Fish Audio
A platform to generate AI voices from text with customization and voice cloning.
At a glance
Price not confirmed · Source review 2026-10-24- Price & billing
Free: $0 (8,000 credits/month, ~7 minutes, personal use only). Plus: $15/month (250,000 credits, commercial use, API access). Pro/Max tiers higher. API billed separately at $15 per million UTF-8 bytes. Prices as of Oct 2026 — promos change them often; verify at checkout.
- Free allowance
Free: $0 (8,000 credits/month, ~7 minutes, personal use only).
- Best suited to
Developers building voice-enabled apps, game and animation teams needing expressive voices, and multilingual creators who want cloning plus an API at competitive rates. The open model weights suit sel
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Developers building voice-enabled apps, game and animation teams needing expressive voices, and multilingual creators who want cloning plus an API at competitive rates. The open model weights suit sel
Limits and trade-offs
The free tier's commercial-use terms conflict across Fish Audio's own pages — assume free output is not safe for monetized channels. Credits reset monthly and do not roll over. Promo pricing swings wi
Plans and free allowances
Free: $0 (8,000 credits/month, ~7 minutes, personal use only). Plus: $15/month (250,000 credits, commercial use, API access). Pro/Max tiers higher. API billed separately at $15 per million UTF-8 bytes. Prices as of Oct 2026 — promos change them often; verify at checkout.
Evidence
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Dates: Last reviewed 2026-10-24. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at Fish Audio
Fish Audio is a developer-first AI voice platform centered on voice cloning and expressive text-to-speech. It offers a huge community voice library, voice cloning from about 15 seconds of audio, inline emotion tags (like [laughing] or [pause]) for expressive reads, 80+ language support, and an API billed by usage. Its model weights are open-source for self-hosting, which appeals to developers and researchers.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose Fish Audio
- Developers building voice-enabled apps, game and animation teams needing expressive voices, and multilingual creators who want cloning plus an API at competitive rates. The open model weights suit self-hosted or research use.
- Creators who want voice cloning from a short audio sample with inline emotion tags and broad language support.
When to choose something else
- Not for monetized content on the free tier — free output is personal/non-commercial only, and the licensing language on the free plan is contradictory, so treat Plus ($15/month) as the entry point for any monetized channel. Also a poor fit if you need a polished no-code studio
- the UI is less refined than the big consumer brands.
A practical starting workflow
- Sign up and browse the community voice library or clone a voice from a short sample (with consent).
- Type or paste your script, adding emotion tags for expression.
- Generate, preview, and iterate.
- Upgrade to Plus for commercial rights and API access; integrate via the API for production use.
Check before committing
- The free tier's commercial-use terms conflict across Fish Audio's own pages — assume free output is not safe for monetized channels. Credits reset monthly and do not roll over. Promo pricing swings widely, so confirm the live price at checkout. Only clone voices you own or have permission to use.
- Pricing and feature availability may change; confirm current terms on the official website before committing.
Common questions
Is Fish Audio free?
Yes, the free plan gives 8,000 credits a month (roughly 7 minutes of audio, 500 characters per generation) with no credit card required, but output is limited to personal, non-commercial use.
How much does Fish Audio cost?
Plus is listed at $15/month with 250,000 credits and commercial-use rights; higher Pro and Max tiers exist for teams and heavy API use. The API is also billed separately at $15 per million UTF-8 bytes. Prices as of Oct 2026 — confirm at checkout, as promos change them often.
Can I use Fish Audio voices on a monetized YouTube channel?
Not safely on the free plan — its terms restrict free output to personal, non-commercial use. You need at least the Plus plan for commercial rights.
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Sources and checks
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