Xport Studio vs Kits.ai
Two products built for music producers, two opposite answers to "where does the AI run." Kits.ai puts it in the cloud and licenses celebrity voices on top. Xport puts it on your laptop and lets you bring any voice you want.
The short version: Kits.ai has the strongest officially-licensed voice roster in the space (real artists, real label deals) and a polished web app. Xport keeps your audio on your machine, lets you train your own voices, and bundles the production tools you'd otherwise need three other apps for. Choice depends on whether you'd rather rent licensed voices or own your workflow.
| Xport Studio | Kits.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Where AI runs | Your machine | Their cloud |
| Audio leaves your machine? | Never | Yes, every conversion |
| Train your own voice | Yes · Train Clone tab | Yes, cloud only |
| Bring your own RVC model (.pth) | Drag-drop from HuggingFace | Curated library only |
| Licensed artist voices | No (community models) | Yes · direct artist deals |
| Music tools beyond voice | 6 free tools | Stem splitter + AI mastering |
| Pricing | Free · $79 or $399, one-time | $9-50 / mo |
| Offline? | Yes | No |
Pick Kits.ai if…
- You want to use officially-licensed artist voices with clear rights
- You'd rather use a web app than install software
- You're fine uploading your vocal stems to their cloud for processing
- You don't need to work offline
- You're OK with a recurring subscription
Pick Xport Studio if…
- Your vocals are unreleased and can't leave your machine
- You want to train your own voice from your own samples
- You want to use any RVC model from HuggingFace, not a curated subset
- You also need BPM detection, stem splitting, mix & mastering in the same app
- You prefer to pay once instead of every month
- You're OK with a 624 MB download on Mac (369 MB on Windows) for a fully offline workflow
Feature by feature
Locally, on your CPU or GPU. The Voice Modeling Pack (~4.7 GB) downloads once. Every conversion after that is local.
On their servers. You upload a vocal, their cloud processes it, you download the result.
Community-driven. Import any RVC .pth file (HuggingFace has thousands). Train your own from samples. Library lives on your disk.
Curated. Their roster includes officially-licensed artist voices that you cannot get elsewhere · this is their real moat.
Six free tools: Key/BPM Finder, Stem Splitter, Noise Remover, Mix & Master, Audio Converter, Trimmer. Always free, always local.
Stem Splitter and AI Mastering are included on paid tiers. No BPM/key detection, noise removal, or audio conversion in the core product.
Train Clone tab. Drop in 1+ minutes of samples, get a trained RVC v2 model in your Library after ~30 min of local training. Model is yours, on your disk.
Upload samples to their cloud. Their servers train. The model lives in your Kits account and can only be used through their platform.
Free Forever for music tools (BPM/key, stems, noise, conversion). Pro $79 one-time adds the AI voice features (Voice Clone, Train, TTS) and every future update. Founding $399 one-time, capped at 100, AI voice for life. No subscriptions.
Free tier with watermarking + length caps. Paid: Sprout $9.99/mo, Hobby $19.99/mo, Creator $49.99/mo. Higher tiers add longer audio, more conversions, commercial use.
You are responsible for the rights to any voice you train or convert (the in-app consent dialog records this). We don't license artist voices.
Their licensed artist roster is cleared for use within their platform. Their non-licensed user-uploaded voices have the same rights ambiguity as anywhere else.
Fully offline after install. Audio never leaves your machine. Engine is local and auditable.
Cloud-only. Their privacy policy governs uploads; per their terms, audio may be retained and used to improve services.
Producers handling unreleased material, ghost-written tracks, label-NDA stems, or anyone who wants their voice models on their own disk.
Producers who want to use specific licensed artist voices on Kits' roster, with an account-based web workflow.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to Kits.ai?
Xport Studio is free to download with six tools free forever, and voice conversion is a one-time $79 rather than a recurring plan. Kits.ai runs on monthly subscriptions with conversion limits attached to each tier.
Does Kits.ai work offline?
No. Kits.ai is a browser product, so conversions are processed on their servers and require a connection. Xport Studio processes everything locally on your computer and works with the internet switched off.
Can I use my own RVC models?
In Xport, yes. Drag in any .pth model, including ones you trained yourself or downloaded, and it just loads. Cloud platforms generally restrict you to models trained inside their own system and hosted in their account.
Which has better voice quality for singing?
Both are built on RVC-family conversion, so quality depends mostly on the model and the source vocal rather than the platform. The practical difference is control: locally you can tune the pitch extraction and the model without a queue, an upload step or a monthly conversion cap.
What happens to my models if the service shuts down?
This is not hypothetical. Weights.gg closed in 2026 and its hosted model library went with it. Xport keeps models as files on your own disk, so a company closing has no effect on what you already have.
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Same target user, different posture on privacy and pricing. If you'd rather own your workflow than rent licensed voices, this is the trade you want.