Fish Audio
Open text-to-speech and voice cloning with a community marketplace of shared voices.
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs and Kokoro now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Cheap high-quality TTS from major providers plus free open voice models. OpenAI, July 30, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: ElevenLabs and Kokoro.
- What the call is worth $120/yr
- $10/mo at the entry paid tier — $120 a year per seat.
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- July 30, 2025
- List price
- $10/mo
- Per year
- $120
The backstory
Fish Audio offers voice cloning and text to speech with an open model lineage and a library of community voices. It is squeezed from both sides: incumbent voice platforms are better and cheap enough, while fully free open models cover the self-hosting crowd. A voice marketplace without rights clearance is also a liability for commercial users. Little room left in the middle.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $120/yrBest-in-class voices with commercial licensing
elevenlabs.io open_in_newVoice cloning aimed at content and agents
play.ht open_in_newSmall open TTS model you can run yourself
huggingface.co open_in_new2 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.