ElevenLabs API
Ultra-realistic AI voice cloning and text-to-speech
Freemium
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🇺🇸 United States
ElevenLabs is the gold standard for AI voice synthesis, offering the most realistic text-to-speech and voice cloning available via API. The API supports 29+ languages, real-time streaming audio, custom voice cloning from audio samples, and emotional tone control. Used widely for audiobooks, podcasts, video games, dubbing, and accessibility tools. Their Voice Design feature lets developers generate entirely new voices from text descriptions. The generous free tier (10,000 chars/month) makes it accessible to indie developers, with paid plans starting at $5/month.
API Details
Auth Method
API Key
Pricing Model
Freemium
Free Tier
Yes — 10,000 characters/month free
Rate Limit
Character-based quotas
Format
REST / JSON / Audio stream
Versioning
v1
SLA / Uptime
99.9%
Compliance
GDPR, SOC 2
Geographic Restrictions
Global
Last Verified
2026-02-20
Categories
Frequently Asked Questions
ElevenLabs pricing is based on characters generated. The free tier gives 10,000 characters per month. The Starter plan ($5/month) gives 30,000 characters. Creator ($22/month) gives 100,000 characters. Pro plans start at $99/month for 500,000 characters. Enterprise offers custom volume pricing. Audio is approximately 800 characters per minute of speech.
Yes. ElevenLabs offers Instant Voice Cloning (1-minute audio sample, available on Starter plan and above) and Professional Voice Cloning (30+ minutes of audio, significantly more accurate, available on Creator plan and above). Cloned voices can be used privately via the API or (with consent) shared on the voice marketplace.
ElevenLabs supports 29 languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic, and Portuguese. Voice quality varies by language u2014 English is best, but quality for major world languages is notably above competitors. The multilingual v2 model handles code-switching between languages.
Eleven Multilingual v2 is the recommended model for most use cases u2014 best quality and 29 language support. Eleven Turbo v2.5 is for low-latency applications like voice agents (under 300ms). Eleven Flash v2.5 is fastest. For conversational AI applications, use Eleven Turbo v2.5 to minimise response latency.