ElevenLabs
Listed at https://elevenlabs.io
Overall Rank #20 ⭐ Consider
⚠️ Partially available (stable proxy recommended in China) | 🌍 International
💰 Token Pricing
| Type | Price | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Input | TTS: $0.03-0.30/1K chars depending on model/quality; STT: $0.47/hour; Sound Effects: $0.04/request | per million tokens |
| Output | Same as input rate per model | per million tokens |
💡 Free Credits:
🤖 Supported Models (8)
Eleven Multilingual v2Eleven Turbo v2.5Eleven Flash v2Eleven English v1Eleven Monolingual v1ElevenScribe (STT)ElevenSound (SFX)Voice Agent AI
✨ Pros
- ✓Industry-leading TTS quality across 29+ languages
- ✓Voice Cloning (Professional + Instant): accurate voice replication
- ✓ElevenAgents: conversational AI voice assistant API
- ✓ElevenScribe: high-accuracy speech-to-text at $0.47/hour
- ✓ElevenSound: AI sound effects generation at $0.04/request
- ✓44.1kHz PCM high-fidelity audio output (Pro plan)
- ✓Startup Grants Program (12 months free, 33 million characters)
⚠️ Cons
- ×Charged by characters/hours, not tokens — cost comparison with LLMs is not straightforward
- ×China access requires stable proxy
- ×Free tier is limited (10,000 credits/month ≈ 10 minutes audio)
- ×Voice quality varies by language (English strongest, smaller languages weaker)
- ×Not an LLM API — not suitable for text generation/reasoning tasks
🎯 Best For
High-quality TTS applications (podcasts, audiobooks, voice assistants); voice cloning and customization; voice feature integration in SaaS products