CastReader vs Fish Audio
CastReader
castreader.com
Fish Audio
fish.audioSide by side
| Figure | CastReader | Fish Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $3/mo | $11/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 8.1 (#97) | 9.0 (#11) |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 7.9 (#123) | 9.1 (#13) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial use | No | The pricing page says free plan users may use generated content only for personal, non-commercial projects, while premium subscribers may commercially use verified voices they own. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | 4.99 | 15 |
| Voice cloning | Yes | Yes |
Plans
Fish Audio
- Free TierFree
- Plus$11 a month
- Pro$75 a month
- Max$749 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
CastReader
CastReader has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Fish Audio
Fish Audio provides text-to-speech, voice cloning, speech-to-text, voice agents, and other audio tools. Its text-to-speech controls cover emotion and expression, real-time generation, multilingual output, speed, volume, and model parameters. Fish Audio says TTS supports eight languages with native accents and its platform hosts more than 2,000,000 voices. Developers can use the API for speech generation, voice cloning, and transcription through REST, WebSocket streaming, and official Python and TypeScript SDKs. The listed platforms include web, Linux, macOS, Windows, API access, and self-hosting. Use cases named by the company include video voiceovers, audiobook narration, character voices, and conversational chatbots. The Free Tier costs nothing and allows 8,000 monthly credits, up to 7 minutes of generation, and personal, non-commercial use. Plus costs $11 a month, billed $132 billed annually; paid plans are listed from $15/mo. Commercial use is listed as available. Enterprise deployments include VPC, on-premises, air-gapped, and sovereign cloud options. Fish Audio says default data stays in the United States and self-hosted deployments run inside customer infrastructure. Unused monthly minutes do not roll over.