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ElevenLabsLifelike AI text-to-speech and voice cloning in dozens of languages.

4.8 (6)

Overview

ElevenLabs is a voice AI platform that turns written text into natural-sounding speech, with control over tone, emotion, and pacing. It supports a wide range of languages and accents, and offers voice cloning that can replicate a speaker's vocal identity from a short audio sample. The tool is used by creators, studios, and developers for audiobooks, video narration, podcasts, dubbing, game characters, and accessibility features. Voices can be accessed through a web app or integrated into products via an API, with options for streaming, low-latency generation, and project-based long-form editing.

Key features

  • Text-to-speech with emotion control
  • Instant and professional voice cloning
  • Multilingual speech generation
  • Long-form project editor for audiobooks
  • Real-time streaming API
  • Dubbing and translation tools

Pricing

Model
Freemium
Rating
4.8 / 5 (6)

Use cases

Narrate audiobooks and long-form content

Authors and publishers use the long-form project editor to produce expressive, consistent audiobook narration with controlled tone and pacing across chapters.

Dub videos into multiple languages

Studios and creators translate and dub video content into dozens of languages while preserving a speaker's vocal identity through voice cloning.

Voice characters in games and apps

Developers integrate the streaming API to generate low-latency, emotive character voices for games, interactive media, and conversational products.

Accessibility and content narration

Teams convert articles, documents, and podcasts into natural-sounding speech to support accessibility needs and audio-first audiences.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • High-quality, expressive voice output
  • Strong multilingual and accent support
  • Voice cloning from short samples
  • Developer-friendly API and SDKs

Cons

  • Realistic cloning raises misuse concerns
  • Usage caps on lower-tier plans
  • Quality can vary across languages
  • Commercial use requires paid subscription

Reviews

4.8

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Margaret Whitfield

Margaret Whitfield

May 13, 2026

Compared a few options

Evaluated this against two competitors. Where it wins: text-to-speech with emotion control and high-quality, expressive voice output. On balance the feature set — especially text-to-speech with emotion control — justifies the 5 stars for our use case.

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Grace Okafor

May 1, 2026

Use it every day

Honestly didn't expect to like it this much. Instant and professional voice cloning is exactly what I needed, and strong multilingual and accent support. but I reach for it almost every day now and it just clicks.

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Nadia Petrova

Mar 8, 2026

Use it every day

Honestly didn't expect to like it this much. Instant and professional voice cloning is exactly what I needed, and developer-friendly API and SDKs. I do wish realistic cloning raises misuse concerns, but I reach for it almost every day now and it just clicks.

Daniel Schmidt

Daniel Schmidt

Feb 24, 2026

Years in this space

I've evaluated a lot of these over the years. What stands out here is instant and professional voice cloning — handled better than most — and high-quality, expressive voice output. Worth the time if this is your use case.

Mei-Ling Wong

Mei-Ling Wong

Nov 21, 2025

Does the job

Pretty happy overall. Long-form project editor for audiobooks just works and strong multilingual and accent support. Quality can vary across languages can be annoying, but no dealbreakers — I'd recommend it to a friend without hesitating.

Naomi Suzuki

Naomi Suzuki

Jul 11, 2025

Compared a few options

Evaluated this against two competitors. Where it wins: real-time streaming API and strong multilingual and accent support. On balance the feature set — especially multilingual speech generation — justifies the 5 stars for our use case.

Q&A

How much does each plan cost and what is included?

Monthly price and included credits per plan: Free $0 (10,000 credits); Starter $6 (30,000 credits); Creator $22 (121,000 credits, $11 for the first month); Pro $99 (600,000 credits); Scale $299 (1,800,000 credits, 3 seats); Business $990 (6,000,000 credits, 10 seats); Enterprise is custom. Credits are shared across every product — see the per-product credit costs below.

Asked by Farah Rahimi · Feb 26, 2026

How do text characters and credits work?

Each text character you generate consumes credits, with the exact cost depending on the model used. For V2 Multilingual models, 1 text character equals 1 credit. For V2 Flash/Turbo English and V2.5 Flash/Turbo Multilingual models, discounted pricing applies for API usage, costing between 0.5 and 1 credit per character.

Asked by Greta Nowak · Feb 18, 2026

How many credits does each product use?

All products draw from one shared monthly credit pool, so the same credits can be spent on any of them and using one leaves fewer for the others. Approximate credit costs are: Text to Speech 1 credit per character; Speech to Text 330 credits per minute; Eleven Music 900 credits per minute; Sound Effects 200 credits per generation; Voice Changer and Voice Isolator 1,000 credits per minute; and Dubbing 2,000 credits per minute (automatic with watermark), 3,000 (automatic without watermark), 5,000 (Dubbing Studio with watermark) or 10,000 (Dubbing Studio without watermark).

Asked by Celeste Marchetti · Feb 15, 2026

When do my credits reset, and do unused credits roll over?

Your credit allowance resets at the start of each billing cycle, which begins on the day you subscribed. Unused credits roll over for up to two months — up to 2× your monthly quota — so your balance can reach at most 3× your monthly quota (this month's allotment plus up to two months of rollover), as long as you maintain an active paid subscription and do not downgrade or cancel. Downgrading or cancelling forfeits unused credits at the end of the cycle. Rollover does not apply to the Free plan. Pay-as-you-go top-up credits are separate and are not subject to this rollover cap. When your subscription renews, you receive a new monthly allotment of credits.

Asked by Rania Nasser · Feb 6, 2026

Do you offer annual billing, and what does it cost?

Yes. Annual billing works out to two months free — you pay for 10 months (annual price = monthly price × 10). The equivalent monthly price on an annual plan is $5 for Starter, $18.33 for Creator, $82.50 for Pro, $249.17 for Scale, and $825 for Business.

Asked by Gabriel Duarte · Jan 30, 2026

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