Best for
Best for professionals who need surgical repair of damaged or complex audio.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI Sound & Audio Comparison
iZotope RX vs. Supertone Clear
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for streamers and dialogue editors who need a clean voice out of an untreated room, live or in post.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | iZotope RX | Supertone Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Elements ~$99 Standard around $399, Advanced around $1,399. Perpetual licences for RX 12. | $99 one-time A perpetual licence including VAT and future updates. The company runs discount promotions from time to time. |
| Free trial | Trial | Trial that inserts noise every 60 seconds |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Output | Restored, repaired audio | Cleaned dialogue, separated ambience |
| What it does | Repair and restoration of damaged audio | Separating a recording into voice, ambience and voice reverb so each can be raised or removed |
| Noise removal and repair | Yes, spectral repair, De-noise and Dialogue Isolate, with fine artifact control | Yes, background noise and excessive reverb removed with three controls; the voice can also be taken out to leave the ambience alone |
| Mastering and loudness | Loudness Control and Loudness Optimize modules for hitting delivery loudness targets | No, it cleans and separates dialogue rather than setting a final loudness |
| Where it runs | Standalone desktop editor, plus VST3, AU, AAX and ARA plugins for a DAW or NLE | As a plugin in a DAW, in AU, VST3, VST and AAX; processing is real-time, so it also works on a live stream |
| Also included | Music Rebalance, Scene Rebalance, Dialogue Isolate, Repair Assistant and Trim Silence; over 20 of the modules also load as plugins | One knob each for voice, ambience and voice reverb, at 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz; 64-bit Windows 10 and above, macOS 10.13 and above with native Apple Silicon support |
| API | N/A | No, Clear is a plugin only, with no documented API and no batch processing. Supertone sells a separate API product, which is not this one |
| Deployment | On-premise | On-premise |
| Support | Not stated | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price iZotope RX Elements ~$99 Supertone Clear $99 one-time
- Free trial iZotope RX Trial Supertone Clear Trial that inserts noise every 60 seconds
- Company size iZotope RX Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Supertone Clear Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
- Output iZotope RX Restored, repaired audio Supertone Clear Cleaned dialogue, separated ambience
- What it does iZotope RX Repair and restoration of damaged audio Supertone Clear Separating a recording into voice, ambience and voice reverb so each can be raised or removed
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
iZotope RX
Strengths
- Broadcast-grade restoration
- Surgical spectral control
- The professional standard for damaged audio
Limitations
- Expensive, especially Advanced
- Steeper learning curve
- Desktop software, not one-tap
Supertone Clear
Strengths
- Real-time, so it works live as well as in post
- Perpetual licence rather than a subscription
- Three controls, with little to learn
Limitations
- Dialogue cleanup only, no editing or mastering
- No ongoing free tier, the trial inserts noise every 60 seconds
- A plugin, so it needs a DAW or another host
Plans
Pricing
iZotope RX
- Elements ~$99 Perpetual licence for RX 12. Basic repair tools.
- Standard ~$399 Perpetual licence for RX 12. The core restoration modules.
- Advanced ~$1,399 Perpetual licence for RX 12. The full set of more than 50 modules.
Supertone Clear
- Free trial $0 Inserts noise every 60 seconds and cannot save or load profiles.
- Clear $99 One-time purchase, VAT included. A perpetual licence with future updates.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
iZotope RX
- 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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Supertone Clear
- 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
Where this comes from
iZotope RX https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rx.html · no check date recorded yet
Supertone Clear https://www.supertone.ai/en/clear · no check date recorded yet
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