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Festival Speech Synthesis System vs Fish Audio

Festival Speech Synthesis System

cstr.ed.ac.uk

Fish Audio

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FigureFestival Speech Synthesis SystemFish Audio
Price fromFree$11/mo
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published15
Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software8.5 (#53)9.0 (#11)
Spec score · Text-to-speech tools8.1 (#94)9.1 (#13)
API accessYesYes
Commercial useYesThe 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 planYesYes
HeadquartersEdinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomDover, Delaware, United States
LanguagesThe site lists British and American English, Spanish, and Welsh text-to-speech, and says English is the most advanced.Fish Audio states that TTS automatically supports eight languages with native accents.
SupportThe project page links to Festival related mailing lists hosted by FestVox.Enterprise support includes 24/7 production support, a technical account manager, and a stated 99% uptime SLA.

Plans

Festival Speech Synthesis System

  • Festival 2.4Free

Festival Speech Synthesis System pricing →

Fish Audio

  • Free TierFree
  • Plus$11 a month
  • Pro$75 a month
  • Max$749 a month
  • EnterprisePriced on request

Fish Audio pricing →

In their own words

Festival Speech Synthesis System

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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.

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