Cleanvoice vs. sonible

At a glance

Best for

Best for podcasters and editors who want hands-off cleanup of spoken-word recordings.

Freelancers
Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Cleanvoice	sonible
Starting price	lower value From $11 / month Monthly plans by hours: $11 for 10 hours, $30 for 30, $90 for 100. Pay-as-you-go credit packs also available.	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	30 minutes free, no signup	puffer:fish is free
Commercial use	Yes	Yes
Output	Cleaned-up audio and video, transcripts, summaries with chapters	Processed audio inside a DAW
API	Yes	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	Automated cleanup of podcasts and video, removing filler words, noise, mouth sounds, dead air and stutters	AI-assisted mixing and mastering plug-ins that analyse the audio and propose their own settings
Noise removal and repair	Yes, background noise, mouth sounds, breaths and stutters removed; filler words in 20+ languages	Partly: smart:gate for noise and bleed, smart:deess and pure:deess for sibilance. Not a restoration suite for damaged recordings
Mastering and loudness	Loudness normalization to a target LUFS (-16 given as the podcast standard) plus Studio Sound level balancing, rather than music mastering	Yes, smart:limit for loudness targets, with true:level and true:balance for metering
Where it runs	In the browser: upload and process, with multitrack for several guests	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, summaries with chapter markers, studio-sound enhancement	Audio interfaces (ml:mio, d:16, d:24) alongside the plug-ins
Deployment	more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based	On-premise
Support	Email helpdesk	Not stated
Onboarding	Documentation and knowledge base	Documentation and knowledge base
Company size	more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise	Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
Integrations	Make.com, n8n	Not stated

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Cleanvoice From $11 / month sonible Free plug-in available; paid plug-ins from $39
Free trial Cleanvoice 30 minutes free, no signup sonible puffer:fish is free
Deployment Cleanvoice Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based sonible On-premise
Company size Cleanvoice Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise sonible Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
Output Cleanvoice Cleaned-up audio and video, transcripts, summaries with chapters sonible Processed audio inside a DAW

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Cleanvoice

Strengths

Removes filler words, noise and dead air automatically
Filler-word removal across 20+ languages
Transcripts and chaptered summaries included

Limitations

No ongoing free tier beyond a 30-minute trial
Priced by audio hours, which adds up at volume

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

Cleanvoice

Free trial $0 30 minutes, no signup.
Monthly (10 hours) $11 Per month, 10 hours of audio.
Monthly (30 hours) $30 Per month, 30 hours of audio.
Monthly (100 hours) $90 Per month, 100 hours of audio.
Pay as you go From $11 Credit packs: $11 for 5 hours, $20 for 10, $45 for 30.
Custom Not stated For 200+ hours a month, with priority support.

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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

Review Scores · opens after launch

Cleanvoice

Ease of use: Not rated yet
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sonible

Ease of use: Not rated yet
User interface: Not rated yet
Onboarding: Not rated yet
Support and service: Not rated yet
Value for money: Not rated yet
Features: Not rated yet

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Where this comes from

Cleanvoice https://cleanvoice.ai · no check date recorded yet

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