Audo

AI noise removal for podcasts, calls, and dev pipelines via API

Video & Audio Freemium Has API
Researched · Published · Reviewed
RECATOOLS Score
6.3 / 10
Capability
6
Value for money
7
Ease of use
8
ASEAN readiness
6
API quality
5
Founded
2021
HQ
Bengaluru, India

Overview

Audo strips background noise, echo, and mouth clicks from recordings through a web studio, a batch/streaming API, and the open-source Magic Mic app — aimed at podcasters, remote teams, and developers building noise cancellation into their own products.

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Pricing

Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 1 Sep 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.

Starter
$0
Free tier for occasional cleanup
  • 20 minutes of audio enhancement/mo
Pay As You Go
$20 one-time
One-off top-up block
  • 600 additional minutes, no subscription
API Standard
$0.05/min
Developer batch/streaming API
  • 200 free minutes/mo
  • Priority support
API Custom
Custom
Volume or enterprise API deployment
  • Volume discounts
  • Dedicated processing clusters
  • On-premise deployment

Use cases

Podcast cleanup Voice recording Audio restoration

What you can produce with Audo

  • One-click browser noise and echo removal
  • Batch noise-removal API
  • Streaming noise-removal SDK (real-time)
  • Open-source Magic Mic app for meetings
  • Python client library
  • Admin dashboard for usage and account management
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RECATOOLS Verdict

Audo does one job — stripping background noise, echo, and mouth clicks out of recordings — and offers it two ways: a one-click browser tool (Audo Studio) for podcasters and YouTubers, and a proper batch/streaming API for developers who want noise cancellation inside their own product. The open-source Magic Mic app and Python client libraries on GitHub are a nice touch for anyone who wants to see how the pipeline works rather than trust a black box.

The free tier is thin at 20 minutes a month, and Creator at $12/month for 600 minutes suits a solo creator more than a studio. The API's $0.05-per-minute pricing is simple but scales linearly with no obvious cheaper knee until you're big enough for the custom/volume tier. It is a narrow tool, not a full audio suite — good for quick cleanup, not for surgical restoration work.

Independent AI-assisted assessment by RECATOOLS.

What people say

Audo is a smaller player than its category placement suggests, and the review record reflects that: there's no G2 listing, and Capterra shows zero submitted reviews for Audo Studio as of mid-2026, despite the product having been around since roughly 2020 (the company is based in Kansas City). What third-party sentiment exists comes from scattered aggregator write-ups and comparison posts rather than a deep review corpus, so treat any individual quote as anecdotal rather than statistically meaningful.

That said, the anecdotal feedback that does exist is specific and positive. One user cited in a 2026 tools roundup credited Audo Studio with removing "the music from the neighbors, the barking of the dogs and the squawking of my parrot" from a home recording setup, and called it better in their own use than Adobe's newer Podcast AI enhancement tool — a notable comparison given Adobe's speech-enhancement feature is free and heavily marketed.

Where Audo differentiates itself from browser-only competitors like Adobe Podcast or Auphonic is the developer side: a batch API for post-production pipelines, a streaming SDK pitched at real-time communication apps, and — unusually for this category — an open-source desktop app (Magic Mic, built in C++) for killing background noise in video calls, plus Python client libraries on GitHub. That gives Audo a foothold with developers building noise cancellation into their own products, not just end users cleaning up a single recording.

The practical friction points are pricing-related rather than quality-related: the free tier's 20-minute monthly cap is restrictive even for occasional use, the Creator plan's 600 minutes works for one show but not a small studio's output, and the API's flat $0.05/minute has no visible discount tier until a buyer is large enough to negotiate the custom plan. For straightforward speech cleanup at moderate volume it does the job reliably; for anything approaching professional audio restoration, reviewers elsewhere in the category still point to dedicated tools like iZotope RX.

Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.

Frequently asked questions

20 minutes a month, which is thin. Creator at $12/month for 600 minutes suits a solo creator rather than a studio.
$0.05 per minute, linearly, with no obvious cheaper knee until you are large enough for the custom volume tier.
No. It strips background noise, echo and mouth clicks — quick cleanup rather than surgical restoration. The open-source Magic Mic app and Python clients on GitHub let you see the pipeline rather than trust a black box.

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