ElevenLabs

Overview

ElevenLabs brings voice generation, speech tools, and conversational agents together across web and API access. It suits creators and developers who need expressive speech or voice cloning, and teams building agents across several communication channels. Its shared monthly credit pool keeps that breadth under one account, but makes it important to weigh every product’s usage against the same allowance.

Key features

The Voices library contains more than 10,000 voices, while speech generation is available in 74 languages and supports inputs up to 5,000 characters. Exports include MP3, WAV, M4A, and FLAC. Voice cloning and commercial use are supported, though the Starter plan is the first tier explicitly identified with a commercial license and instant voice cloning.

ElevenAPI covers text-to-speech, speech-to-text, music, and other capabilities. Its speech recognition also supports speaker identification and timestamps. Agents can handle phone, chat, email, and WhatsApp interactions, and can be rehearsed through simulated conversations before deployment. That range makes ElevenLabs more than a voice generator, but shared credits mean agent, music, and speech usage compete for one monthly pool.

Music is cleared for broad commercial use, with rights varying by subscription tier. The platform also describes moderation, accountability, and provenance measures for generated content. These matter to commercial users, who should match the applicable rights and plan terms to their intended use.

Pricing

ElevenLabs uses a freemium model. The Free plan costs 0.00 USD per free and includes 10,000 credits per month and three Studio projects. It is a useful way to start, but it has no credit rollover and does not include the commercial license and instant voice cloning explicitly included with Starter.

Starter costs 6.00 USD per month for 30,000 credits and 20 Studio projects, plus a commercial license and instant voice cloning. It is the entry point for creators who need those rights or cloning. Creator costs 11.00 USD per month for 121,000 credits, a substantial quota increase for heavier individual use.

Pro costs 99.00 USD per month and includes 600,000 credits and 44.1kHz PCM API output. That output specification makes it the clearer fit for API users who need that format. Scale costs 299.00 USD per month for 1.8 million credits and three workspace seats; Business costs 990.00 USD per month for 6 million credits and 10 seats. These tiers suit teams needing larger pooled quotas and shared workspaces, though credits remain shared across every product.

Enterprise has custom pricing, terms, support, seats, credits, and concurrency, as well as custom SSO and priority support. It is aimed at organizations that need tailored capacity or support; fully managed dubbing with Productions is also included. Paid-plan credits can roll over for up to two months, capped at three times the monthly quota. Annual billing costs the equivalent of 10 monthly payments, or two months free. Subscriptions can be canceled anytime and remain active through the current billing cycle. Accepted payment methods are credit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

Platforms

ElevenLabs is available on the web and through an API. That pairing works for both direct use and integration into software, while the documented team seats make Scale and Business more suitable for collaborative workspaces than solo plans.

Who it's for

Choose ElevenLabs if expressive multilingual speech, a large voice library, cloning, or API access matters, especially when those needs sit alongside conversational agents. It is less compelling when usage is difficult to predict across products, since every capability draws from one monthly credit pool. Solo users can begin free; creators needing commercial rights should consider Starter, while teams should compare their expected usage with the seat and credit limits of Scale or Business.

Pros and cons

• Pro: A library of more than 10,000 voices, 74 supported languages, and four export formats gives creators meaningful choice across voice and delivery needs.
• Pro: Text-to-speech, speech-to-text, music, and agent channels are available alongside voice tools, with API access for developers.
• Pro: Paid credits can roll over for up to two months, subject to a cap of three times the monthly quota.
• Con: Credits are shared across every product, so broader use can draw down the allowance intended for a particular workflow.
• Con: Free credits do not roll over, and the Free tier does not include the commercial license and instant voice cloning named for Starter.
• Con: The first team plans cost 299.00 USD per month for three seats and 990.00 USD per month for 10, placing those workspace options well above the individual tiers.

Alternatives

For another AI voice generator or cloning option, Fish Audio has a free tier with 8,000 monthly credits and generation capped at seven minutes and 500 characters per generation; it also supports Linux, macOS, Windows, and self-hosting. Choose Voicebox if its Android, iOS, desktop, API, or self-hosted platform coverage is the priority.

PlayHT is another web-and-API freemium choice, with a free Starter tier that includes 10,000 credits a month, one voice-clone slot, one team seat, and MP3 output. FineVoice may suit users who want a free daily allowance across TTS, voice changing, voice clones, and sound effects; its Free plan includes 5,000 TTS characters per day, 15 minutes of voice changer use per day, five instant voice clones, and 30 sound-effect credits per day.

Choose Kits AI if voice conversion and generative vocals are more relevant: its free plan includes 15 conversion minutes and voice designer/blender, but no voice slots or download minutes. GPT-SoVITS is a free option across API, web, desktop, and self-hosted platforms. For text-to-speech priced by use, Azure AI Speech offers a free tier with 500,000 characters per month and a pay-as-you-go option billed per character.

Murf AI is another freemium web-and-API option; its free plan offers 10 projects and 10 minutes of voice generation, but no downloads. For category-wide comparisons, browse AI Voice Cloning Software, AI Voice Generators, Voice Cloning Software, Game Voice Generators, AI Voice Conversion Software, and Text-to-Speech Software.

Verdict

ElevenLabs is a strong choice for creators and developers who want expressive multilingual voices, cloning, APIs, and agent channels in one platform. Its breadth is the main reason to choose it; the shared credit pool is the main reason to look elsewhere if you need predictable, separately budgeted usage for multiple workflows.