Auphonic is built for podcast and radio post-production: loudness normalization, multi-track leveling, noise reduction and more, run as one automated pipeline. It's a deeper, more production-focused tool than ClearVoice -- the tradeoff is more complexity and a smaller free allowance for trying it.
Pricing and free-tier limits change over time. The figures below were checked directly against each company's own pricing/help pages in October 2026 -- if you're reading this later, it's worth double-checking the competitor's current page before deciding (we've linked to each one below).
Free plan comparison
| Auphonic (Free) | ClearVoice (Free) | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Full post-production pipeline: leveling, loudness normalization, noise reduction, multi-track mixing | Noise removal, specifically |
| Free allowance | 2 hours of processing per month, explicitly for testing | 15 minutes, one-time trial |
| After the free allowance | Monthly credit subscription or one-time credit packs | Pay-as-you-go, $0.03/minute, or unlimited from $6.99/month |
| Learning curve | Multiple algorithms and settings to configure per production | Upload, wait, download -- no settings to learn |
Which one should you use?
If you're running an ongoing podcast production pipeline and want loudness normalization, multi-track mixing and noise reduction automated together, Auphonic's depth is genuinely useful and its 2-hour monthly free allowance (while explicitly meant just for testing) lets you evaluate it properly. If you just need a noisy file cleaned up quickly, without configuring a production pipeline, ClearVoice's single-purpose upload-and-download flow is faster to get a result from.
Frequently asked questions
Does Auphonic's free tier reset every month?
Yes -- it's a recurring monthly allowance (2 hours), unlike ClearVoice's one-time 15-minute trial. Where ClearVoice's trial is larger in a single session, Auphonic's is smaller but renews monthly if you only need occasional light use.
Does ClearVoice do loudness normalization too?
Yes -- the free Volume Changer tool includes normalizing to broadcast loudness (−16 LUFS), separate from the paid noise-removal product.
ClearVoice gives you 15 minutes of AI noise removal free, no signup required to try it, and no credit card upfront -- try it on your own file now. If you just need a quick audio/video utility rather than full noise removal, ClearVoice also has 9 completely free tools (video compressor, trimmer, silence remover, and more) that need no account at all, which none of the tools below offer.
Source: Auphonic’s own pricing FAQ.