Fish Audio
Free planHigh-quality voice cloning in just 15 seconds
An AI voice-cloning and synthesis platform that clones a voice from just 15 seconds of audio, with support for emotion control and multilingual synthesis. A voice created from an English recording can be converted into 30+ languages.
vs. similar tools: Its flagship S1 model beats ElevenLabs in blind tests at a far lower API price. The open-source release is limited to the lightweight S1-mini model.
Overview
At a glance
- Clones a voice from 15 seconds, with emotion and multilingual output
- Flagship S1 beats ElevenLabs in blind tests
- API priced well below competing services
- Only the lightweight S1-mini is open; flagship is cloud-only
- Commercial use is conditional and open weights are non-commercial
- Best for: Developers mass-producing multilingual dubbing on a budget
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Fish Audio is an AI voice-cloning and synthesis platform that clones a voice from just 15 seconds of audio. With emotion control and multilingual synthesis, a voice recorded in English can be converted into more than 30 languages. It suits developers and creators who need to produce multilingual dubbing or content voices at scale.
Its strengths are quality and cost together. The flagship S1 model beats ElevenLabs in blind tests while costing far less per API call, which is why value for money leads its profile at 92. Because it ships an API, you can wire speech synthesis directly into your own service or pipeline, and Korean input and output are supported too. It is a convincing pick for teams chasing both quality and price.
The open-source angle needs a careful read. The only released model is the lightweight 0.5B S1-mini, and its weights carry a non-commercial license, so even self-hosting comes with limits on commercial use. The strongest flagship S1 is unreleased and cloud-only. Commercial use overall is conditional, so check the license before adopting it.
In short, it is powerful for developers mass-producing high-quality multilingual voices on a budget. Anyone who needs to fully self-host the top-tier model, or who requires an unrestricted commercial license, should look at other tools instead.
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly price | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 7 minutes of voice generation per month |
| Premium | $11/mo | 200 minutes of S1-model generation per month |
| API | - | About $15 per 1 million characters |
| Open source (S1-mini) | $0/mo | 0.5B lightweight model, weights under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 (non-commercial) |
Specs
- Voice cloning
- Supported
- API
- Yes
- Open source
- Yes
- Self-hosting
- Available
- Korean support
- Input/output only
- Commercial use
- Limited
Popularity
Buzz and recognition on absolute thresholds
Absolute-threshold score
69
High confidence4/4 signals
Each axis maps to a 1-10 absolute threshold where 10 means broadly recognizable. Collected: 2026-06-13.
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Last updated: 2026-05-30
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