Vocnu vs Maestra AI
Vocnu puts a voice-over in your language on a video for €0.03 to €0.20 a minute, with credits you buy once and keep, and its browser extension voices what you watch as it plays, with nothing to upload. Maestra AI sells its voice-over on monthly or yearly plans, at $0.24 to $0.41 a minute by its own pricing page. Vocnu publishes this page. On 10 November 2026 we put the same 22-second clip through both, and below is what each gave us, including where Maestra comes out ahead.
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The short answer
Pick Vocnu if you want to watch YouTube, online courses or streaming sites in your language as they play, or to voice a file without taking out a subscription. It costs less a minute, the credits never expire, and the original sound stays under the voice. Pick Maestra AI if you publish videos and want each speaker in a voice of their own or a clone of it, lip-sync, an editor for every line, or one of its 125+ languages that Vocnu does not have.
What we tested
- The clip: 22 seconds of dialogue between a man and a woman from Tears of Steel, the Blender Foundation's open movie, in English.
- The language: Spanish, which both offer.
- Maestra AI: its free video dubber page, without an account, English into Spanish.
- Vocnu: the same file uploaded to a signed-in Vocnu account, Premium voice-over into Spanish, as a video.
What came back
| In the test | Vocnu | Maestra AI |
|---|---|---|
| Account | Needed: the job took 2 credits from the account | Not needed for the preview |
| What we could download | An MP4 with the Spanish voice-over as its main audio, the original English sound as a second track and Spanish and English subtitle tracks; the voice-over audio on its own; Spanish subtitles as SRT, VTT and ASS files; and the English transcript | Nothing yet: a 22-second Spanish preview played on the page with its transcript, and the page asked us to sign up to download or export the file, "No credit card required" |
| Length | 22 seconds, the same as the clip | 22 seconds, the same as the clip |
| What the clip cost | 2 credits, one started minute of Premium voice-over: €0.13 to €0.20 | Nothing for the preview |
We stopped at Maestra's sign-up, so we did not compare the finished files or how they sound. Maestra's FAQ says its free trial lets you download without an account; on the day we tried it, the page asked us to sign up first.
What each one offers
Maestra AI's side is from its own site: its pricing page, its video dubber page, Maestra Live and its Chrome Web Store listing, read on 10 November 2026. We tested only what the sections above describe.
| Feature | Vocnu | Maestra AI, from its site |
|---|---|---|
| What it makes | A voice-over: one voice reads the translation over the lowered original sound, with subtitles | A dub: it can "assign distinct dubbed voices" to each speaker, with control of each line's delivery |
| Watching as the video plays | The browser extension voices YouTube, course sites, streaming sites and live streams as you watch, in Chrome, Brave and Edge, paid by the minute | A Chrome extension for live transcription and translation of a browser tab, which its listing calls a paid product; live plans with voice from $19 a month, or $15 billed yearly, with sessions of up to 15 minutes on that plan |
| Languages | 35 to translate into | 125+ |
| The speaker's own voice | No: a voice you choose reads every speaker | Voice cloning, on the Premium plan and up |
| Lip-sync | No | On the Business plan and up, at $2 a minute |
| Files you get | An MP4 with the voice-over and the original sound as two tracks, the voice-over audio, subtitles as SRT, VTT and ASS files, and the original-language transcript | "MP4 with the new audio track", and the audio on its own in MP3, WAV and other formats |
| Free to try | 40 credits once you confirm your email, no card needed: 20 minutes of Premium voice-over or 80 of Economy | A free trial, "No credit card required" |
| How you pay | Credit packs from €5 that never expire, or a monthly plan | Monthly or yearly plans; its pay-as-you-go credits cover transcription and subtitles, not voice-over |
When Maestra AI is the better choice
- You publish your own videos and want every speaker in a voice of their own, or a clone of it. Maestra says it gives each speaker a distinct voice and clones voices from its Premium plan up. Vocnu reads every speaker in one voice.
- You need lip-sync. Maestra offers it on the Business plan and up for $2 a minute; Vocnu has none.
- You want to fine-tune the result line by line: Maestra's editor lets you swap a voice, change a line's delivery and timing, and balance the original sound against the new one.
- Your language is one of Maestra's 125+ that are not among Vocnu's 35.
- You want to hear a result before you make an account. Maestra voiced our clip as a preview without one.
- You run meetings or events in several languages: Maestra's live plans translate speech aloud as people talk, for one person, a team or a conference.
When Vocnu is the better choice
- You want to watch videos in your language. Vocnu's extension voices YouTube, online courses, streaming sites and live streams as they play in Chrome, Brave or Edge, and charges by the minute you watch, with no plan to take out.
- You want to pay only for what you use. Vocnu's credit packs start at €5 and never expire. Maestra's smallest voice-over plan is $49 a month for 120 minutes, or $39 a month billed yearly.
- You want a lower price a minute: €0.03 to €0.20 with Vocnu, against $0.24 to $0.41 for Maestra's voice-over and about $0.72 to $1.00 with its pro voices or cloning.
- You want everything from one job. Our 2-credit test gave us the voiced MP4 with the original sound as a second track, the subtitles in three formats and the English transcript.
- You don't want to risk credits: if a job fails, Vocnu gives its credits back automatically, and a refund is possible within 14 days of a purchase.
Price per minute
Vocnu lists its prices in euros with VAT, and Maestra AI in US dollars. Vocnu's depend on the voice quality you choose and the credit pack; Maestra's on the plan and on how many of its minutes you use.
| Option | A minute | An hour |
|---|---|---|
| Vocnu Premium, used in this test | €0.13 to €0.20 | €7.92 to €12.00 |
| Vocnu Standard | €0.07 to €0.10 | €3.96 to €6.00 |
| Vocnu Economy | €0.03 to €0.05 | €1.98 to €3.00 |
| Maestra AI voice-over, from its site | $0.24 to $0.41 | $14.36 to $24.50 |
| Maestra AI pro voices and cloning, from its site | $0.72 to $1.00 | $43.08 to $59.70 |
Maestra's figures are its plan prices divided by the minutes each plan includes, so they hold only if you use every minute. Its lowest is Business Plus, $359 a month billed yearly for 1,500 minutes a month (or 500 with pro voices and cloning); the dearest a minute is Basic, $49 a month for 120 minutes. Vocnu also takes US dollars at checkout, where VAT or sales tax is added on top: Premium then comes to $0.15 to $0.24 a minute, Standard to $0.07 to $0.12 and Economy to $0.04 to $0.06.
Vocnu's credits never expire, watching the same minutes again within 30 days costs nothing, and a new account gets 40 free credits once it confirms its email, no card needed.