ElevenLabs is known for an expansive voice library and deep voice-cloning heritage. SpeechifyAI matches the core capabilities with $6 per 1M additional characters on the $499/month Scale plan, below ElevenLabs' published API rates.
| Capability | SpeechifyAI | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price (per 1M chars) | $6 / 1M additional usage on $499/month Scale | $40-80 on the API: Flash v2.5 $40, Eleven v3 $80, read 28 Sep 2026 |
| Pricing model | Per character; one rate per plan, whichever model | Per character on the API, with a separate rate for each model |
| Independent benchmarks | Simba 3.2 at Elo 1,237 +/-14 on Artificial Analysis' blind-listening board, read 23 Sep 2026 | v3 Conversational, its best-scored model, at Elo 1,196 +/-15 and Eleven v3 at 1,167 +/-11 on the same reading |
| Voice quality | Proprietary neural voice models | High-quality, expressive neural voices; widely regarded for naturalness |
| Voices | Model-compatible catalog; filter GET /v1/voices by each voice's models[] | 10,000+ including a large community library |
| Languages | 6 languages across 7 locales self-serve; 48 through our team | 70+ on Eleven v3; 29-32 on Multilingual v2 and Flash/Turbo |
| Voice cloning | Instant zero-shot cloning on Starter and above; fine-tuned voices by sales arrangement | Instant and professional cloning; a long heritage here |
| Latency | 56 ms p50 first byte on Simba 3.2, streaming, measured 15 Sep 2026 | Low-latency streaming on Flash/Turbo models; varies by model |
| Commercial use / free tier | Commercial use on every plan; 500K chars/month free | Free tier is non-commercial; commercial use requires a paid plan |
ElevenLabs' API prices each model separately: $80 per million characters for Eleven v3 and $40 for Flash v2.5, as read on 28 Sep 2026. SpeechifyAI is $6 per 1M additional characters on the $499/month Scale plan: within that plan, the rate does not change by model, and SSML tags do not count toward the billed characters.
ElevenLabs is famous for voice cloning, and it is genuinely strong. SpeechifyAI includes instant zero-shot voice cloning on Starter and above at no per-voice setup fee. Fine-tuned voices are a separate sales arrangement. Commercial use is allowed on every plan, the free 500K characters a month included, and cloned-voice synthesis uses the same per-character rate as catalog voices within the selected plan.
SpeechifyAI covers expressive neural voices, streaming, and instant zero-shot cloning on paid plans. Additional usage is $6 per 1M additional characters on the $499/month Scale plan; each plan uses one model-independent per-character rate, and commercial use is allowed on every tier.
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