Plugin comparison
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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Contenders
AutoTune Advanced is Antares' automatic pitch flagship with a DVA vibrato engine and Live mode under 1 ms. Perpetual price at Antares checkout is $450.
Melodyne 5 is note-based audio editing software that detects individual notes in a recording so you can edit pitch, timing, vibrato, and formants.
Technical matrix
| Signal | AutoTune Advanced | Melodyne 5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $450 | $99 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 9.1 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX, macOS, Windows | VST3, AU, AAX, ARA integration, Standalone |
| Type | Automatic pitch correction with DVA vibrato | — |
| Price | $450 perpetual. $35/month. Unlimited is $35/month or $210/year | — |
| Trial | 3-day free trial on the product page | — |
| Latency | Live under 1 ms, 44.1–192 kHz. 0.84 ms reported at 44.1 kHz | — |
| Vibrato | Preserve, cut, boost. FX shapes: sine, square, saw, triangle | — |
| Formant | Transpose and Formant, ±12 semitones, linkable | — |
| Scale | 12 keys and modes. 78-key visual keyboard. AutoKey 2 | — |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX | — |
| System | macOS 14 or later. Windows 10 and 11 | — |
| Activation | Auto-Tune Central. Two locations, computer or iLok | — |
| Editions | — | Essential, Assistant, Editor, Studio |
| Plugin formats | — | VST3, AU, AAX, plus ARA integration and standalone |
| Polyphonic editing | — | DNA Direct Note Access in Editor and Studio editions |
| Editable parameters | — | Pitch, timing, vibrato, phrasing, dynamics, sibilants, formants, transients |
| macOS support | — | macOS 10.12 or higher (64-bit); native Apple Silicon from 5.2 |
| Windows support | — | Windows 10 (64-bit) or Windows 11 with ASIO audio hardware |
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