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AI Sound & Audio Comparison

Async vs. sonible

At a glance

At a glance

Async

Best for

Best for podcasters and video creators who want to record, clean up and re-cut a session by describing the edit.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

sonible

Best for

Best for producers and engineers who want mixing and mastering plug-ins that suggest a starting point, bought outright rather than rented.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Async sonible
Starting price lower value Free tier; Essentials $19.99 / creator / month Billed per creator. Yearly billing takes 40 percent off, bringing Essentials to $11.99, Pro to $23.99 and Teams to $49.99 a month. Business is quoted. Free plug-in available; paid plug-ins from $39 Perpetual licences, priced per plug-in. The pure series lists at $39, most smart series plug-ins at $129, and bundles from $99 to $599.
Free trial Free plan: 3 hours of video recording, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription, for one creator puffer:fish is free
Users Millions of creators, per the vendor Not stated
Commercial use Not stated Yes
Output Edited audio and video, transcripts, captions and short-form clips Processed audio inside a DAW
API Yes, the Async Voice API No, desktop plug-ins
Hosting Not stated Desktop plug-ins, macOS 10.14+ or Windows 10 64-bit
Made in Not stated Austria
What it does Records, edits and publishes podcasts and video, with the edit driven by chat instructions instead of a timeline AI-assisted mixing and mastering plug-ins that analyse the audio and propose their own settings
Noise removal and repair Yes, Magic Dust removes background noise and clarifies the voice; a separate pass cuts filler words, pauses, repeats and bad takes Partly: smart:gate for noise and bleed, smart:deess and pure:deess for sibilance. Not a restoration suite for damaged recordings
Mastering and loudness AI Auto leveling optimizes the volume and noise levels across a track, but there is no mastering pass and no stated LUFS loudness target Yes, smart:limit for loudness targets, with true:level and true:balance for metering
Where it runs In the browser, with remote recording for up to 10 participants and multitrack recording on the higher plans Plug-ins inside a DAW on macOS 10.14+ and Windows 10 64-bit, in VST, VST3 and AAX, plus AU on macOS, native on Apple Silicon
Also included Transcription, styled automatic captions, AI voice generation, generated B-roll and scenes, beat-synced pacing and short-form clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts Audio interfaces (ml:mio, d:16, d:24) alongside the plug-ins
Deployment more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based On-premise
Support Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum Not stated
Onboarding more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Guided onboarding Documentation and knowledge base
Company size more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Freelancers, Small and mid-sized

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Async Free tier; Essentials $19.99 / creator / month sonible Free plug-in available; paid plug-ins from $39
  • Free trial Async Free plan: 3 hours of video recording, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription, for one creator sonible puffer:fish is free
  • Deployment Async Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based sonible On-premise
  • Company size Async Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise sonible Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
  • Output Async Edited audio and video, transcripts, captions and short-form clips sonible Processed audio inside a DAW

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Async

Strengths

  • Records, cleans up, edits and publishes in one browser tool
  • Editing by chat instruction rather than by timeline
  • Turns one recording into clips, captions and a transcript
  • Free plan available, and a developer voice API alongside the studio

Limitations

  • The public pricing page names the plans but leaves the amounts blank, so a price has to be looked up in the help centre or in the app
  • Metered in AI credits, so heavy months cost more regardless of seat count
  • Free plan's AI credits and transcription are lifetime allowances, not monthly ones
  • The vendor cautions that AI edits need reviewing

sonible

Strengths

  • Analysis step proposes settings, which is a faster start than a flat processor
  • Perpetual licences rather than a subscription
  • A free plug-in and a cheaper pure series for one-control decisions
  • Native Apple Silicon support, in VST, VST3, AU and AAX

Limitations

  • Priced per plug-in, so a full set adds up and the smart and pure tiers overlap
  • Mixing and mastering only, not repair of damaged recordings
  • Desktop plug-ins with no API or browser version

Plans

Pricing

Async

  • Free $0 One creator, 3 hours of video recording, 10 remote participants, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription.
  • Essentials $19.99 Per creator per month, or $11.99 a month billed yearly. 8 hours of recording, 450 AI credits a month, 10 hours of transcription, no watermark and 320 kbps MP3 audio.
  • Pro $39.99 Per creator per month, or $23.99 a month billed yearly. 20 hours of recording, 1,200 AI credits a month, 25 hours of transcription, 4K video and unlimited cloud storage.
  • Teams $84.99 Per creator per month, or $49.99 a month billed yearly. 20 hours of recording, 3,000 AI credits a month, 100 hours of transcription, unlimited multitrack recording and collaboration features.
  • Business Not stated Custom, contact sales.
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sonible

  • puffer:fish $0 Free plug-in.
  • pure series $39 List price per plug-in (pure:EQ, pure:comp, pure:level, pure:limit, pure:verb, pure:deess, pure:unmask). Perpetual licence.
  • smart series $129 List price per plug-in (smart:EQ 4, smart:comp 3, smart:limit, smart:reverb 2, smart:deess, smart:gate). Perpetual licence.
  • smart:chain / prime:vocal $179 List price per plug-in. Perpetual licence.
  • Bundles $99 pure:bundle lists at $159, smart:essentials at $249, smart:bundle at $399 and the Studio Bundle at $599. The Metering Bundle is the cheapest at $99. Perpetual licences.
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What users say

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Async

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sonible

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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Async https://async.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-17

sonible https://www.sonible.com · no check date recorded yet

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.