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MElevenLabs vs Speechify
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 $29/mo)
- you're in its core audience: content creators, developers
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Choose Speechify if…
- you work on iOS, Android, macOS
- you're in its core audience: students, professionals
Side by side
Feature ElevenLabs Speechify
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$6/mo$29/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per minute of generated audio$0.20—
Data retentionKept as long as needed, e.g. while you have an account; then deleted or de-identifiedPersonal Data kept until account deleted; some kept for legal/business needs
Security and complianceHIPAA—
GitHub stars3.2K—
Voice cloning—
Commercial rights—
AI dubbing
Emotion/style control—
Speech-to-speech—
Real-time streaming—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Chrome, API
CategoryText to SpeechText to Speech
CompanyEleven Labs Inc.Speechify, 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
S Speechify
- Reads PDFs, docs, web pages and books aloud
- 1,000+ AI voices in 60+ languages
- Listening speed up to 5x on Premium
- Scan & Listen OCR for printed pages
- Voice typing in any app with grammar cleanup
- AI summaries and Q&A about what you read
- AI podcasts generated from documents
- Text to Speech API with SSML and streaming
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
Speechify
FreeFree
Premium$29/mo billed monthly
Schools & TeamsCustom
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
Speechify
- Free plan available, with voice typing included
- 1,000+ voices in 60+ languages on Premium
- Available on mobile, desktop, web and browser extensions
- Premium connects to Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive
- Free plan is limited to 10 robotic-sounding voices and 1.5x speed
- Premium costs $29/month on monthly billing
- School and team pricing requires contacting sales
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