How much does ElevenLabs cost?

ElevenLabs uses a credit subscription, monthly or yearly model. The entry paid plan is $6 / month (Starter).

What can ElevenLabs do?

Its headline capabilities: expressive text-to-speech; instant voice cloning; dubbing and voice agents.

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★★★★★4.8AudioPaidUpdated 27 Oct 2026

The most natural AI voices

State-of-the-art text-to-speech and voice cloning with emotional range, used for audiobooks, dubbing and agents.

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Starter prompts

Copy one into ElevenLabs and swap the {braces} for your own details.

Read this script in a {emotion} voice at a {pace} pace: {script}.
Use this voice sample to narrate: {sample} → {script}.
Clean up this recording and remove the background noise: {file}.

Overview

ElevenLabs is the quality benchmark for synthetic speech. Its voices carry breath, hesitation and emphasis, which is why it displaced robotic TTS in audiobooks, dubbing and voice agents almost overnight.

Key Features

Expressive text-to-speech

Natural prosody and emotional range across 30+ languages, with style and stability controls.

Instant voice cloning

A minute of clean audio is enough for a usable clone; professional cloning refines it further.

Dubbing and voice agents

Translate video while keeping the original voice, or deploy a low-latency conversational agent.

How to Use

Paste your script into the Speech Synthesis panel and pick a voice.
Tune stability and similarity before generating — small changes alter the delivery a lot.
Use phonetic spelling for names and acronyms that come out wrong.
For narration, generate paragraph by paragraph so you can fix a single line without redoing the whole file.

Pros & Cons

Pros

✓Most natural output on the market for English narration.
✓Consistent across long recordings — no drift between sessions.
✓Cloning works from very little reference audio.

Cons

×No meaningful free tier — you pay from day one.

Who It's For

Audiobook and podcast producers.Video teams needing narration without a booth.Developers building voice agents and IVR systems.

Pricing & Free Trial

Credit subscription, monthly or yearly Read from the vendor page

Plan	Price	Notes
Free	$0 / month	10k credits, 3 Studio projects, no commercial use
Starter	$6 / month	30k credits, instant voice cloning, commercial licence
Creator	$22 / month	100k credits, professional voice cloning
Pro	$99 / month	500k credits, 44.1 kHz PCM output
Scale	$299 / month	2M credits, low-latency production tier
Business	$990 / month	11M credits, team seats and support

Free tier: 10,000 credits/month on Free — enough for a few minutes of speech, no commercial licence.

Last checked 27 Oct 2026 · source page

The page was running a first-month discount (Starter $1, Creator $11) at the time of checking.

Frequently asked questions

What is ElevenLabs?: State-of-the-art text-to-speech and voice cloning with emotional range, used for audiobooks, dubbing and agents.
Is there a free plan for ElevenLabs?: 10,000 credits/month on Free — enough for a few minutes of speech, no commercial licence.
How much does ElevenLabs cost?: ElevenLabs uses a credit subscription, monthly or yearly model. The entry paid plan is $6 / month (Starter).
What can ElevenLabs do?: Its headline capabilities: expressive text-to-speech; instant voice cloning; dubbing and voice agents.
Who is ElevenLabs for?: It is aimed at audiobook and podcast producers., video teams needing narration without a booth., developers building voice agents and ivr systems..

Our Verdict

The closest thing to a real narrator. Budget by the minute: long-form projects eat characters fast. Check the licensing tier before cloning a voice for commercial use — and never clone without consent.