ElevenLabs Pricing Explained: Plans, Costs and What You Get
ElevenLabs charges by the credit, with paid plans from $6 to $990 a month. Here is what each plan includes, how credits work, and which tier fits your workload.
By Galactic News Editorial · Published 2026-11-10T04:28:59+00:00 · Updated 2026-11-10T04:28:59+00:00
ElevenLabs Pricing Explained: Plans, Costs and What You Get
ElevenLabs sells voice generation by the credit. One monthly pool covers text to speech, speech to text, dubbing, music, and sound effects. Paid plans start at $6 a month. The free plan costs $0 and includes 10,000 credits a month. The top self-serve plan costs $990 a month. Here is what each plan includes and which one fits your workload.
ElevenLabs pricing at a glance
Prices below are the monthly-billing list prices. Annual billing costs ten times the monthly price for twelve months of service. Prices exclude taxes. Confirm the current figures on the official pricing page before you buy.
| Plan | Monthly price | Annual equivalent | Credits per month | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 10,000 | 1 |
| Starter | $6 | $5 | 30,000 | 1 |
| Creator | $22 | $18.33 | 121,000 | 1 |
| Pro | $99 | $82.50 | 600,000 | 1 |
| Scale | $299 | $249.17 | 1,800,000 | 3 |
| Business | $990 | $825 | 6,000,000 | 10 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
What each ElevenLabs pricing plan includes
The Free plan is for testing. You get 10,000 credits a month, about ten minutes of text to speech. It includes text to speech, speech to text, sound effects, voice design, and music. It allows three Studio projects. It has no commercial license, so you cannot use its output in published work.
Starter costs $6 a month and adds the commercial license. That is the key upgrade. It includes 30,000 credits, instant voice cloning, Dubbing Studio, and 20 Studio projects. It is the cheapest plan for creators who publish their audio.
Creator costs $22 a month with 121,000 credits. It adds Professional Voice Cloning, which produces a closer match to a real voice than instant cloning. It also allows you to buy extra credits and includes 30 voice slots. The first month is sometimes discounted to $11. Check the checkout page for the current offer.
Pro costs $99 a month with 600,000 credits. It unlocks 44.1 kHz PCM audio output through the API and 192 kbps audio downloads. It includes 160 voice slots and 10 concurrent requests. It suits heavy individual users and small production teams.
Scale costs $299 a month with 1.8 million credits and three workspace seats. It adds team collaboration and three Professional Voice Clones. Business costs $990 a month with 6 million credits and ten seats. It adds ten Professional Voice Clones and low-latency text to speech from 5 cents per minute. Enterprise is priced by quote for larger deployments.
How ElevenLabs credits work
ElevenLabs uses one shared credit pool. The same balance funds every product. Text to speech costs one credit per character on standard models. That means 30,000 credits cover roughly 30,000 characters, or about 30 minutes of spoken audio. Speech to text costs 330 credits per minute. Music costs 900 credits per minute. Voice changing and isolation cost 1,000 credits per minute. Dubbing costs 2,000 to 10,000 credits per minute.
Voice agent calls use a separate allowance. The Free plan includes 15 agent call minutes a month. Starter includes 75 minutes. Creator includes 275 minutes. Pro includes 1,238 minutes. Scale includes 3,738 minutes. Business includes 12,375 minutes.
Unused credits on paid plans roll over for up to two months while your subscription stays active. Your balance can reach three times the monthly quota. The rollover buffer disappears if you downgrade or cancel. The free tier has no rollover.
ElevenLabs pricing: annual billing and pay as you go
Annual billing is simple. You pay ten months of the monthly price for twelve months of service. Starter drops to $5 a month equivalent. Creator drops to $18.33. Pro drops to $82.50. Scale drops to $249.17. Business drops to $825. If you plan to stay for a year, annual billing saves two months.
ElevenLabs also offers prepaid pay-as-you-go top-ups with a minimum of $5. The old usage-based billing model is legacy. It is not available on new self-serve plans. Prices exclude taxes, and local VAT may apply at checkout.
ElevenLabs pricing vs the alternatives
Murf AI is the closest studio-style rival. Its Creator plan costs about $29 a month, or about $19 a month billed annually. It includes commercial rights and a voiceover editor built for video and training content. It starts higher than ElevenLabs Starter, but its editor suits slide-based production.
PlayHT is the volume option. Its Creator plan costs about $31 a month billed annually. It offers a large voice library and strong API support for developers. Speechify Premium costs about $139 a year. It is built for listening to long text, not for production voiceover. WellSaid Labs starts at about $19 a month and targets corporate training.
ElevenLabs still leads on voice realism and cloning. Its Starter plan at $6 a month is also the cheapest paid entry in this group. The gap matters most for small creators who need commercial rights on a tight budget.
How to estimate your monthly ElevenLabs credit use
Start from the published rate. Text to speech costs one credit per character. The pricing page treats 30,000 credits as about 30 minutes of audio. That gives a simple rule: 1,000 credits buys about one minute of narration.
A five-minute video voiceover needs about 5,000 credits. A 30-minute podcast episode needs about 30,000 credits. A 60-minute audiobook chapter needs about 60,000 credits. Count your monthly minutes first. Then pick the smallest plan that covers them.
Short tests are cheap. The free plan covers about ten minutes a month. That is enough to compare voices and test a script. It is not enough for a published series. Move to Starter when you publish regularly. Starter covers about 30 minutes a month.
Watch the other products too. Speech to text costs 330 credits per minute. An hour of transcription costs 19,800 credits. Music costs 900 credits per minute. Dubbing costs 2,000 to 10,000 credits per minute. A plan that fits narration may not fit dubbing. Add up every product you use before you choose.
Rollover helps with uneven months. Unused credits carry for up to two months on paid plans. A quiet month builds a buffer for a busy one. The buffer can reach three times the monthly quota. Use it to smooth a launch or a seasonal spike.
Compare the annual price before you commit. Starter costs $72 a year on monthly billing or $60 a year annually. Creator costs $264 a year monthly or $220 annually. Pro costs $1,188 a year monthly or $990 annually. Two months free is a real saving if you stay for a year. But do not prepay until you have used the monthly plan for two or three months. Your real usage may sit a tier lower than you expect.
Check the checkout page for first-month offers. Creator has shown an $11 first month instead of $22. Starter has shown $1 instead of $6. These offers expire and renew at list price. A discount does not change which tier fits your usage. Pick by credits, not by the promo.
Bottom line: which ElevenLabs plan fits you
Start free if you only want to test voices. Move to Starter at $6 a month when you need a commercial license. Creator at $22 a month fits regular publishers who need professional cloning. Pro at $99 a month fits heavy users and API builders. Scale and Business fit teams that share a credit pool. Check your monthly character count first. Pick the smallest plan that covers it, and let rollover absorb the quiet months.