FreeVoiceClone vs Fish Audio
Fish Audio is the most honest budget competitor: its free tier really does include voice cloning. The catches are hard caps — 3 public voice slots, 500 characters per generation, and roughly 7 minutes of monthly credits. FreeVoiceClone keeps Fish's community model (free voices are public) but removes the ceilings: unlimited voice slots, no character quotas, unlimited free previews in 505 languages versus Fish's 13, and you pay per download instead of per credit.
| FreeVoiceClone | Fish Audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Languages | 505 languages (as of July 2026) | 13 |
| Free voice cloning | Unlimited free voice clones (public voices; private is a paid perk) | Yes — capped at 3 public voice slots |
| Free generation limits | Unlimited previews, no character quotas | 500 chars/generation, ~8k credits (~7 min)/month |
| Billing model | Pay per download; passes never expire | Credits per generation ($15/mo Plus ≈ 200 min) |
| Price per finished hour | From $1.67 per finished hour (Pro); previews and retries always free | ~$4.50 (Plus) |
| Private voices | Paid perk (unlimited public free) | Paid perk (Plus: 10 private slots) |
Fish Audio figures per their published pricing/docs, July 2026.
When Fish Audio is the better choice
- Self-hosting: Fish's open-weight models (S2 Pro is the top open-weight entry on TTS Arena V2) can run on your own GPU.
- Developer API pricing at $15 per million bytes is among the cheapest hosted TTS anywhere.
- A large, established community voice library today.
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Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between FreeVoiceClone and Fish Audio's free tiers?
Both let free users clone voices that become public to the community. Fish Audio caps free users at 3 voice slots, 500 characters per generation and ~7 minutes of monthly credits; FreeVoiceClone has no slot cap and no character quotas — previews are unlimited, and you pay only per clean download (as of July 2026).
Does Fish Audio support more languages than FreeVoiceClone?
No — Fish Audio supports 13 languages; FreeVoiceClone supports 505 as of July 2026.