Auphonic vs Cleanvoice Comparison 2026
Auphonic is a mastering step: loudness normalised to a broadcast target, noise and reverb cleaned up, with a transcript if you want one, priced by the hour of audio processed rather than by seat. Cleanvoice works earlier in the process, cutting filler words, mouth sounds, breaths and dead air out of a recording and handing back a timeline you drop into your own editor, also billed by the hour. Auphonic finishes a file that is already edited; Cleanvoice edits a file that still needs the ums cut out of it. A fortnightly show recording long conversations may end up wanting both, run in that order.
Automatic levelling and noise removal, by the hour
Filler words and mouth sounds removed
At a glance
- Only Auphonic has a free tier.
Side by side
Auphonic | Cleanvoice | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $11 | From $11 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Yes |
Auphonic
Automatic levelling and noise removal, by the hour
Auphonic does one job on a finished file: loudness normalisation to a broadcast target, noise and reverb reduction, and a transcript if you want one. It is the step between a recording that is done and a file that sounds like somebody mastered it. Billing counts processed audio hours rather than seats, which suits a show that publishes irregularly. Two hours a month are free, and free productions carry a jingle.
Only on this side
- Covers transcription & show notes
Cleanvoice
Filler words and mouth sounds removed
Cleanvoice takes a finished recording and strips out the parts nobody wants to hear: filler words, mouth sounds, breaths and dead air. It handles video podcasts as well as audio and hands back a timeline export you can drop into whatever you edit in. Billing counts hours of audio processed rather than seats, so an occasional show is cheap to run. Credits bought outright stay valid for two years.
Our note
Buying by the hour rather than by the seat is the right shape for a fortnightly show, and it is why this beats a general editor's subscription for that use. Descript is the better buy if you want to edit the words as well as clean them.
Why people weigh these two
- Cleanvoice instead of Auphonic
- The same clean-up-a-finished-recording job aimed at filler words and mouth sounds, from $11 with a free trial rather than Auphonic's two free hours a month.
- Auphonic instead of Cleanvoice
- Auphonic does the same automated cleanup pass, levelling and noise removal billed by the hour, and unlike Cleanvoice it has a free tier alongside the $11 entry price.
Which one should you pick
Pick Auphonic if the recording is already tight and the job left is making it sound mastered: loudness normalised, room noise removed, one speaker balanced against another. Two hours a month are free, though free productions carry a jingle, and $11 a month buys 9 hours for a show that publishes irregularly.
Pick Cleanvoice if the recording runs long and needs the ums, breaths and dead air cut before anybody edits it further. It hands back a timeline export for whatever editor you already use, and pricing starts at $11 a month for ten hours on the subscription, or pay as you go from $11 for five hours with credits valid two years. A show doing both jobs would run Cleanvoice first and Auphonic after, since Auphonic is built for a file that is already finished.
Common questions
- Do Auphonic and Cleanvoice do the same job?
- No. Auphonic masters a finished recording: loudness normalised to a broadcast target with noise and reverb reduced. Cleanvoice works earlier, cutting filler words, mouth sounds and dead air and handing back a timeline export, a different step in the process rather than a competing one.
- How are the two billed?
- Both by the hour of audio processed rather than by seat. Auphonic gives two free hours a month, then $11 for 9 hours, up to $245 for 250 hours. Cleanvoice starts at $11 for ten hours a month on its subscription, or $11 for five hours pay as you go, with no free tier stated.
- Does either handle video podcasts?
- Cleanvoice does, running the same filler and silence removal on video as on audio. Auphonic's material describes audio processing and a transcript; it does not mention video editing.
- Which one has an API?
- Both do. Auphonic's is documented for the mastering pipeline, and Cleanvoice's is documented separately for putting the cleanup step inside an existing pipeline.
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