Best for
Best for developers and creators who want expressive text-to-speech and quick voice cloning, including open-source models.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
AI Voice & Speech Comparison
Fish Audio vs. Granola
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for laptop-first teams in back-to-back external calls who want structured notes without a recording bot in the room.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | Fish Audio | Granola |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier; Plus from $15 / month Credit-based. Plus adds 250,000 credits per month, commercial use and API access; 33% off with annual billing. | lower value Free tier, then $14 / user / month Business is $14 per user per month and Enterprise $35. The free Basic plan takes unlimited notes but limits how far back the history reaches. |
| Free trial | Free tier with 8,000 credits per month (about 7 minutes) | Free Basic plan with AI meeting notes, AI chat, shared folders and custom templates |
| Output | Text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice cloning (S2.1 Pro model) | Transcripts and structured meeting notes with summaries and action items |
| API | Yes, REST API and SDKs | Yes, on Business and Enterprise, alongside an MCP server |
| Hosting | Not stated | Cloud, with desktop apps for macOS and Windows, iOS and Android apps and Apple Watch support |
| Voice cloning | Yes, from about 15 seconds of audio | No, Granola transcribes and summarises speech and does not synthesise or clone voices |
| Real-time use | Yes, real-time with low latency | Yes, it transcribes the computer's own audio live during a call without joining as a bot, and on mobile it captures in-person meetings and phone calls |
| Languages | 30+ languages | Multi-language support, included from the free Basic plan upwards |
| Speech-to-speech and dubbing | Yes, a Voice Changer transforms existing audio into a different voice | No dubbing or speech-to-speech translation |
| Editing and controls | Emotion tags and effects such as angry, sad, excited, whispering, laughing and pauses | Customisable note templates, shorthand typed during the call expanded against the transcript, AI chat across the whole meeting history, shared folders and search |
| Consent and trust | Professional clones require a live voiceprint check: the speaker reads a randomised passage that is matched against the training audio. Instant clones are unverified. The terms forbid using another person's voice without permission, with a voice ownership dispute process | Opt-out of model training on every plan, with an org-wide opt-out, SSO, admin controls over sharing and API use, usage analytics, org-wide auto-deletion and an org-wide usage notification on Enterprise |
| MCP-ready | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Community forum | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Not stated |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity, Zapier |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Fish Audio Free tier; Plus from $15 / month Granola Free tier, then $14 / user / month
- Free trial Fish Audio Free tier with 8,000 credits per month (about 7 minutes) Granola Free Basic plan with AI meeting notes, AI chat, shared folders and custom templates
- Company size Fish Audio Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Granola Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- MCP-ready Fish Audio No Granola Yes
- Output Fish Audio Text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice cloning (S2.1 Pro model) Granola Transcripts and structured meeting notes with summaries and action items
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Fish Audio
Strengths
- Fast voice cloning and expressive emotion control
- Open-source models (Fish Speech and Fish Audio S2)
- Large community voice library and a developer API
Limitations
- API access and commercial use require a paid plan
- Cloned and community voices raise consent questions
Granola
Strengths
- No bot joins the call, so nothing appears in the attendee list
- Expands shorthand typed during the meeting instead of replacing note-taking
- AI chat runs across the whole meeting history, not a single transcript
- Opt-out of model training on every plan, including the free one
- MCP server and API on Business, so meeting context reaches other AI tools
Limitations
- Capture depends on a machine being in the meeting, since it records local computer audio
- The free plan limits how far meeting history reaches back
- Integrations, API and MCP start on the Business plan
Plans
Pricing
Fish Audio
- Free $0 8,000 credits per month (about 7 minutes) and 3 public voice slots. No API access.
- Plus $15 / month 250,000 credits (about 200 minutes), commercial use, API access and one professional voice slot. 33% off billed annually.
- Pro $100 / month 2,000,000 credits, 3 team seats and five professional voice slots. 33% off billed annually.
- Max $999 / month 25,000,000 credits, 10 team seats and 15 professional voice slots.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom terms with zero data retention, on-premise deployment and SOC 2 compliance.
Granola
- Basic $0 Per user per month. AI meeting notes, limited meeting history, AI chat, shared folders, customised templates, multi-language support and opt-out of model training.
- Business $14 Per user per month. Adds unlimited meeting notes and history, advanced AI thinking models, integrations with Attio, Notion, Slack, HubSpot, Affinity and Zapier, centralised billing, MCP integration and API access.
- Enterprise $35 Per user per month. Adds enterprise security and admin controls, SSO, priority support, usage analytics, org-wide auto-deletion, admin control over sharing and API, a team-wide model training opt-out and an org-wide usage notification.
What users say
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Fish Audio
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Granola
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
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- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Fish Audio https://fish.audio · no check date recorded yet
Granola https://www.granola.ai · checked against the official source on 2026-09-15
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