Fish Audio vs. Respeecher

At a glance

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

Respeecher

Best for

Best for film, TV and game studios that need convincing, licensed recreations of a specific voice.

Small and mid-sized
Enterprise

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Full Comparison

Criterion	Fish Audio	Respeecher
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 Text-to-speech API from $2 / hour Pay-as-you-go, cancel anytime. Custom voice cloning and enterprise projects are quoted separately.
Free trial	Free tier with 8,000 credits per month (about 7 minutes)	Free testing for the Marketplace and API
Commercial use	Not stated	Yes, licensed voices
Output	Text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice cloning (S2.1 Pro model)	Voice cloning, speech-to-speech, accent correction and de-aging; real-time TTS via API
API	Yes, REST API and SDKs	Yes
Voice cloning	Yes, from about 15 seconds of audio	Yes, enterprise-grade cloning of specific voices
Real-time use	Yes, real-time with low latency	Yes, real-time text-to-speech API (Respeecher Space)
Languages	30+ languages	Language-agnostic, major global languages and accents
Speech-to-speech and dubbing	Yes, a Voice Changer transforms existing audio into a different voice	Yes, speech-to-speech conversion, accent correction and de-aging
Editing and controls	Emotion tags and effects such as angry, sad, excited, whispering, laughing and pauses	Marketplace voices are filtered by age, gender and pitch across 40+ voices and 160+ narration styles and accents; the Pro Tools plugin runs conversions inside the DAW and shifts pitch by up to 12 semitones
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	Explicit permission is required for every voice replication, secured through a mutually signed agreement with the voice owner; client data is used only to train the agreed voice models
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	Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations	Not stated	Pro Tools

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The short version

Key Differences

Starting price Fish Audio Free tier; Plus from $15 / month Respeecher Text-to-speech API from $2 / hour
Free trial Fish Audio Free tier with 8,000 credits per month (about 7 minutes) Respeecher Free testing for the Marketplace and API
Company size Fish Audio Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Respeecher Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Output Fish Audio Text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice cloning (S2.1 Pro model) Respeecher Voice cloning, speech-to-speech, accent correction and de-aging; real-time TTS via API
API Fish Audio Yes, REST API and SDKs Respeecher Yes

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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

Respeecher

Strengths

Broadcast-quality cloning trusted by major film and game studios
Covers speech-to-speech, accent correction and voice de-aging, not just text-to-speech
Marketplace and API are self-serve with pay-as-you-go pricing

Limitations

Built for studios; the strongest features run through custom enterprise projects
Public pricing is limited to the marketplace and API

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.

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Respeecher

Text-to-Speech API $2 / hour Pay-as-you-go, cancel anytime.
Voice Marketplace Not stated 40+ AI voices with a Pro Tools plugin; free testing available.
Custom / Enterprise Not stated Bespoke voice cloning and de-aging, quoted on contact.

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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Fish Audio

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Respeecher

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

Fish Audio https://fish.audio · no check date recorded yet

Respeecher https://www.respeecher.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-05

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