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Voice & Audio software after AI

45 tools in this category. 7 are rated killed and 20 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $488 a month.

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WellSaid Labs
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $44
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Commodity text to speech at API prices
ElevenLabs now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $44/mo is optional.
C
Castmagic
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $39
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Long-context models turn a transcript into every asset you need
ChatGPT and Whisper now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $39/mo is optional.
S
Swell AI
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $27
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Same repurposing workflow, same commoditisation
ChatGPT and Whisper now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $27/mo is optional.
L
LOVO
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $24
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Free and near-free voice generation
ElevenLabs now covers the same core job on a free tier, so the $24/mo is optional.
L
Listnr
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $19
YES
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Commodity TTS plus free podcast tooling
NotebookLM and ElevenLabs now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $19/mo is optional.
L
LALAL.AI
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $18
YES
Meta · 2024-04 · Meta's open-source Demucs separates audio stems for free
Demucs and Moises now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $18/mo is optional.
F
Fish Audio
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
YES
OpenAI · 2025-07 · Cheap high-quality TTS from major providers plus free open voice models
ElevenLabs and Kokoro now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $10/mo is optional.
T
Trint
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $60
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-09 · Whisper-quality transcription for free
Otter.ai and Descript cover the headline feature free, so the $60/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
P
Play.ht
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $31
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-06 · OpenAI TTS pricing
ElevenLabs and Murf cover the headline feature free, so the $31/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
R
Resemble AI
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $29
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Native voice models with real-time conversation
ElevenLabs covers the headline feature free, so the $29/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
M
Murf
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $19
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-06 · Cheap OpenAI TTS
ElevenLabs and PlayHT cover the headline feature free, so the $19/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
G
Grain
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $19
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-04 · Native meeting recaps
Fathom and Otter.ai cover the headline feature free, so the $19/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
F
Fathom
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $19
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-04 · Native meeting AI recaps
Fireflies.ai covers the headline feature free, so the $19/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
T
tl;dv
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $18
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-04 · Native meeting AI
Otter.ai and Fireflies.ai cover the headline feature free, so the $18/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
H
Happy Scribe
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $17
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-09 · Whisper + native captions
OpenAI Whisper and Descript cover the headline feature free, so the $17/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
O
Otter.ai
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $17
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-09 · Whisper + native meeting transcription
Whisper covers the headline feature free, so the $17/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
R
Rev
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $15
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-09 · Whisper making transcription near-free
OpenAI Whisper and Otter.ai cover the headline feature free, so the $15/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
P
Podcastle
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $12
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-03 · Whisper + cheap TTS
Descript and Riverside cover the headline feature free, so the $12/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
S
Speechify
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $11
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-06 · OpenAI TTS + OS read-aloud
ElevenLabs and NaturalReader cover the headline feature free, so the $11/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
C
Cleanvoice
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Filler-word removal shipped inside editors
Adobe Podcast covers the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
H
Hume AI
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-11 · Realtime voice APIs from major labs shipping expressive speech as a standard feature
ElevenLabs covers the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
F
Fireflies.ai
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-09 · Whisper + native meeting recaps
Otter.ai and Fathom cover the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
S
Sonix
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-09 · Whisper open-source transcription
OpenAI Whisper and Otter.ai cover the headline feature free, so the $10/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
S
Speechmatics
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· free
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-10 · Whisper being free and open source, collapsing the price of speech recognition
Whisper covers the headline feature free, and the workflow around it is why you would still open this.
G
Gladia
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· free
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-10 · Whisper and cheap hosted transcription driving speech-to-text pricing toward zero
Whisper covers the headline feature free, and the workflow around it is why you would still open this.
R
Rime
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $100
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-10 · ElevenLabs and OpenAI realtime voice bundling speech into platforms developers already use
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $100/mo.
D
Descript
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $24
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-03 · Whisper + TTS voice cloning
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $24/mo.
R
Riverside
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $15
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-04 · Whisper + editing AI
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $15/mo.
Z
Zoom
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $15
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-04 · AI notetakers and meeting bots
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $15/mo.
W
Wispr Flow
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $15
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-01 · macOS, Windows and iOS all ship free built-in dictation
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $15/mo.
A
Auphonic
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $11
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Loudness normalisation is deterministic engineering
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $11/mo.
A
Adobe Podcast
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-05 · Speech enhancement stayed a specialised signal-processing problem
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
U
Udio
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-04 · General audio models
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
S
Suno
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-04 · General audio models
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
A
Aqua Voice
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $10
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-02 · OS-level dictation and rival voice tools
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
K
Krisp
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $8
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-04 · Native meeting noise suppression
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $8/mo.
S
superwhisper
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $8
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-01 · Cloud dictation tools with better formatting models
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $8/mo.
E
ElevenLabs
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $5
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-06 · OpenAI TTS voices
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $5/mo.
C
Cartesia
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· $5
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-02 · ElevenLabs dominates the text-to-speech category
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one still earns its $5/mo.
M
Moises Studio
graphic_eqVoice & Audio· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-11 · Open-source stem separation models making the core capability free for anyone technical
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the voice & audio job, so this one is still worth keeping open.