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MElevenLabs vs HeyGen
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose ElevenLabs if…
- you want the lower entry price ($6/mo vs $24/mo)
- you're in its core audience: content creators, developers
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Choose HeyGen if…
- you're in its core audience: marketers, l&d and training teams
Side by side
Feature ElevenLabs HeyGen
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$6/mo$24/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per minute of generated audio$0.20—
Trains AI on your content—Yes, unless you opt out
Data retentionKept as long as needed, e.g. while you have an account; then deleted or de-identifiedBackups kept 60 days after deletion, then permanently erased
Security and complianceHIPAASOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA
GitHub stars3.2K—
Voice cloning
Commercial rights—
AI dubbing—
Emotion/style control—
Speech-to-speech—
Real-time streaming—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryText to SpeechAvatar & Talking-Head Video
CompanyEleven Labs Inc.HeyGen Technology, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
E ElevenLabs
- Text to speech in 90+ languages
- Library of 17,500+ voices plus voice design from prompts
- Instant and professional voice cloning
- Automatic dubbing and Dubbing Studio
- Speech to text with speaker diarization
- Music and sound effect generation
- Voice and chat agents with testing and guardrails
- APIs and SDKs for TTS, STT, music and agents
H HeyGen
- Custom AI avatars from your own likeness
- Text, image, audio and PPT/PDF to video
- Video Agent creates editable videos from prompts
- Video translation with lip-sync in 175+ languages
- Voice cloning
- AI Studio script editor with gesture and emotion control
- Brand kit, auto captions and B-roll
- APIs for generation, translation and lip-sync
Plans and prices
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ElevenLabs
Free$0
Starter$6/mo ($5/mo billed yearly)
Creator$22/mo ($11 first month; $18.33/mo billed yearly)
Pro$99/mo ($82.50/mo billed yearly)
Scale$299/mo ($249.17/mo billed yearly)
Business$990/mo ($825/mo billed yearly)
EnterpriseCustom
HeyGen
Free$0/mo
Creator$29/mo ($24/mo billed yearly)
Pro$49/mo
Business$149/mo + $20/seat
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
ElevenLabs
- Free plan includes 10k credits per month
- One credit pool covers every product
- Unused paid credits roll over for up to two months
- Annual billing gives two months free
- Free plan has no commercial license
- Professional Voice Cloning starts on the $22 Creator plan
- Dubbing without a watermark uses many more credits per minute
- Rollover does not apply to the Free plan
HeyGen
- Free plan with no credit card required
- Lip-sync translation in 175+ languages and dialects
- Cites SOC 2 Type II, GDPR and CCPA compliance
- Integrations with Zapier, Make, n8n and HubSpot on Business
- Free videos are watermarked and capped at 1 minute
- 4K export requires Pro plan or higher
- Business plan charges $20 per extra seat
- No dedicated desktop or mobile apps listed
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