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Speechify vs ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs Conversational AI is a voice-first agent layer built on the company's well-known TTS. Speechify is all-in — LLM, speech-to-text, and text-to-speech in one per-minute rate (from $0.07/min, LLM included) with no passthrough and no token math — plus deterministic workflows, tool calling, evals, and enterprise governance, and 60 free minutes a month.
Speechify
ElevenLabs
Speechify at a glance
$0.07/min
all-in — LLM included
60
free minutes every month
Tool calling
+ webhooks
SOC 2
Type II certified
| Capability | Speechify | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From $0.07/min all-in — LLM included · 60 free min/mo | $0.08/min platform fee + LLM & telephony passthrough |
| What's included | LLM + STT + TTS + orchestration in one rate | Platform only; LLM and telephony billed "at cost" on top |
| Free tier | 60 min/mo, commercial use | 15 min/mo, non-commercial |
| Pricing surprises | No burst multipliers, no token billing | 2x rate ($0.16/min) above your concurrency limit |
| Voice library | 20+ curated real-time voices | 5,000+ voices (their core strength) |
| Workflow editor | Visual + code, deterministic | Prompt-based |
| Integrations | Tool calling + webhooks | Via webhooks / functions |
| Compliance | SOC 2 Type II | SOC 2 |
The verdict
The right choice depends on what you're building. If your primary need is world-class TTS for content production and the conversational agent is secondary, ElevenLabs' ecosystem makes sense. If you're building production voice agents that need all-in pricing, workflow logic, tool calling + webhooks, and compliance controls, Speechify is purpose-built for that.
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