ElevenLabs

AI speech, voice cloning and audio workflows

by ElevenLabs

Overview

ElevenLabs is a speech and audio platform in three parts: ElevenCreative for text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and music; ElevenAgents for conversational voice agents; and ElevenAPI for programmatic use. Language coverage is per feature rather than one number - the Eleven v3 text-to-speech model covers 70+ languages, Multilingual v2 covers 29, Flash v2.5 covers 32, and Dubbing v2 states 90+ - and instant voice cloning typically needs about 1-2 minutes of clean sample audio, while professional cloning takes roughly 30-180 minutes of sample audio and is available from the Creator tier, with sample quality affecting the result. Billing differs by product as well: Creative runs on credits shared across its features, with consumption depending on the product and the model, Agents is charged by call minute with LLM and telephony provider costs separate, and the API has its own rate table, whose Creator table shows 275,000 characters for each of TTS v3 and v4; the Creative page uses credits and their conversion is not established here. Publishing rights vary too: free output is generally not for commercial use and non-commercial publishing needs attribution, non-Beta content generated while subscribed can be used commercially under the terms, upgrading is not a blanket retroactive licence for earlier free output, and music follows its own model-specific terms.

ElevenLabs states that it can use your content to improve and develop its models while a "Data use" control lets you opt out at any time, applying to content from the point you opt out, and voice-related data is kept for up to three years. The terms read here are the non-EEA version (ElevenLabs Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, read 12 October 2026).

Editor's take

Consider it for speech production, voice cloning and localised audio, picking the model and the plan around your language, output format and usage, because Creative credits, Agents call minutes and music rights have different limits. Two things to plan around: rights depend on the tier and the timing rather than on the account, and music sits under separate model-specific terms - no downloads on Free, 30 minutes a month on Starter without third-party streaming distribution, 250 minutes with streaming on Creator, and self-serve plans excluding film, TV, radio and Studio Games - a category defined in the current terms. Those minute figures count monthly downloads rather than generation allowance, and the music product page quotes different generation figures from the terms, so check which plan applies. We have not independently benchmarked naturalness or clone similarity here, so the vendor's quality claims are not repeated as our result.

Our reading of who this suits, based on the sources above. Opinion, offered to help you decide - not a lab result.

Key Features

Text-to-speech with language coverage stated per model: 70+ on Eleven v3, 29 on Multilingual v2, 32 on Flash v2.5
Automatic Dubbing uses v2 Alpha; Dubbing Studio uses v1 and is in maintenance mode; a separate v2 API is documented
Instant voice cloning from about 1-2 minutes of sample audio; professional cloning from roughly 30-180 minutes, from the Creator tier
Conversational agents billed by call minute, with LLM and telephony costs separate
Music generation under its own model-specific terms
Output formats: MP3 and WAV on the web, with higher-quality API formats tied to the tier

Use Cases

Narration and voiceover for video or courses
Dubbing existing audio into other languages
Cloned voices kept consistent across a series
Voice agents answering inbound calls
Music or sound for a project, under the music terms

Pros

✓One platform covers speech, dubbing, cloned voices, agents and an API
✓Language coverage is stated per model and billing per product, so the model can be chosen for the language
✓Instant cloning from Starter and professional cloning from Creator are stated in the pricing table
✓Credits roll over for up to two months on eligible paid plans

Cons

✕Billing is not one meter: Creative credits, Agents call minutes and the API rate table are separate, and the same tier is quoted differently across them
✕Rights depend on tier and timing - free output is generally non-commercial and needs attribution, and upgrading does not retroactively license everything made earlier
✕Music has model-specific terms: no downloads on Free, 30 monthly download minutes on Starter, 250 on Creator, 500 on Pro and 1,500 on Scale; streaming distribution is barred up to and including Pro; self-serve use excludes film, TV, radio and the games the terms define as Studio Games (commercially monetised, distributed on multiple platforms), and those figures count downloads rather than generation
✕Higher-quality API formats are tier-gated: 192kbps MP3 from Creator and 44.1kHz PCM from Pro
✕Professional cloning requires sample upload and voice verification rather than consent alone, and vendor quality claims are not independently verified here

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost?

Creative plans run from Free with 10,000 credits a month to Starter at $6, Creator at $22, Pro at $99, Scale at $299 and Business at $990 a month, before tax. The page does not establish the ISO billing currency, purchase market or account checkout. Annual billing is priced at ten months; introductory prices are not renewal prices. Agents is billed by call minute instead, and the API has its own rates.

Source: ElevenLabs - Creative pricing · ElevenLabs - Agents pricing · ElevenLabs - API pricing

What are the language limits?

They are per model: 70+ languages on Eleven v3, 29 on Multilingual v2 and 32 on Flash v2.5 for text-to-speech, and 90+ stated for Dubbing v2. A single figure does not describe the whole platform.

Source: ElevenLabs - models · ElevenLabs - dubbing overview · ElevenLabs - Dubbing v2 API changelog

Can I publish what I generate?

It depends on the tier and the timing. Free output is generally not for commercial use and non-commercial publishing needs attribution; non-Beta content generated while you are subscribed can be used commercially under the terms, and an upgrade is not a blanket retroactive licence for earlier free output. Music has separate model-specific terms with their own download and distribution limits, where the monthly figures count downloads rather than generations.

Source: ElevenLabs - publishing and rights · ElevenLabs - Eleven Music terms

Can I clone any voice?

Instant cloning typically needs about 1-2 minutes of clean sample audio, and professional cloning roughly 30-180 minutes with the voice verified, from the Creator tier. The documentation is written around verifying your own voice, so consent alone is not the documented route.

Source: ElevenLabs - voice cloning · ElevenLabs - professional voice cloning

Task guides for this product

T12 · Choose a text-to-speech route for deliverable narration

Key facts and where they come from

PriceNot established: The official Creative pricing page displays Starter $6 and Creator $22 per month, but the ISO currency, selected purchase market, eligibility and final account checkout are not established. A US$22 budget comparison remains unknown; promotional deadlines were not verified.Source: ElevenLabs - Creative pricing
AvailabilityNot established: ElevenLabs officially blocks access from Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Crimea, and the Donetsk/Luhansk regions, and warns of IP misclassification. These restrictions do not establish an affirmative per-Creative-plan country sales/distribution table; specific plan and region eligibility remains unestablished.Source: ElevenLabs - Creative pricing · Official elevenlabs reference
Commercial useDocumented: Free output is generally not for commercial use and non-commercial publishing needs attribution; non-Beta content generated while subscribed can be used commercially under the terms, and upgrading does not retroactively license earlier free output. Music follows its own model-specific terms last updated 9 October 2026: monthly download minutes are not permitted on Free, 30 on Starter, 250 on Creator, 500 on Pro and 1,500 on Scale, music streaming distribution is prohibited up to and including Pro, and every self-serve category permits all online and offline commercial use except film, TV, radio and the games those terms define as Studio Games.Source: ElevenLabs - publishing and rights · ElevenLabs - Eleven Music terms
Training on your dataDocumented: ElevenLabs states that content can be used to improve and develop its models, that the Data use control opts out at any time with effect from that point, and that voice-related data is kept for up to three years.Source: ElevenLabs - terms and privacy data use
API billingDocumented: The API is priced separately from the Creative plans and offers both a subscription and a pay-as-you-go entry. On the page read on 2 November 2026 the Creator card includes 275k characters of text-to-speech on the v4 model, where the Creative page quotes 121,000 credits for the same tier, so the two surfaces are not the same meter; Agents is billed separately by call minute (15 on Free, 75 on Starter, 275 on Creator) with LLM and telephony provider costs on top.Source: ElevenLabs - API pricing · ElevenLabs - Agents pricing
Export formatsDocumented: Website downloads default to MP3 and History offers WAV. The FAQ does not specify WAV entitlement for each plan or account. The API offers 192kbps MP3 from Creator and 44.1kHz PCM from Pro. The page estimates about 1,000 credits per minute on current plans; this is not a guaranteed result.Source: ElevenLabs - TTS downloads and estimates
Usage limitsDocumented: The page estimates about 1,000 credits per minute on current plans; this is not a guaranteed result. Eligible paid plans can carry unused credits over for up to two months, subject to plan conditions; cancelling or downgrading forfeits them at the end of the cycle.Source: ElevenLabs - TTS downloads and estimates · ElevenLabs - Creative pricing

Official sources

The vendor pages we read for the claims on this page, what each one states, and the day we read it.

ElevenLabs - TTS downloads and estimates ↗
Website downloads default to MP3 and History offers WAV. The FAQ does not specify WAV entitlement for each plan or account. The API offers 192kbps MP3 from Creator and 44.1kHz PCM from Pro. The page estimates about 1,000 credits per minute on current plans; this is not a guaranteed result.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - dubbing overview ↗
The overview states dubbing covers 90+ languages; Automatic Dubbing uses v2 Alpha, while Dubbing Studio uses v1 and is in maintenance mode.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - Dubbing v2 API changelog ↗
The 10 August 2026 changelog documents Dubbing v2 through the API for more than 90 languages.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - historical dubbing note (original URL now requires sign-in) ↗
Dubbing v2 is documented at 90+ languages and accents, with Dubbing Studio on the web and the Dubbing API available separately; the 90+ figure belongs to Dubbing and does not describe the text-to-speech models.
Read on September 23, 2026
ElevenLabs - credits and rollover ↗
Credit allowances reset each billing period, and eligible paid plans can carry unused credits over for up to two months; how quickly credits are consumed depends on the product and the model in use.
Read on September 23, 2026
ElevenLabs - audio output formats by tier ↗
The original URL redirects to the TTS WebSocket API reference. It documents an output-format parameter, including 192kbps MP3 from Creator and 44.1kHz PCM from Pro; it does not establish web download formats.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - professional voice cloning ↗
Professional voice cloning requires uploading a sample and verifying the voice, and is available from the Creator tier; sample length and quality affect the result, and the process is written around verifying your own voice.
Read on September 23, 2026
ElevenLabs - Creative pricing ↗
The pricing page shows Free $0/10,000 monthly credits, Starter $6/30,000, Creator $22/121,000 and Pro $99/600,000. It does not establish the ISO currency, selected purchase region or account checkout; promotion dates are unverified. Eligible paid plans can carry unused credits over for up to two months, subject to plan conditions; cancelling or downgrading forfeits them at the end of the cycle. Historical scope read on 14 October 2026. Free $0 with 10,000 credits a month, Starter $6 with 30,000, Creator $22 with 121,000, Pro $99 with 600,000, Scale $299 with 1,800,000 and Business $990 with 6,000,000, all before tax; annual plans are priced at ten months, which the FAQ gives as equivalent monthly prices of $5, $18.33, $82.50, $249.17 and $825, and the first-month figures on the plan cards are promotions (the Starter card shows a first month of $1 marked "Until Oct 18", and Creator a first month of $11). Instant cloning starts at Starter and professional cloning at Creator. The Text to Speech (UI) table carries a "Minutes included" row reading about 10, 30, 121, 600, 1,800 and 6,000 from Free to Business, with "Extra minute" priced at $0.36 on Free, $0.20 on Starter, $0.18 on Creator and $0.17 from Pro up. The FAQ adds the per-product credit costs - Text to Speech 1 credit per character, Speech to Text 330 credits per minute, Eleven Music 900, Sound Effects 200 per generation, Voice Changer and Voice Isolator 1,000, and Dubbing between 2,000 and 10,000 credits per minute depending on the mode - and states that credits reset at the start of each billing cycle, that unused credits roll over for up to two months up to twice the monthly quota (never on Free), and that downgrading or cancelling forfeits them. The page names no region.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - models ↗
Language coverage is per model: 70+ on Eleven v3, 29 on Multilingual v2 and 32 on Flash v2.5 for text to speech. The quality, latency and similarity figures on the page are vendor claims, not our measurements.
Read on September 23, 2026
ElevenLabs - voice cloning ↗
Instant cloning typically uses about 1-2 minutes of clear sample audio and professional cloning about 30-180 minutes, available from the Creator tier, with sample quality affecting the result.
Read on September 23, 2026
ElevenLabs - Agents pricing ↗
Agents is billed by call minute - 15 minutes on Free, 75 on Starter and 275 on Creator - with LLM and telephony provider costs charged separately, so Creative credit allowances do not describe it.
Read on September 23, 2026
ElevenLabs - API pricing ↗
The page read on 2 November 2026 prices the API separately from the Creative plans, with both subscription and pay-as-you-go entry; its Creator card includes 275k characters of text-to-speech on the v4 model, where the Creative page quotes 121,000 credits for the same tier.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - publishing and rights ↗
Free-plan output has no commercial licence and cannot be used for commercial purposes; publishing it requires attribution. Paid-plan non-Beta content may be used commercially subject to intellectual property rights, applicable law, service-specific terms and policies; output generated outside a paid subscription cannot be used commercially.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - Eleven Music terms ↗
Last updated 9 October 2026. The commercial-rights table separates two limits: monthly generation minutes (Free 11, Starter 17, Creator 62, Pro 304, Scale 1,100) and monthly download minutes (Free not permitted, Starter 30, Creator 250, Pro 500, Scale 1,500). Music streaming distribution is prohibited on Free, Starter, Creator and Pro and permitted from Scale. Every self-serve category permits all online and offline commercial use except film, TV, radio and Studio Games, which the terms define as games that are monetised commercially and distributed or used on multiple platforms, not by team size. Generation and download are different meters, so a plan should be checked against both.
Read on November 2, 2026
ElevenLabs - terms and privacy data use ↗
Non-EEA version, dated 9 October 2026; read on 12 October 2026. States that content may be used to improve and develop its models, that the Data use control allows opting out at any time with effect from that point, and that voice-related data is kept up to three years.
Read on October 12, 2026
Official elevenlabs reference ↗
The official access policy blocks service/platform access from Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Crimea, and the Donetsk/Luhansk regions of Ukraine. It warns that cloud-provider IP classification can also block servers outside these places. This is a restriction list, not a positive per-Creative-plan country sales table.
Read on October 15, 2026

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