Fish Audio Pricing Explained (2026)
Updated October 2, 2026
Short version: Fish Audio is one of the cheapest ways to buy minutes. Plus is $15 a month for up to 200 minutes, or $11 a month billed yearly, which is about $0.055 to $0.075 a minute. Pro is $100 a month for up to 1,620 minutes. The API is billed separately at $15 per million UTF-8 bytes with no monthly minimum. The free plan is for personal, non-commercial use.
Fish Audio plans at a glance
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly, per month | Credits per month | Generation | Per generation | Cost per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — | 8,000 | up to 7 minutes | 500 characters | — |
| Plus | $15 | $11 ($132 a year) | 250,000 | up to 200 minutes | 15,000 characters | $0.075 monthly, $0.055 yearly |
| Pro | $100 | $75 ($900 a year) | 2,000,000 | up to 1,620 minutes | 30,000 characters | $0.06 monthly, $0.046 yearly |
| Max | $999 | $749 ($8,988 a year) | 25,000,000 | up to 6,250 minutes | — | — |
Cost per minute is our arithmetic: the plan price divided by the minutes Fish Audio states for it. We leave Max out because its stated minutes do not scale with its credits the way the other plans do. An Enterprise tier is priced on request.
Fish Audio figures are as shown on fish.audio/plan, fish.audio/terms and docs.fish.audio on October 2, 2026 and may have changed.
What each tier unlocks
| Feature | Where it starts |
|---|---|
| Commercial use | Plus. The plan FAQ limits the free plan to personal, non-commercial projects. |
| Private voice slots | Plus (10 private, unlimited public). Free has 3 public slots. |
| Voice Design and priority generation | Plus. |
| Professional voice slots | 1 on Plus, 5 on Pro, 15 on Max. |
| Team seats | 3 on Pro, 10 on Max. |
Fish Audio's plan page says unused minutes do not roll over to the next month.
The API is billed separately
Fish Audio's documentation says the API uses pay-as-you-go pricing with no subscription fees or monthly minimums. Text to speech on the S2.1 Pro model is $15.00 per million UTF-8 bytes. English is about one byte per character, so a 10-minute script of about 8,500 characters costs roughly $0.13 through the API. Chinese, Japanese and Korean text uses about three bytes per character.
What a real workload costs
| Workload | Fish Audio | LeapFun, standard-rate voices |
|---|---|---|
| One 10-minute video | 10 of Plus's 200 minutes. About $0.75 of a monthly Plus plan. | About 8,500 credits. About $0.81 of a Creator month. |
| Twenty 10-minute videos a month | 200 minutes. Exactly Plus's limit at $15. | 170,000 credits. Inside Creator's 200,000 at $19. |
| Four 10-minute videos a month, published commercially | Plus at $15, the first plan with commercial use. | Starter at $6, which covers about 40 minutes with commercial rights. |
Fish Audio is cheaper per minute at every level where both have a plan. LeapFun is cheaper only at low volume, because its first commercial plan is $6 rather than $15.
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Fish Audio and LeapFun side by side
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly, per month | Audio | Cost per minute, monthly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Audio Plus | $15 | $11 | up to 200 minutes a month | $0.075 |
| Fish Audio Pro | $100 | $75 | up to 1,620 minutes a month | $0.06 |
| LeapFun Starter | $6 | $5 | about 40 minutes a month on standard voices | $0.15 |
| LeapFun Creator | $19 | $15.83 | about 200 minutes a month on standard voices | about $0.095 |
LeapFun bills by script length: about 1,000 credits is a minute on standard-rate voices. Leap Ultra voices bill 1.5 credits per UTF-8 byte, so a minute costs about half as much again on those; Leap Turbo voices cost about half. Yearly billing is ten times the monthly price. Full details are on the pricing page.
What the extra cents buy on LeapFun is workflow: a chapter-based Studio, paragraph re-takes, mastered exports with subtitle files and project translation. The feature comparison is on LeapFun vs Fish Audio.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Fish Audio cost?
Plus is $15 a month, or $11 a month billed yearly. Pro is $100 a month, or $75 billed yearly. Max is $999 a month. There is a free plan with 8,000 credits a month. Figures are from fish.audio/plan on October 2, 2026.
Is Fish Audio free?
There is a free plan with 8,000 credits a month, up to 7 minutes of generation and 500 characters per generation. Fish Audio's plan FAQ limits it to personal, non-commercial projects.
How much does the Fish Audio API cost?
Its documentation lists text to speech on the S2.1 Pro model at $15.00 per million UTF-8 bytes, billed pay-as-you-go with no subscription fee or monthly minimum.
Do Fish Audio credits roll over?
No. Fish Audio's plan page says unused minutes do not roll over to the next month.
Is LeapFun cheaper than Fish Audio?
Per minute, no: Fish Audio Plus is about $0.075 a minute against about $0.095 on LeapFun Creator with standard-rate voices. LeapFun's first commercial plan is cheaper, at $6 a month against $15.
Can I use Fish Audio commercially?
On paid plans, yes. Fish Audio's terms license paid users for commercial use, and its plan FAQ limits the free plan to personal, non-commercial projects.
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