ElevenLabs pricing: free plan, Starter from $5/mo
AI voice platform for text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing and music
What is ElevenLabs?
ElevenLabs generates speech from text in a range of voices and languages, and also offers speech to text, voice cloning, sound effects, music and dubbing. The same credits are shared across products. The free plan includes 10,000 credits a month without a commercial licence; paid plans add more credits, commercial use and, from Creator, professional voice cloning.
Good for
- Recording voiceovers for videos, courses and presentations without a studio
- Turning written content into audio
- Dubbing videos into other languages
Key features
- Text to speech and speech to text
- Instant voice cloning from Starter; professional voice cloning from Creator
- Voice Design and sound effects
- Music generation, with commercial use from Starter
- Dubbing Studio from Starter
- Studio projects (3 on Free, 20 on Starter)
Limitations to know about
- Free plan has no commercial licence and no credit rollover
- Unused credits roll over for up to two months only while a paid subscription stays active
- Business plan ($990/month) and Enterprise are needed for more seats and professional voice clones
ElevenLabs pricing
ElevenLabs has a free plan. Starter, Creator, Pro, Scale and Business cost $5 to $825 a month billed annually, or $6 to $990 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10,000 credits/month; text to speech, speech to text, Voice Design, music; 3 Studio projects; no commercial licence |
| Starter | $6/month, or $5/month billed annually | 30,000 credits/month; commercial licence; Instant Voice Cloning; 20 Studio projects; Dubbing Studio |
| Creator | $22/month, or $18.33/month billed annually | 121,000 credits/month; Professional Voice Cloning (1 clone); 30 custom voice slots |
| Pro | $99/month, or $82.50/month billed annually | 600,000 credits/month; 192 kbps audio; 44.1kHz PCM output through the API |
| Scale | $299/month, or $249.17/month billed annually | 1.8M credits/month; 3 workspace seats; 3 Professional Voice Clones |
| Business | $990/month, or $825/month billed annually | 6M credits/month; 10 workspace seats; 10 Professional Voice Clones |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Custom credits and seats; DPA and SLA terms; custom SSO; priority support |
Free plan limits: 10,000 credits per month (about 10 minutes of text to speech in the app); 3 Studio projects; 3 custom voice slots for Voice Design, no voice cloning; no commercial licence, and published content must credit ElevenLabs; no credit rollover
Costs on top of a plan
- Pay As You Go credits: Top-ups from $5 (on every self-serve plan, including Free; credits expire after 12 months and are not refundable)
- Extra text-to-speech minutes in the app: About $0.17 to $0.36 a minute, by plan (the pricing page marks these rates as approximate)
ElevenLabs alternatives
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VEED
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CapCut
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Frequently asked questions
Is ElevenLabs free?
ElevenLabs has a free plan. 10,000 credits per month (about 10 minutes of text to speech in the app); 3 Studio projects; 3 custom voice slots for Voice Design, no voice cloning; no commercial licence, and published content must credit ElevenLabs; no credit rollover. Paid plans start at $5/mo billed annually.
How much does ElevenLabs cost?
Starter, Creator, Pro, Scale and Business cost $5 to $825 a month billed annually, or $6 to $990 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Starter: 30,000 credits per month; annual billing is priced at 10 months; prices exclude taxes. Prices as published on ElevenLabs's pricing page on 16 October 2026.
Which ElevenLabs plan includes voice cloning?
Instant Voice Cloning starts on the Starter plan, at $6 a month or $5 billed annually. Professional Voice Cloning starts on Creator, at $22 a month. The pricing page lists one Professional Voice Clone on Creator and Pro, three on Scale and ten on Business. The free plan has no voice cloning: its three custom voice slots are for Voice Design.
What does the ElevenLabs Starter plan include?
Starter costs $6 a month, or $5 a month billed annually, where ElevenLabs charges ten months for a year. It includes 30,000 credits a month, a commercial licence, Instant Voice Cloning, 20 Studio projects, commercial music use and Dubbing Studio. Unused credits roll over for up to two months while the subscription stays active. Prices exclude taxes.
What is ElevenLabs used for?
ElevenLabs generates speech from text in a range of voices and languages, and also offers speech to text, voice cloning, sound effects, music and dubbing. People use it for recording voiceovers for videos, courses and presentations without a studio, turning written content into audio and dubbing videos into other languages.
What are the alternatives to ElevenLabs?
Tools that do a similar job include Descript, HeyGen, Synthesia, VEED and Runway. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes ElevenLabs?
ElevenLabs is made by ElevenLabs, based in London, UK and New York City, US. The company was founded in 2022.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from the pages below, read on the dates shown: ElevenLabs's own pages first, and a named public reference where they are silent.
- elevenlabs.io/pricing (pricing (monthly and annual), credits, plan features, extra minutes, FAQ (rollover, annual billing)) read 16 October 2026
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElevenLabs (founded, headquarters) read 23 September 2026
- elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/administration/billing (plans, voice cloning from Starter, commercial rights, credit rollover) read 16 October 2026
- elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/administration/pay-as-you-go (pricing of Pay As You Go top-up credits) read 16 October 2026
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