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MElevenLabs vs WellSaid Labs
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 $10/mo)
- you're in its core audience: content creators, developers
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Choose WellSaid Labs if…
- you're in its core audience: marketing teams, l&d and training teams
Side by side
Feature ElevenLabs WellSaid Labs
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$6/mo$10/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Cost per minute of generated audio$0.20$0.95
Trains AI on your content—No
Data retentionKept as long as needed, e.g. while you have an account; then deleted or de-identified—
Security and complianceHIPAAGDPR, SOC 2 Type II
GitHub stars3.2K—
Voice cloning—
Commercial rights
AI dubbing—
Pronunciation control—
Emotion/style control
Speech-to-speech—
Caption export—
Real-time streaming—
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API
CategoryText to SpeechText to Speech
CompanyEleven Labs Inc.WellSaid Labs, Inc.
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded—2019
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
W WellSaid Labs
- 280+ AI voices from licensed voice actor recordings
- 50+ languages and accents
- AI Director for pronunciation, pacing and tone
- Voice filters by language, accent, style and use case
- Shared team workspaces for review
- Caption file export
- Adobe Express and Premiere Pro integrations
- API for adding voice to products
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
WellSaid Labs
Free (Trial)$0
Starter$10/mo billed yearly ($19 monthly)
Pro$33/mo billed yearly ($49 monthly)
Business$160/mo per user billed yearly
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
WellSaid Labs
- Free plan needs no credit card
- Voices based on licensed professional voice actors
- Annual Starter plan costs $10/mo
- API trial key available after signup
- Free plan has no commercial rights and 3 minutes a month
- Starter and Pro include English voices only; all languages require Enterprise
- Business plan is billed annually only
- No native desktop or mobile apps listed
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