Head-to-head · profiles checked Oct 2, 2026
ElevenLabs fits dubbing, many languages and voice agents; Fish Audio fits quick voice cloning and long scripts. ElevenLabs paid plans start at $6/mo with a commercial license; Fish Audio starts at $15/mo, or $11/mo billed annually. ElevenLabs covers 90+ languages against 30+ for Fish Audio. We ran no benchmark, so voice quality is not compared.
We wrote this from our own verified profiles of ElevenLabs (checked September 30) and Fish Audio (checked October 2); we ran no benchmark for this pair, and it uses no third-party benchmarks or vendor payment.
Pick ElevenLabs if you need dubbing, 90+ languages, a documented commercial license from $6/mo or voice agents. Pick Fish Audio if you want to clone a voice from a short clip, prefer longer per-generation text limits on a cheap paid plan, or like annual billing at $11/mo. ElevenLabs and Fish Audio both have a free tier, but Free is non-commercial on ElevenLabs and unclear on Fish Audio. Fish Audio does not state its API pricing or training use of your audio, so check the ElevenLabs and Fish Audio terms before committing.
Based on our profiles of ElevenLabs (verified September 30) and Fish Audio (verified October 2), using official vendor pages; Fish Audio API pricing, data retention and training use were not stated, and no benchmark was run.
If you only want the answer, this is the table. Everything below is the evidence from the two documented profiles.
| You want to | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Narrate a YouTube video or podcast | Either | ElevenLabs and Fish Audio both generate narration from text; Fish Audio supports emotion tags and ElevenLabs supports audio tags like [whispers]. |
| Narrate an audiobook | ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs lists audiobooks as a use case, with 90+ languages and export to MP3. |
| Clone my own voice | Either | Fish Audio clones from about 15 seconds; ElevenLabs offers instant cloning from Starter and a Professional clone from Creator. |
| Clone a voice from a very short clip | Fish Audio | Fish Audio advertises about 15 seconds of audio; ElevenLabs asks for 1 to 2 minutes for instant cloning. |
| Dub a video into Spanish or other languages | ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs Dubbing v2 covers 92 languages; Fish Audio does not list dubbing. |
| Turn a recording into text or subtitles | Either | ElevenLabs Scribe covers 90+ languages; Fish Audio lists speech to text under its API. |
| Build a phone or website voice agent | ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs has ElevenAgents with Twilio and CRM integrations; Fish Audio lists realtime streaming for developers only. |
| Add speech to my own app | Either | ElevenLabs and Fish Audio both have an API; ElevenLabs bills it in the same credits, while Fish Audio's API pricing is Not stated. |
| Generate speech in many languages | ElevenLabs | ElevenLabs v4 supports 90+ languages; Fish Audio lists 30+. |
| Try a voice for free before paying | Either | ElevenLabs and Fish Audio both have a free tier: ElevenLabs 10k credits (non-commercial) and Fish Audio 8,000 credits with no card. |
| Plan | Tool | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs Free | ElevenLabs | $0 | 10k credits/mo, about 10 minutes of speech, 3 custom voices, non-commercial only |
| ElevenLabs Starter | ElevenLabs | $6/mo ($5/mo equivalent billed yearly) | 30k credits/mo, about 30 minutes of speech, 10 custom voices, commercial license |
| ElevenLabs Creator | ElevenLabs | $22/mo | 121k credits/mo (promo noted on page), about 121 minutes, 1 Professional Voice Clone |
| ElevenLabs Pro | ElevenLabs | $99/mo | 600k credits/mo, about 600 minutes, 1 Professional Voice Clone |
| ElevenLabs Scale and Business | ElevenLabs | $299/mo and $990/mo per team | 1.8M and 6M credits/mo; 3 and 10 workspace seats |
| ElevenLabs Enterprise | ElevenLabs | Custom | Custom credits and seats |
| ElevenLabs API pay-as-you-go (TTS) | ElevenLabs | $0.04 to $0.08 per 1K characters | Prepaid balance, minimum $5 top-up |
| Fish Audio Free | Fish Audio | $0 | 8,000 credits/mo, up to 7 minutes, 500 characters per generation, 3 public voice slots |
| Fish Audio Plus | Fish Audio | $15/mo ($11/mo billed annually) | 250,000 credits/mo, up to 200 minutes, 15,000 characters per generation |
| Fish Audio Pro | Fish Audio | $100/mo ($75/mo billed annually) | 2,000,000 credits/mo, up to 1,620 minutes, 3 team seats |
| Fish Audio Max | Fish Audio | $999/mo ($749/mo billed annually) | 25,000,000 credits/mo, up to 6,250 minutes, 10 team seats |
| Fish Audio Enterprise | Fish Audio | Custom | Not stated |
USD as published on each vendor's pricing page, checked Oct 2, 2026. ElevenLabs pricing in full · Fish Audio pricing in full
| ElevenLabs | Fish Audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Credits / minutes | Free about 10 minutes; Starter about 30; Creator about 121; Pro about 600 per month | Free up to 7 minutes; Plus up to 200; Pro up to 1,620 per month |
| Text per generation | 10,000 characters per request on Eleven v4 | 500 on Free, 15,000 on Plus, 30,000 on Pro |
| Seats / team | Scale 3 seats; Business 10 seats; Enterprise custom | Pro 3 seats; Max 10 seats |
| Unused credits | Roll over up to two months on paid plans, not on Free | Do not roll over |
| Feature | ElevenLabs | Fish Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Text to speech | Yes | Yes |
| Voice cloning | Yes | Yes |
| Speech to text | Yes | Yes, listed under API |
| Dubbing | Yes | Not stated |
| Music and sound effects | Yes | Not stated |
| Voice agents / realtime | Yes, ElevenAgents | Yes, realtime streaming via API |
| API | Yes, included, same credits | Yes, priced separately |
| Mobile apps | Mobile confirmed | Not stated |
| ElevenLabs | Fish Audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Training on your data | Audio and text may be used to train models; perpetual license to your content and voice models | Not stated |
| Retention | Kept as long as needed; Zero Retention Mode on Enterprise, API only | Standard retention not stated; Zero Data Retention on Enterprise |
| Business controls | SSO and SCIM, audit logs, data residency (US, EU, India, Singapore), SOC2, BAAs | SOC2 compliance, on-premise deployment, Zero Data Retention |
Taken from each vendor's published policy pages at the time of our check. Policies change; the source links are at the bottom.
AI audio platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, transcription, music and voice agents.
Free stops at: 10k credits per month, 3 Projects in Studio
Verified elevenlabs.io (opens ElevenLabs website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $6/mo US · checked Sep 30
Voice AI platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, speech-to-text and realtime streaming via web app and API.
Free stops at: 8,000 credits per month, Up to 7 minutes generation
Free · paid from $15/mo US · checked Sep 29
ElevenLabs starts lower at $6/mo (Starter, 30k credits). Fish Audio's first paid plan is Plus at $15/mo, or $11/mo billed annually, with 250,000 credits. The credit units differ, so the prices are not directly comparable.
Yes, ElevenLabs and Fish Audio both have a free plan. ElevenLabs Free gives 10k credits per month for non-commercial use. Fish Audio Free gives 8,000 credits, up to 7 minutes and 500 characters per generation, with no credit card.
Fish Audio is faster on paper: it advertises cloning from about 15 seconds of audio. ElevenLabs Instant Voice Cloning asks for 1 to 2 minutes, and its Professional clone needs at least 30 minutes and is limited to your own voice.
On ElevenLabs, paid plans can use output commercially and the Free plan cannot. On Fish Audio, the FAQ says Premium subscribers may use verified voices they own commercially, but the Free tier listing conflicts with that.
Only official vendor pages. No third-party benchmarks, forum threads or press were used. How we review.
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