much audio is needed to clone a voice?

The site says a sample of roughly 10 to 15 seconds is enough to clone a voice.

Which languages are supported?

The FAQ lists English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, French, German, Arabic and Spanish, and the homepage elsewhere claims 30+ languages.

Does Fish Audio have an API?

Yes. A pay-as-you-go REST API covers text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice design, for example $15.00 per million UTF-8 bytes for the s2.1-pro model. Rate limits depend on prepaid balance.

Is there a mobile app?

The official site does not link to a mobile app. An App Store listing named "Fish Audio: AI Voice Clone tts" exists but lists a different developer, so it is not treated as official here.

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