Auphonic · Voice isolation & denoising
Auphonic provides 2 hours of recurring monthly free quota (no credit card) with clear subscription/credit pricing (from $13/mo for 9 hours); its Voice Cleaner suppresses background noise down to -96.5 dBFS (100% noise reduction), though the free tier appends a 6.41s promotional audio jingle to the exported MP3 (21.41s total).
US-West (California, AS2914)
MP3 · Output attached · Open native file ↗
Subsequent pricing and service checks are shown separately without altering historical scores.
One run does not establish all complex scenes, untested paid maxima or long-term uptime.
Plans & historical pricing
Auphonic sitewide audio processing, loudness leveling, denoising, and transcription hours; free tier, recurring subscriptions, and one-time credits · 2026-10-29
4 plan / billing-period records, all listed; — means that period is not recorded.
Free tier provides 2 hours/month (includes Auphonic jingle, no rollover); annual recurring plans save 20% (Plan S $132/yr or $11/mo); one-time credits never expire ($12/5 hrs minimum); VAT/sales tax charged by region.
Cancellation, sources & verification record
Cancellation and refund terms unverified
Auphonic official homepage ↗ · 2026-10-29 Capture 1 ↗
Auphonic official pricing plans page ↗ · 2026-10-29 Capture 1 ↗
Pricing recorded on the test date · 2026-11-05
Free 2 hrs/mo; Plan S $132/yr ($11/mo); One-time credit packs from $12 for 5 hrs
hybrid
Historical context only; not current purchase guidance.
Delivery & access
- Free delivery record
- 44,100 Hz 112kbps stereo MP3 native export (includes 6.41s tail jingle)
- Watermark
- Not recorded or not verified
- Free allowance
- 2 hours/month free processing quota; free outputs append an Auphonic spoken jingle
- Account requirements
- Supports Google / Apple OAuth and email registration
- Maximum specification record
- Not recorded or not verified
May include advertised capabilities; this does not establish a tested paid tier.
- Batch & API
- Not recorded or not verified
- Manual refinement
- Not recorded or not verified
Tested result & sample
Uploaded the 15.0s mixed audio master (anchor_voiceisolate_v1/mixed_audio.mp3) to the Auphonic Production console (https://auphonic.com/engine/) and ran the Voice Cleaner (remove music) preset; cloud processing finished in 38.67s, cleanly stripping background music across 0–15s while appending a 6.41s free-tier audio jingle from 15.0s to 21.41s, exporting a 293.9 KB MP3.
- Fixture
- anchor_voiceisolate_v1
- Recorded environment
- US-West (California, AS2914)
- Network-observed server wait
- 38.67 s
- End-to-end reference
- 40.17 s
Network wait includes round trips, queuing and polling error, not pure inference time. Local timings depend on the device; repetition counts are not standardized in legacy records.
Experience, rules & trust
- Disclosure
- Not recorded or not verified
- Interaction
- Supports direct audio drop and one-click production with the Voice Cleaner (remove music) preset, offering dual-waveform input/output comparison and direct MP3 download; points deducted because free-tier exports append a ~6.41s spoken Auphonic jingle at the end (02_result.png, 03_download.png).
- Entity record
- Auphonic (Georg Holzmann)
- Origin
- Austrian acoustics and audio engineering firm (founded in 2011 in Graz, Austria)
- Domain history record
- 2011–Present (15+ years)
- Third-party tracking record
- Stripe Checkout · PayPal
- External information
- Trusted by over 2 million creators and broadcast organizations worldwide; offers full API, desktop, and CLI tools with transparent European GDPR compliance.
- Processing
- Cloud acoustic processing clusters execute dynamic range leveling, filtering, denoising, and music removal
- Retention statement
- Processed productions and files are retained for 21 days for user retrieval with manual instant deletion supported
A recorded statement does not verify deletion or all data-processing behavior.
Verifiable audit trail & evidence
Four SHA-256-verified stages link the benchmark fixture, same-run interface screenshots, native exported artifact and archived pricing sources.
anchor_voiceisolate_v1 · Inspect fixture & file inspector →
Captures entry rules, result view and export disclosure.
Auphonic official homepage (snapshot ↗) · Auphonic official pricing plans page (snapshot ↗)
Screenshots, native output and official claims support different conclusions. Evidence grades are not product safety certifications.
Evaluation basis & full scores · Overall 81.1/100
Overall = honesty & reputation × 30% + capability × 70%. Component maxima follow this report’s rubric. List scores are rounded for display; original precision is retained here.
Scoring version 2.3.1 · Test fixture anchor_voiceisolate_v1
Honesty & reputation · 93/100 · 30%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 34 / 35 | The workspace sidebar prominently discloses the 2 hours/month free quota and states upfront that free productions come with an audio jingle, alongside transparent upgrade and one-time credit pricing (01_landing.png). | Evidence A → |
| Interaction restraint | 26 / 30 | Supports direct audio drop and one-click production with the Voice Cleaner (remove music) preset, offering dual-waveform input/output comparison and direct MP3 download; points deducted because free-tier exports append a ~6.41s spoken Auphonic jingle at the end (02_result.png, 03_download.png). | Evidence A → |
| Background & reputation | 19 / 20 | 15-year European audio technology veteran with open technical standards and exceptional credibility across the global audio engineering community. | Evidence A → |
| Engineering & privacy | 14 / 15 | Processed on Austrian cloud acoustic clusters; productions are retained for 21 days and can be permanently deleted by the user at any time. | Evidence A → |
Capability · 76/100 · 70%
| Criterion | Score | Rationale | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Task quality | 50 / 65 | Deterministic acoustic & container check: background music across the original 15.0s master is cleanly stripped while speech is preserved with adaptive loudness leveling (+5.3 dB); however, because the free tier appends a 6.41s Auphonic audio jingle at the tail (extending total duration to 21.41s), duration-bounds scoring deducts points (50.0/65). | Evidence A → |
| Deliverable specifications | 15 / 20 | Free tier natively exports a 44.1kHz 112kbps stereo MP3 (293.9 KB), though an audible Auphonic jingle is appended at the tail unless paid credits are used (15.0/20). | Evidence A → |
| Processing speed | 11 / 15 | Cloud asynchronous production pipeline completed music removal, adaptive leveling, and encoding in 38.67s (11.0/15). | Evidence A → |
Legacy scores may include advertised maximum capabilities. Read tested output separately from paid capabilities. Records without matching tiers and scope are not ranked together.
Revisions & corrections
- 2026-11-05
Completed authenticated Voice Cleaner (remove music) benchmark and native MP3 export verification; upgraded to complete public report. - 2026-10-31
Recorded pre-console registration gate on Auphonic's feature landing page; withheld due to lack of unauthenticated deliverable.