ElevenLabs
The most realistic AI voice platform. Text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing, sound effects, music generation, and conversational AI agents.
What it is
ElevenLabs is an AI audio and creative platform that turns text into incredibly natural sounding speech, clones voices from short audio samples, generates sound effects and music, transcribes speech to text in 90+ languages, dubs video into dozens of languages, and powers conversational AI voice agents. It is widely considered the best text to speech service available, with voices that are difficult to distinguish from real human speech. The Eleven v3 model, now generally available, supports 70+ languages and is the most expressive AI voice model on the market. The platform is organized into three pillars: ElevenCreative (content creation), ElevenAgents (conversational AI, now generally available as of March 2026), and ElevenAPI (developer tools). Recent launches include the Music Marketplace (March 19, 2026) for buying and selling AI generated music, and an AI Insurance product. Used by Disney, Epic Games, NVIDIA, Deliveroo, Deutsche Telekom, and millions of individuals. Founded in 2022 by Mati Staniszewski (ex-Palantir) and Piotr Dąbkowski (ex-Google), both originally from Poland. As of February 2026, the company is valued at $11 billion after raising $500 million in a Series D led by Sequoia Capital, with over $330 million in annual recurring revenue.
Who it is for
Content creators who need natural sounding voiceovers for YouTube videos, podcasts, or social media without hiring voice actors
Anyone who wants to listen to articles, books, or documents read aloud with natural AI voices (via the free ElevenReader app)
Businesses that need to dub video content into multiple languages while keeping the original speaker's voice
Game developers and filmmakers who need diverse character voices and custom sound effects
Companies building voice powered customer support agents, phone bots, or interactive voice experiences
Audiobook publishers and authors who want high quality AI narration at a fraction of traditional recording costs
Pros and cons
Pros
- +The most natural sounding text to speech available; voices are nearly indistinguishable from human speech in many cases
- +Voice cloning from as little as 30 seconds of audio; both instant and professional cloning options
- +Supports 70+ languages (v3 model) with automatic detection, making it easy to create multilingual content
- +Dubbing preserves the original speaker's voice characteristics across 32+ languages, not just a generic voice swap
- +Free tier is generous enough to try all features, and the ElevenReader app is completely free
- +Comprehensive API with low latency, suitable for real time voice agent applications
- +Rapidly expanding into music (with the new Music Marketplace), sound effects, image, video, and AI Insurance, becoming a full creative audio/visual platform
- +ElevenAgents reached general availability in March 2026, making enterprise grade conversational AI accessible beyond just enterprise customers
Cons
- −Credit based pricing can get expensive at scale; 600k credits per month on the Pro plan ($99) is roughly 10 hours of audio
- −Voice cloning raises ethical concerns; while ElevenLabs requires consent verification, the technology can be misused
- −Free tier is limited to 10k credits per month (~10 minutes), which runs out quickly for regular use
- −Some voices have occasional artifacts or unnatural pauses, particularly with complex punctuation or unusual formatting
- −ElevenAgents pricing adds up: $0.08/min for the speech engine plus LLM token costs (varies by model) plus telephony at cost, making total per minute costs hard to predict upfront
Pricing
- 10k credits per month
- Text to Speech, Speech to Text, Sound Effects, Music, Image and Video
- Voice Design
- 30k credits per month
- Instant voice cloning
- Commercial license
- 121k credits per month
- Professional voice cloning
- Additional credits available
- Everything in Starter
- 600k credits per month
- 44.1kHz PCM audio output via API
- 192kbps quality audio
- 1.8M credits per month
- 3 Workspace seats
- Team collaboration
- 6M credits per month
- 10 Workspace seats
- 10 Professional Voice Clones
- Custom number of credits and seats
- Custom terms and DPA/SLAs
- BAAs for HIPAA customers
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