What it is

The default voice AI platform: text-to-speech on Eleven v3, Scribe speech-to-text, Eleven Music, sound effects, dubbing into 30-plus languages, and Agents for realtime conversational voice. Flash and Turbo models trade a little quality for half the credit cost and much lower latency.

Why it earns a slot

Widest voice library and the most natural prosody and emotional delivery in the category, plus dubbing that preserves the original speaker's voice across languages. The de facto choice when audio quality itself is the product.

Know before you commit

The free tier has no commercial licence and requires visible attribution to ElevenLabs in any public content; commercial use starts at $6/mo. Professional voice cloning needs Creator or above, 44.1kHz PCM output needs Pro ($99), and credits never roll over.

Getting started

Comprehensive REST and WebSocket APIs; low-latency TTS at about 5 cents/minute on Business.

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Pricing snapshot

Free 10K credits/mo. Starter $6 (30K), Creator $11 first month then $22 (121K), Pro $99 (600K), Scale $299 (1.8M), Business $990 (6M). About 17% off annual.

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Evaluate ElevenLabs (https://elevenlabs.io) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Text-to-speech, voice cloning. The default voice AI platform: text-to-speech on Eleven v3, Scribe speech-to-text, Eleven Music, sound effects, dubbing into 30-plus languages, and Agents for realtime conversational voice. Flash and Turbo models trade a little quality for half the credit cost and much lower latency.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Widest voice library and the most natural prosody and emotional delivery in the category, plus dubbing that preserves the original speaker's voice across languages. The de facto choice when audio quality itself is the product.
Watch out for: The free tier has no commercial licence and requires visible attribution to ElevenLabs in any public content; commercial use starts at $6/mo. Professional voice cloning needs Creator or above, 44.1kHz PCM output needs Pro ($99), and credits never roll over.
Pricing: Free 10K credits/mo. Starter $6 (30K), Creator $11 first month then $22 (121K), Pro $99 (600K), Scale $299 (1.8M), Business $990 (6M). About 17% off annual.
Setup: Comprehensive REST and WebSocket APIs; low-latency TTS at about 5 cents/minute on Business.
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