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Fish Audio

Expressive TTS and voice cloning you direct like an actor. Pricing, the evidence and the alternatives, checked Oct 2026.

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CH 45VoiceoverFree tier

Fish Audio

Text-to-speech

Expressive TTS and voice cloning you direct like an actor.

Best for
Creators making audiobooks, character voices and dubbing on a budget.
Red flags
Free plan is about 7 min/month, 500 characters per generation and personal use only; many look-alike 'Fish Audio' apps exist (the real one is by Hanabi AI).
Price
$0 with these limits8,000 credits/mo (about 7 min), 500 characters per generation, non-commercialUpgrade: $11/mo billed annually (Plus, $132/yr); $15 monthly
Opening line: “[warm, a little tired] Read this bedtime story slowly, with a soft laugh at the end.”
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Our take on Fish Audio

Fish Audio: Expressive TTS and voice cloning you direct like an actor. Best for creators making audiobooks, character voices and dubbing on a budget. Watch out for: free plan is about 7 min/month, 500 characters per generation and personal use only; many look-alike 'Fish Audio' apps exist (the real one is by Hanabi AI). Price: $11/mo billed annually (Plus, $132/yr); $15 monthly (free tier, checked Oct 2026).

Note: Drama 3 (launched Oct 13, 2026) takes emotion directions in [brackets], even mid-sentence, in 83 languages. Launch offer until Nov 12, 2026: 50% off new creator plans and 80% off the API (list $50 per 1M characters); listed prices here are the regular ones. Drama 3 also ships as open weights under the Fish Audio Community License (free for commercial use under $500K annual revenue).

Free tierFree tier: About 7 min/month, personal use
Job in a stackVoiceover, text-to-speech
Cheapest paid planPlus, $11/mo (billed annually)
Price checked2026-10-19, verified

What Fish Audio costs

PlanPriceBillingKey limits
FreeFreefree8,000 credits/mo (~7 min), 500 chars per generation, 3 public voice slots, personal use
Plus$11/mobilled $132/year; $15 monthly250,000 credits/mo (~200 min), 15,000 chars per generation, voice design, commercial use
Pro$75/mobilled $900/year; $100 monthly2M credits/mo (~1,620 min), 3 seats, 5 pro voice slots
Max$749/mobilled $8,988/year; $999 monthly25M credits/mo (~6,250 min), 10 seats, 15 pro voice slots
EnterpriseCustomcustomZero data retention, on-prem, SOC 2

From fish.audio/plan/, checked 2026-10-19, verified. Prices are before tax and vendors change them often.

What outside sources say

TypeSourceResultDate
benchmarkArtificial Analysis Pronunciation Robustness (cited by Fish Audio)Drama 3 #1, 93.2% of hard words, numbers and codes read correctly
Vendor-cited; confirm on artificialanalysis.ai
Counts toward: Text-to-speech & voice only		2026-10-19
ratingApple App Store (US)4.76/5 from 1,020 ratings ("Fish Audio", Hanabi AI Inc.)
Counts toward: Text-to-speech & voice only		2026-10-19

Our scores: quality 4.5/5, ease 4.1/5, value 4/5 ($2.40 per quality point). Editorial start 4.3/4; benchmark adjustment +0.2, rating adjustment +0.1. Some of this evidence only counts toward Text-to-speech & voice, so other sections rank this tool without it (why). How we rank.

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Questions people ask

Is Fish Audio free?

Free tier. Cheapest paid plan: $11/mo billed annually (Plus, $132/yr); $15 monthly (checked Oct 2026).

What is Fish Audio best for?

Creators making audiobooks, character voices and dubbing on a budget.

What are the downsides of Fish Audio?

Free plan is about 7 min/month, 500 characters per generation and personal use only; many look-alike 'Fish Audio' apps exist (the real one is by Hanabi AI).

What are the best Fish Audio alternatives?

ElevenLabs, Cartesia, Murf.