ElevenLabs vs Vapi

Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.

ElevenLabs

AI voice generation, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents for creators and teams

Free · from $6/moVisit site

Vapi

Developer platform to build, test and deploy voice AI agents for phone calls

Free · from $29/moVisit site

Choose ElevenLabs if…

you want the lower entry price ($6/mo vs $29/mo)
you're in its core audience: content creators, developers

Choose Vapi if…

you're in its core audience: developers, customer support teams

Side by side

FeatureE

ElevenLabsV

Vapi

Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium

Starting price$6/mo$29/mo

Free plan

Free trial

API

Open source

Cost per minute of generated audio$0.20—

Trains AI on your content—Yes

Data retentionKept as long as needed, e.g. while you have an account; then deleted or de-identifiedDepends on customer config; free plan 14 days raw data; deleted on request

Security and complianceHIPAASOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS

Voice cloning—

Commercial rights—

AI dubbing—

Emotion/style control—

Speech-to-speech—

Real-time streaming—

PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API

CategoryText to SpeechVoice Agents

CompanyEleven Labs Inc. · United StatesVapi Inc. · United States

Full feature lists

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

V Vapi

Configurable voice, conversation flow and telephony
Call testing and simulation before going live
Real-time call monitoring and observability
Built-in AI conversation guardrails
Twilio, Vonage, Telnyx and Vapi SIP telephony
Model providers passed through at cost
SSO, OAuth and RBAC access controls
SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI compliance

Their home pages

What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.

ElevenLabs home page — E ElevenLabs · elevenlabs.io

What you'd pay

The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.

Team size	ElevenLabs	Vapi
1 person	$5 Starter	$29 Core
5 people	$825 Business	$29 Core
20 people	no published plan	$29 Core

Work it out for your team

People

ElevenLabsStarter$5/mo
VapiCore$29/mo

The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.

What the free plans include

ElevenLabs

10k credits per month
3 Projects in Studio
Credits do not roll over on Free plan

Vapi

$5 free credits to get you started
2 organizations
4 concurrent calls
14 days raw data retention

All plans and prices

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

Vapi

No Success Package$0 to start, $0.05/min hosting

Core$29

Pro10% of Vapi hosting fee, $999/mo minimum

PremierCustom

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

Vapi

$5 free credits and no minimum minutes to start
Model provider costs passed through with no markup
Unlimited agents on every plan
SOC 2, HIPAA and PCI compliance

The hosting fee and provider costs add up; the page estimates $82–$129 for 1,000 minutes
HIPAA compliance is a $2,000/month add-on
The free tier has no support SLA and allows only 4 concurrent calls
Pro requires a $999/month minimum