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ElevenLabs

AI production and synthetic audio

High-quality AI voice, dubbing and speech tools for audio and video workflows.

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Who it is for

Podcasters adding narration, multilingual dubs, character voices or accessibility versions alongside human recordings.

Who it is not for

Shows that refuse synthetic speech entirely, or creators who cannot manage credit usage on metered plans.

Starting price

Free tier; Starter $6/mo; Creator $11 first month then $22/mo

The gotcha

Credits are shared across TTS, dubbing, music and other products. One minute of dubbing can cost far more credits than one minute of speech. Commercial rights require paid plans.

ElevenLabs is the dominant AI voice platform for creators who need realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and related audio tools. Podcasters use it for narration beds, translated episodes, accessibility versions, ad read variants and character voices in fiction shows.

It is for teams already editing in Descript, Wondercraft, Riverside or a DAW who want voice quality above built-in TTS. Integrations and API access matter when you automate weekly workflows rather than exporting one file at a time.

It is not a podcast host or editor on its own. Credits burn quickly on dubbing and music features compared with simple narration. Clone voices responsibly: consent, disclosure and platform policies still apply.

The Free plan is useful for experiments, not a season of weekly dubbing. Creator is the first tier many independents need for commercial rights and usable clone slots. Scale jumps matter if you batch-process long archives.

Compare with Wondercraft when you want script-to-finished-segment assembly. Compare with Descript AI Speech when you only need short in-editor fixes. ElevenLabs wins when voice quality and multilingual dubbing are the bottleneck.

Credit pricing and model names change often. Read the live pricing and credit tables before estimating cost per episode.

Public plans

Free

10,000 credits/mo; limited commercial use

Starter

$6/mo; 30,000 credits, commercial license, instant voice clone

Creator

$22/mo (promo first month $11); 121,000 credits, professional voice cloning

Pro

$99/mo; 600,000 credits, higher quality exports

Annual billing discounts are available on paid tiers. Credit rollover up to two months applies on paid subscriptions per ElevenLabs billing docs. API and Studio projects have separate concurrency limits.

Prices checked September 2026

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