3 posts tagged "elevenlabs".
The voice agent platforms developers actually evaluate in 2026, compared on what a minute really costs once the LLM, speech, and telephony are added. Most headline rates are platform fees, not bills. SpeechifyAI is all-in from $0.07/min.
Luke Oliff
The tools for producing narration without hiring voice actors, compared on cost per finished hour rather than per seat. Studio subscriptions cap downloaded minutes; per-character APIs do not. One hour of audio runs from $0.31 to $40 depending on which you pick.
Luke Oliff
Which speech platform to pick when your chatbot has to talk. The decision is not voice quality, it is whether you need a TTS API or a full voice agent, plus how the model reads account numbers and order IDs back to a caller.
Luke Oliff