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MElevenLabs vs Suno
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 $8/mo)
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: content creators, developers
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Choose Suno if…
- you work on iOS, Android
- you're in its core audience: content creators, songwriters
Side by side
Feature ElevenLabs Suno
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$6/mo$8/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per minute of generated audio$0.20$0.016
Trains AI on your content—Yes
Data retentionKept as long as needed, e.g. while you have an account; then deleted or de-identifiedKept as long as reasonably necessary for stated purposes; deletion on request
Security and complianceHIPAA—
Updates, last 90 days—7
GitHub stars3.2K—
Voice cloning
Commercial rights
AI dubbing—
Emotion/style control—
Speech-to-speech—
Real-time streaming—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android
CategoryText to SpeechMusic Generation
CompanyEleven Labs Inc.Suno, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded—2022
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 Suno
- Full songs with vocals and lyrics from a text prompt
- Suno Studio browser DAW with MIDI export
- Sing with your own recorded voice
- Stem separation into time-aligned vocal and instrument stems
- Remix: extend, cover, change style or lyrics
- Custom models trained on your own recordings
- Style, exclusion, vocal gender and weirdness controls
- Public music library browsable by genre and mood
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
Suno
Free$0/month
Pro$8/month (listed price; annual billing saves 20%)
Premier$24/month (listed price; annual billing saves 20%)
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
Suno
- Free plan with 50 credits per day, no credit card required
- Paid plans include commercial use rights
- Mobile apps for iOS and Android
- Stem separation and browser-based DAW on higher tiers
- Free plan has no commercial rights or song downloads
- Song downloads capped at 20 (Pro) or 60 (Premier) per month
- Subscription credits do not roll over
- Suno Studio only on the Premier plan
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