Cartesia vs Fish Audio
Two of the 27 text-to-speech tools in our ranking, compared fact by fact — every price and feature read from each maker's own pages on Oct 24, 2026.
Cartesia
Voice-agent builders who need low-latency TTS in many languages
9.0
#3
Fish Audio
Voice cloning from short clips, in an app or via API
8.3
#7
The short answer
- Higher scoreCartesia — 9.0 vs 8.3 (#3 vs #7 of 27)
- Cheaper entry planCartesia — $5/mo vs $11/mo, billed yearly
- Free planBoth publish one
Side by side
| Cartesia | Fish Audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.0/10 · #3 of 27 | 8.3/10 · #7 of 27 |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Paid from | $5/mo (Pro)“Pro $5 /mo Select Pro 100K credits / month” — cartesia.ai/pricing | $11/mo, billed yearly (Plus)“For creators and professionals. $ 11 mo $ 15 $132 billed annually” — fish.audio/plan |
| Free plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free trial | Not published | Not published |
| Voice cloning | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| API | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Commercial use | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Multi-language | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Dubbing | – Not published | – Not published |
| Why it ranks | Pro at $5/month adds a commercial use license and instant voice cloning. | Plus is $11/month billed annually and lists commercial use as allowed. |
| Watch for | Professional voice clones are not included on the Free or Pro plans. | Plus costs $15 when billed monthly instead of annually. |
