AI audio and voice tools

Tools that turn scripts into speech or clean up recorded voices. Compare what each plan meters, from credits and voice minutes to hours of processed audio.

  • 38 source-checked profiles
  • 37 with free access or a trial
  • Prices checked Sep 24 – Nov 4, 2026
Adobe Podcast, AnthemScore, Applio and 35 more
Entry price · billed monthly

What the first paid plan costs

Cheapest paid plan billed month to month, in USD, as listed on each profile.

  1. Voicemaker$5/mo
  2. Google Flow Music$8/mo
  3. AnthemScore$9.99/mo
  4. MusicHero.ai$9.99/mo
  5. Kits AI$10/mo
  6. UniScribe$10/mo
  7. Auphonic$13/mo
  8. EaseUS Vocal Remover$14.95/mo
  9. Soundraw$16.99/mo
  10. eMastered$19/mo
  11. AudioShake$20/mo
  12. Murf$29/mo
  13. Riverside$29/mo
  14. Speechify$29/mo
  15. Resemble AI$350/mo
Not shown — Adobe Podcast, Suno: priced in EUR; Applio, Treblo, TTSMaker: no paid plan listed; BeMusic AI, Fadr, Fireflies.ai, LALAL.AI, Lalals, LuvVoice, MakeSong, Musicfy, Pluely, Speaktor, Tangia, TTSMP3, TurboScribe: monthly billing not stated; ElevenLabs, NaturalReader: no comparable monthly account charge; Krisp, Otter.ai, Soundful: priced per seat. Annual billing is often cheaper; taxes and promotions can change the checkout price. Each profile shows the vendor source and check date.

AI audio and voice tools at a glance

  • 32 of 38start with a free plan
  • $14.95/momedian first paid plan, billed monthly (15 tools)
  • $5/molowest monthly-billed plan: Voicemaker
  • 23 of 38mention credits or tokens in their plans

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What are AI audio and voice tools used for?

Audio AI tools either create speech or repair speech you recorded. ElevenLabs and Murf turn scripts into voiceovers, and ElevenLabs also transcribes, dubs and clones voices from one monthly credit pool. Adobe Podcast and Auphonic work on existing recordings: Adobe Podcast removes noise and echo in the browser, and Auphonic levels speakers and hits loudness targets automatically. All four have free plans, but free ElevenLabs audio is noncommercial and free Murf audio cannot be downloaded.

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Adobe Podcast

Audio & voice

Adobe Podcast is a browser tool for recording, transcribing and cleaning up speech, with Premium features now sold inside the Firefly Pro plan.

Source-checked: 24 Sep 2026Pricing check incompletePrice checked 45 days ago
Free accessFrom EUR 21.99 per month incl. VAT, billed monthly (Adobe Firefly plans page, Germany)

ElevenLabs

Audio & voice

A voice AI platform that turns scripts into narration and also handles transcription, dubbing and voice cloning from one shared credit pool.

Source-checked: 24 Sep 2026Pricing checked: 25 Sep 2026 · Update duePrice checked 44 days ago
Free accessFree + paid

How to choose tools for audio & voice

Start by naming the job. If the words exist only as a script, you need voice generation: ElevenLabs and Murf read text aloud in a chosen voice, and Murf Studio syncs the voiceover with images, video and music for e-learning and presentations. If someone has already spoken them, you need cleanup and finishing. Adobe Podcast's Enhance Speech strips background noise and echo in the browser, and its Podcast Studio records remote guests on separate tracks and edits them through the transcript. Auphonic takes a finished recording and levels speakers, reduces noise and reverb, cuts filler words and meets loudness targets such as -16 LUFS or EBU R128.

Each side meters differently. Voice generators charge for what they produce. ElevenLabs narration on Multilingual v2 costs 1 credit per character, about one minute of speech per 1,000 credits, while transcription uses about 330 credits a minute and Dubbing Studio about 10,000, so Creator's 121,000 credits buy about 121 minutes of narration or about 12 minutes of studio dubbing. For API work, the Flash and Turbo models cost between 0.5 and 1 credit per character. Murf sells voice time instead: Creator's 2 hours a month on monthly billing cover about 20 scripts of 1,000 words. Cleanup tools charge for what you send in. Auphonic counts hours of processed audio and bills every production for at least 3 minutes, and Adobe Podcast caps Enhance Speech at 1 hour a day on Free and 4 hours a day with Firefly Pro.

Decide where generated audio will be published before you create it, because the license is fixed at that moment. ElevenLabs Free audio is for noncommercial use with attribution, and a paid plan bought later does not change the rights to anything already generated; audio made on Starter or higher carries commercial rights, with exclusions such as beta features and the rights to your source material. Murf Free cannot be downloaded and carries no commercial rights, which start on Creator. Voice cloning adds a consent question: the ElevenLabs cloning flow asks you to confirm you have the right to clone the voice, Murf arranges cloning only through its Enterprise team, and local law applies on top.

Connect voice work to the rest of your project

For generated voiceovers, read the ElevenLabs profile for plan credits, license rules and per-feature rates, and the Murf profile for narration time and the Canva and PowerPoint add-ons. For recordings you already have, the Adobe Podcast profile covers browser cleanup and remote recording, and the Auphonic profile covers automatic levelling, loudness targets and publishing. To edit a recorded podcast or interview by its transcript, see Descript in the video tools category. For script preparation, visit writing tools.

How do these AI audio and voice tools compare?

Free access, starting price and the date we last checked pricing, taken from each profile and listed A–Z. Not a ranking: prices keep the period, unit and currency the vendor shows.

ToolFree accessPaid plans fromPricing checkedConsider it for
Adobe PodcastFree access availableEUR 21.99 per month incl. VATBrowser cleanup and text editing of speech
AnthemScoreFree access available$9.99 per monthTurning instrumental recordings into editable sheet music or MIDI
ApplioFree access availableNot confirmedFree local voice conversion and voice model training
AudioShakeFree access available$20 per monthProducers, editors and developers who need stems, dialogue or lyric timing from existing audio
AuphonicFree access availableUSD 11 per monthAutomatic post production for spoken audio
BeMusic AIFree trial only$15 per monthCreators who want royalty-free-style background tracks or full songs from a text prompt and will pay for Pro to publish commercially
EaseUS Vocal RemoverFree access available$14.95 per monthKaraoke tracks and stems from songs you have the right to use
ElevenLabsFree access availableNot confirmedNarration and voice work
eMasteredFree access available$19 per monthQuick AI masters for independent releases and demos
FadrFree access available$10 per monthSeparating vocals, drums, bass and melodies from songs you may use
Fireflies.aiFree access available$10 per seat a monthIndividuals and teams who want searchable meeting transcripts and action items
Google Flow MusicFree access available$8 per monthPrompted songs you edit section by section
Kits AIFree access available$10 per month billed monthlyMusic producers converting a guide vocal into a licensed AI voice or their own cloned voice
KrispFree trial only$8 per user per monthNoise-free calls and bot-free notes for meetings
LALAL.AIFree access available$7.50 per monthSeparating vocals and instrument stems from a finished mix
LalalsFree access available$12.97 per monthMusic creators and content makers who want voice conversion, stem separation and song tools under one credit balance
LuvVoiceFree access available$8 per monthBudget MP3 narration and cloned-voice clips with a monthly quota
MakeSongFree trial only$7.9 per monthCreators who want royalty-free background songs or a demo from lyrics and can accept a credit meter and a billing-dependent feature list
MurfFree access availableUSD 19 per monthNarrated e-learning and presentation voiceovers
MusicfyFree access available$8 per monthProducers and singers who want to turn their own vocals into other voices or clone their own voice for demos
MusicHero.aiFree access available$9.99 per monthQuick AI songs and instrumentals for personal or licensed creator use
NaturalReaderFree access availableNot confirmedListening to documents and scans for private study
Otter.aiFree access availableUSD 8.33 per user per monthMeeting transcripts, summaries and action items
PluelyFree access available$15 per month as listedPeople who want screen and call answers from their own AI keys
Resemble AINot verified$350 per monthScreening audio, video and images for deepfakes through an API
RiversideFree trial only$29 per monthTranscribing and editing multi-track podcast and video recordings
SoundfulFree access available$4.99 per user per month on annual billingRoyalty-free background music for videos and ads
SoundrawFree access available$16.99 per month on monthly billing; $11.04 per month on the 12-month annual planVideo creators and small teams who need licensed background music, and artists who want beats to build songs on
SpeaktorFree access available$9.99 per monthStudents, creators and small teams who want to read documents aloud or add a narration track to video, slides or podcasts
SpeechifyFree access available$29 per monthPersonal read-aloud for study and work documents
SunoFree access availableEUR 7.20 per monthOriginal songs with vocals from prompts
TangiaFree trial only$0.01 per creditStreamers who want chat to trigger AI voices, personas and images on screen
TrebloFree access availableNot confirmedFree full songs with vocals from a prompt or lyrics
TTSMakerFree access availableNot confirmedShort scripted voiceovers and pronunciation checks
TTSMP3Free access available€5.00 one-timeShort MP3 voice clips with SSML control on a small budget
TurboScribeFree access available$20 per monthTranscribing uploaded recordings at steady volume
UniScribeFree access available$10 per monthTranscribing recorded audio and video files into text or subtitles
VoicemakerFree access available$5 per monthLow-cost voiceovers for videos and courses

What to compare before you pick one

  • Generate or repairVoice generators such as ElevenLabs and Murf charge for speech produced from text; cleanup tools such as Adobe Podcast and Auphonic charge for the length of recording you send in.
  • Credit rate per featureElevenLabs narration, transcription and dubbing draw on one pool at very different rates, so a dubbing-heavy month can need a tier or two above what narration alone suggests.
  • License at generation timeElevenLabs grants commercial rights from Starter and Murf from Creator; check which plan you are on when the audio is created, because upgrading later does not cover older free audio.
  • Pronunciation of hard casesGenerate a script with times, prices, abbreviations and unfamiliar names on the free allowance before paying; Murf's pitch, speed and pronunciation tweaks on the same text do not use voice time.
  • Loudness and delivery specAuphonic sets integrated loudness, true peak and loudness range as targets for a podcast host or broadcaster; Adobe Podcast's Studio applies Enhance Speech to the whole project rather than one speaker.
  • Rollover and expiryElevenLabs paid credits roll over for up to two months, Murf carries unused voice time forward one billing cycle, and Auphonic's recurring hours reset monthly while its one-time credits never expire.
  • Cloning tier and consentElevenLabs instant voice cloning starts on Starter at $6 a month and professional cloning on Creator; Murf offers custom voice clones only as an Enterprise add-on, and every clone requires the speaker's consent.

Our editorial judgement about what matters in this category, based on the plan structures we documented while building these profiles.

Where buyers get caught out

  • Audio generated on ElevenLabs Free stays noncommercial even after you upgrade.
  • ElevenLabs Creator's $11 first month renews at $22.
  • Murf's 10 free minutes are one-time and cannot be downloaded, so the free plan only produces shareable previews.
  • Adobe Podcast Premium has not been sold on its own since August 30, 2026; new customers get it through Firefly Pro, listed by Adobe at EUR 21.99 a month including VAT in Germany, billed monthly.
  • Adobe Podcast Studio runs only in Google Chrome on desktop, although Enhance Speech works in other browsers.
  • Free Auphonic productions carry an Auphonic jingle, and ten 1-minute clips processed one by one are billed as 30 minutes.
  • Murf subscription payments are not refundable, and Auphonic does not refund partly used periods.
  • Pay As You Go credits on ElevenLabs are stored as a dollar value and converted at your current plan's rate, so a plan change alters what the balance buys.

Questions about audio & voice tools

Do I need a voice generator or an audio cleanup tool?

A voice generator if the words exist only on paper: ElevenLabs or Murf reads them aloud. A cleanup tool if someone already recorded them: Adobe Podcast's Enhance Speech removes noise and echo, and Auphonic levels speakers, cuts filler words and meets a loudness target. Auphonic and Adobe Podcast also transcribe, Auphonic on paid credits only.

Can I use AI voice audio commercially?

Only audio generated while on a plan that grants commercial rights. ElevenLabs grants them from Starter, USD 5 a month billed annually or USD 6 monthly, and Murf from Creator, USD 19 a month billed annually or USD 29 monthly. ElevenLabs Free audio can be shared noncommercially with attribution, and Murf Free audio cannot be downloaded at all.

How much narration does a plan produce?

At ElevenLabs' guide of about one minute per 1,000 credits, Free covers about 10 minutes a month, Starter about 30, Creator about 121 and Pro about 600, assuming nothing is regenerated. Murf Creator includes 2 hours a month on monthly billing or 24 hours a year on annual billing, and Business 8 hours a month or 96 a year.

How much recorded audio can I clean up for free?

Auphonic Free processes 2 hours a month, enough for two 45-minute episodes, and adds a jingle. Adobe Podcast Free enhances up to 1 hour a day in files of up to 30 minutes and 500 MB. On paid plans, Auphonic S processes 9 hours a month for USD 11 billed yearly, and Firefly Pro raises Enhance Speech to 4 hours a day.

Is AI voice cloning legal?

Cloning a real person's voice requires their consent, and both the platform's terms and your local law apply. ElevenLabs offers cloning only on paid plans and asks you to confirm the right and consent before an instant clone is saved; Murf handles cloning through its Enterprise team and documents it for English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and German.

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