AI · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Hound

Soundhound's new, more natural voice assistant.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Hound launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hound▲230

   Voice search and assistant app. A better Siri.

   2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Houndify by SoundHound▲10

   Add voice enabled, conversational interface to anything.

   2015 · soundhound.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Houndify▲148

   Add a voice enabled conversational interface to anything

   2015 · soundhound.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Hound▲2

   Voice Search

   2015 · soundhound.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hound▲17

   Hound is a new intelligent personal assistant

   2015 · soundhound.com · its alternatives →

6. 6HA
   Houndify – A sophisticated voice recognition platform (join us in beta)▲7

   https://www.houndify.com/ Hey all, I'm a software engineer at SoundHound where we are very actively developing our sophisticated new voice recognition API. You can see it at work in these vids of the Hound assistant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1ONXea0mXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVlKRK-wkQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckXei1d-zr0 We're in the process of giving out verification codes but ping me (rob at soundhound dot com) if your interested in using it right away or if your in Toronto or the Bar area and want help…

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   SoundHound 8.0▲129

   Music discovery, identification, & voice-controlled player

   2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Houndify▲3

   Platform for voice-enabling apps

   2015 · soundhound.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   New Hound ▲63

   Mobile marketing solution for small businesses, made simple

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    HearMeOut▲90

    Your voice. Your personality. Twitter for audio.

    2017 · hearmeoutapp.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Voices▲72

    Voice-over marketplace for voice talent

    2014 · voices.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Speek▲75

    A voice assistant that lives in your Mac's notch

    24d ago · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    ELSA▲199

    A virtual pronunciation coach

    2016 · elsaspeak.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    SoundRad▲73

    A radically simpler & faster SoundCloud player

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Soundhawk Scoop▲80

    augmented hearing earpiece

    2014 · soundhawk.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    hearthis.at▲75

    A serious SoundCloud alternative

    2015 · hearthis.at · its alternatives →

17. 17
    SpeakingPuppy▲85

    Snapchat for your dog

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Voxtral▲201

    Frontier open source speech understanding models

    2025 · mistral.ai · its alternatives →

19. 19
    wyd?▲110

    The ultimate AI friend that sounds human & remembers you

    2023 · wyd.ai · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Vound▲63

    Create & share extraordinary audio moments.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    SoundFlake▲91

    Your new favorite SoundCloud iOS client

    2014 · soundflakeapp.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    larynxBot▲97

    A bot which gives you voice summary for online content

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Murmur▲75

    A private voice-first notepad for your thoughts

    26d ago · murmurr.subhr.in · its alternatives →

24. 24
    O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →