Quick verdict
TL;DR: Cleanvoice does one unglamorous job very well: it strips filler words, stutters, mouth sounds, breaths and dead air out of podcast and video recordings automatically, then hands the file back to your normal editor. It is not a full editing suite. At $11 a month for 10 hours of processing — or $11 one-time for 5 pay-as-you-go hours — it is cheap insurance against the most tedious hour in podcast production.
Research-based review: facts below come from Cleanvoice’s own site and published pricing, checked November 2026.
What is Cleanvoice?
Cleanvoice is an AI audio and video cleanup tool built for podcasters, media agencies, audio engineers and video editors. You upload a recording, it removes the noises people make between the words — ums and uhs, stutters, mouth clicks, audible breaths, long silences — plus background noise, hum and echo, and you download a cleaned file or an editable timeline. The company says more than 40,000 creators use it, and it is GDPR compliant, ISO 27001 certified, and stores data in the EU.
Unlike text-based editors, Cleanvoice does not ask you to edit a transcript. If your current workflow already lives in a DAW, compare it with our Descript review: Descript replaces your editor, while Cleanvoice is a pre-edit pass that runs before it.
What Cleanvoice does
- Filler and silence removal: cuts filler words, stutters, mouth sounds, breaths and dead air, with filler removal working in more than 20 languages.
- Noise cleanup and enhancement: removes background noise, wind, hum, hiss and echo, and balances voice levels with its audio enhancer.
- Multitrack editing: on multi-speaker recordings it cuts fillers and dead air from every speaker’s track in one pass, keeping tracks in sync.
- Timeline export: instead of only a flattened file, you can export the cuts as a timeline or markers into Audacity, Adobe Audition, Reaper and other editors, and undo any cut the AI got wrong.
- Video too: upload video and the same cuts apply to picture and sound; a “Mute Edits” option keeps video in sync. Batch uploading and an API are also supported.
Cleanvoice pricing
| Option | Price | Allowance |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | $0 | 30 minutes, no sign-up or card; 30 more minutes after sign-up |
| Pay as you go | $11 / $20 / $45 one-time | 5 / 10 / 30 hours; credits valid 2 years |
| Subscription 10 hours | $11/month | 10 hours of processing per month |
| Subscription 30 hours | $30/month | 30 hours per month |
| Subscription 100 hours | $90/month | 100 hours per month |
Prices exclude VAT. Billing is by processed audio time, rounded up per file.
What the pricing page doesn’t make obvious
Two details matter more than the headline rates. First, unused subscription hours roll over, but only up to three times your monthly plan limit — a light podcasting month is not wasted, but you cannot bank a year of hours. Second, and more important: Cleanvoice stores your original and edited files for only 7 days, then deletes them permanently (stated in the vendor’s own FAQ). Download your cleaned episode the day you process it; this is not an archive. Pay-as-you-go credits, by contrast, stay valid for two years, which makes them the smarter buy for irregular publishers.
Strengths
- Does the whole cleanup pass in minutes instead of an hour of manual cutting
- Timeline export means automatic cuts stay reversible in your own editor
- Honest, simple pricing: subscriptions or pay-as-you-go, no seat fees
- EU hosting, GDPR compliance and ISO 27001 certification — rare at this price
- Works on video as well as audio, and on multitrack recordings
Weaknesses
- Cleanup only: no restructuring, music, mixing or publishing — you still need an editor
- Files are deleted after 7 days, so it cannot double as storage
- Automatic filler removal can occasionally clip a word you wanted; check the timeline before publishing
- No live-call cleanup: it works on finished recordings, not real-time audio
Who Cleanvoice is for
Podcasters who record decent audio and lose time to cleanup, audiobook narrators, sermon and lecture editors, and video creators whose talking-head footage needs de-umming. If you record remotely and want the recording itself handled better, pair it with a proper recording platform — see our Riverside review — and if you want show notes and social posts from the cleaned episode afterwards, our Castmagic review covers that end of the pipeline.
Verdict
Cleanvoice is a specialist, and it prices like one. For $11 a month it removes the single most repetitive chore in podcast post-production and stays out of your editor’s way. Buy the subscription if you publish weekly; buy pay-as-you-go credits if you publish in bursts. Just remember the 7-day rule and download promptly.
FAQ
Is Cleanvoice free?
There is a free trial: 30 minutes of processing with no sign-up or credit card, plus another 30 minutes of credits when you create an account. There is no free-forever plan.
Does Cleanvoice replace Descript or my DAW?
No. Cleanvoice cleans and cuts; arranging segments, adding music and mixing still happen in your editor. Its timeline export is designed to hand work back to Audacity, Audition, Reaper and similar tools.
How long does Cleanvoice keep my files?
Seven days. Both originals and edited files are permanently removed after that, per the vendor’s FAQ, so download your results promptly.
Which is cheaper, subscription or pay-as-you-go?
Subscriptions cost about $0.90–$1.10 per processed hour; pay-as-you-go runs $1.50–$2.20 per hour but credits last two years. Regular publishers save on a subscription; occasional ones should buy credits.