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ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs is an AI audio platform from the company of the same name that turns text into lifelike speech and also handles voice cloning, dubbing, transcription, music and sound effects. It is known for expressive voices in 70+ languages and is used by creators, audiobook narrators and developers building voice agents.

Quick facts

VendorElevenLabs
CategoryVoice & music
PlatformsWebiOSAndroidAPI
Free planYes
Pricing from$6/month
Last reviewed

Best for

  • YouTubers and podcast creators
  • Audiobook and e-learning narration
  • Developers building voice apps
  • Teams localizing video content

Key features

Text to speech models

Choose Eleven v3 for expressive delivery, Multilingual v2 for consistency, or Flash at about 75 ms latency for real-time conversations.

Voice cloning

Instant Voice Cloning starts on Starter, while Professional Voice Cloning for a higher-fidelity copy of your voice starts on Creator.

Dubbing

Translates the speech in a video into another language while carrying over the emotion and performance of the original speaker.

Speech to text

The Scribe v2 model transcribes audio and video, billed at 330 credits for every minute processed.

Music and sound effects

Generate music tracks with Eleven Music and short sound effects from text prompts, both drawing on the same monthly credits.

ElevenAgents

Build conversational voice agents that talk to callers or website visitors, with an Expressive Mode added in February 2026.

Mobile app

The iOS and Android app syncs your voices and presets with the web account and exports clips for editors like CapCut.

Use cases

  • Narrate a long-form YouTube script with a consistent voice instead of recording it yourself.
  • Dub an English product video into Spanish and German while keeping the presenter's tone.
  • Clone your own voice to produce podcast intros or corrections without booking studio time.
  • Transcribe interviews with Scribe and add sound effects to a short film from text prompts.

Pricing

Pricing from
$6/month

Free includes 10,000 credits a month. Starter is $6/month (30,000 credits), Creator $22/month (121,000), Pro $99/month (600,000), Scale $299/month and Business $990/month with extra seats; Enterprise is custom.

Ways to save

  • Annual billing charges 10 months for a full year, so Starter works out to $5/month and Creator to $18.33/month.
  • On paid plans, unused credits roll over for up to two months, up to 2x your monthly quota.
  • The free plan's 10,000 monthly credits cover roughly 10 minutes of text to speech for testing voices.
Prices checked on Oct 12, 2026

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What is ElevenLabs?

ElevenLabs began as a text-to-speech service and now covers most AI audio work in one account. Its products are grouped as ElevenCreative for content tools, ElevenAgents for conversational voice agents and ElevenAPI for developers, all running on one credit balance.

What stands out

  • Voice range. The homepage lists 5,000+ voices across 70+ languages, plus cloning of your own voice.
  • One credit pool. Speech, transcription, music, sound effects and dubbing all draw from the same monthly credits.
  • Output quality tiers. Pro and above add 192 kbps audio and 44.1 kHz PCM output through the API.

Limitations

Credits run out quickly on long projects: Creator’s 121,000 credits equal roughly 121 minutes of speech, and dubbing burns 2,000 credits per minute. The free plan cannot be used commercially and requires attribution. Rollover only applies while a paid subscription stays active, and team seats start on the $299/month Scale plan.

ElevenLabs FAQ

Yes. The free plan gives 10,000 credits a month, about 10 minutes of text to speech. It has no commercial license, and anything you publish must credit ElevenLabs by putting 'elevenlabs.io' or '11.ai' in the title.

Yes, on any paid plan from Starter at $6/month upward, as long as you are not using beta services. Audio generated while subscribed keeps its commercial license after you cancel; audio made on the free plan always needs attribution.

Credits are shared across every product. Text to speech costs 1 credit per character, speech to text 330 credits per minute, music 900 credits per minute, sound effects 200 per generation and dubbing 2,000 credits per minute.

Creator, at $22/month, is the cheapest plan with Professional Voice Cloning. Starter at $6/month includes only Instant Voice Cloning, and the free plan has no voice cloning at all.

Yes. The official ElevenLabs app runs on iOS and Android, syncs favorite voices and presets with your web account, supports the v3 model and uses the same free monthly credits.

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