ElevenLabs pricing explained: plans, credits and what they buy
updated · prices checked on vendor pages
quick answer: ElevenLabs is free for 10,000 credits a month. Starter is $6/mo and adds a commercial licence and instant voice cloning. Creator is $22/mo for professional voice cloning. Pro is $99/mo for 600,000 credits and higher-quality API audio. teams go to Scale ($299) or Business ($990). pay yearly and you get two months free.
we rank ElevenLabs #1 in voice (9.0/10). the voice everyone else is trying to sound like. here's what it costs.
the plans
| plan | monthly | annual (per month) | credits a month | key extras |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 10,000 | TTS, speech to text, sound effects, music, 3 Studio projects |
| Starter | $6 | $5 | 30,000 | commercial licence, instant voice cloning, Dubbing Studio |
| Creator | $22 | $18.33 | 121,000 | professional voice cloning, extra credits |
| Pro | $99 | $82.50 | 600,000 | 44.1kHz PCM output via API, 192kbps audio |
| Scale | $299 | $249.17 | 1,800,000 | 3 workspace seats, team collaboration |
| Business | $990 | $825 | 6,000,000 | 10 seats, low-latency TTS from 5c a minute |
| Enterprise | custom | custom | custom | DPA/SLA terms, HIPAA BAAs, custom SSO |
prices exclude taxes. when we checked, there were first-month discounts too: Starter's first month was $1 until october 18, and Creator's first month was $11.
how credits work
one pool pays for everything. speech, transcription, music, sound effects and dubbing all come out of the same monthly credits.
approximate costs, per ElevenLabs:
| product | credits |
|---|---|
| text to speech | 1 per character (0.5 to 1 on Flash/Turbo models via API) |
| speech to text | 330 per minute |
| music | 900 per minute |
| sound effects | 200 per generation |
| voice changer / isolator | 1,000 per minute |
| dubbing | 2,000 to 10,000 per minute, depending on watermark and Studio |
unused credits roll over for up to two months on paid plans, up to 3x your monthly quota in total, as long as you stay subscribed and don't downgrade. top-up credits bought on the side don't count towards that cap.
the catches (read these)
1. free isn't for commercial use. the commercial licence starts on Starter.
2. dubbing burns credits. at 2,000 to 10,000 credits a minute, Starter's 30,000 credits give you roughly 3 to 15 minutes of dubbing.
3. downgrading costs you. downgrade or cancel and your unused paid credits expire at the end of the billing cycle.
4. extra minutes cost less on bigger plans. on the plan comparison, an extra TTS minute is about $0.36 on Free and $0.17 on Pro and above.
which plan should you pick?
- testing voices: Free
- anything commercial, small scale: Starter, $6/mo
- your own professional voice clone: Creator, $22/mo
- building on the API: Pro, $99/mo
- a team: Scale ($299, 3 seats) or Business ($990, 10 seats)
is ElevenLabs worth it vs the rest?
| strength | entry price | |
|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs | best voices, TTS and dubbing | $6/mo |
| Deepgram | fast, cheap speech to text | Pay as you go, $200 free credit |
| Cartesia | very low-latency TTS for realtime agents | Pro from $5/mo |
| Suno | songs from a prompt | Pro $10/mo ($8 annual) |
want speech to text by the minute? Deepgram's usually the cheaper pick. building a realtime voice agent? have a look at Cartesia too. all of them are in the voice rankings.
FAQ
how much does ElevenLabs cost?
Free, then Starter $6/mo, Creator $22/mo, Pro $99/mo, Scale $299/mo and Business $990/mo. Enterprise is custom. annual billing is the monthly price times 10.
is ElevenLabs free?
yes. the Free plan gives you 10,000 credits a month, but no commercial licence.
how many characters do i get?
text to speech costs 1 credit per character on the standard models, so Starter's 30,000 credits come to about 30,000 characters a month. on Flash/Turbo models via the API it's 0.5 to 1 credit per character.
do ElevenLabs credits roll over?
on paid plans, yes, for up to two months, as long as you stay subscribed and don't downgrade. Free plan credits don't roll over.
is there an annual discount?
yes, two months free. Starter works out at $5/mo, Creator $18.33, Pro $82.50, Scale $249.17 and Business $825.
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sources
checked 2026-10-15
- ElevenLabs pricing, plan comparison and FAQ: https://elevenlabs.io/pricing
- Deepgram pricing: https://deepgram.com/pricing
- Cartesia pricing: https://cartesia.ai/pricing