ElevenLabs
Lifelike AI voices and voiceovers in many languages, and sound effects made from a text description, paid from the same credits. AI-powered tool, with a free plan; runs on web, mobile. The stack builder picks it for voiceover, sound effects and translation and dubbing.
What it is known for
- Strengths: text to speech in 90+ languages; voice cloning and dubbing; sound effects from a description.
- For: enterprises, creators and developers.
- Runs on: web and mobile apps; API.
- Learning curve: the page does not say.
- Works with: WhatsApp (voice agents).
Read on October 9, 2026 from elevenlabs.io, elevenlabs.io/pricing.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 10,000 credits/mo, no commercial license |
| Starter | $6/mo | 30,000 credits/mo, commercial license, instant voice cloning |
| Creator | $22/mo | 121,000 credits/mo, professional voice cloning |
| Pro | $99/mo | 600,000 credits/mo |
| Scale | $299/mo | 1.8M credits/mo; 3 workspace seats, 3 professional voice clones |
| Business | $990/mo | 6M credits/mo; 10 workspace seats, 10 professional voice clones |
Checked by hand against elevenlabs.io/pricing on October 10, 2026; confidence high. Prices are monthly in US dollars unless the row says otherwise; the builder counts the plan it starts on, Starter.
When the stack builder picks it
The builder reads each job's rules from the top and takes the first step whose conditions hold and whose plan fits the money left. ElevenLabs is named in these steps:
- Voiceover, step 2 of 3, when less than $6 is left for it: the free plan; the step also names Murf AI and WellSaid, and the best score takes it.
- Voiceover, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Starter ($6/mo); the step also names Murf AI, WellSaid, Speechify Studio, Cartesia, Typecast and Resemble AI, and the best score takes it.
- Sound effects, step 2 of 3, when less than $6 is left for it: the free plan.
- Sound effects, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Starter ($6/mo); the step also names Optimizer AI and Krotos Studio, and the best score takes it.
- Translation and dubbing, step 3 of 3, otherwise: Starter ($6/mo); the step also names Dubverse, Rask AI and HeyGen, and the best score takes it.
The rules are public in stack-rules.json, and how the stack builder scores explains the tie-break.
Alternatives the same rules name
- Murf AI: Turns typed text into narrated audio with a library of synthetic voices and a timeline editor for voiceovers. From free.
- WellSaid: Makes voiceover audio from text with a set of synthetic voices, priced by the minutes you download. From free.
- Speechify Studio: An online studio that makes voiceovers and dubbing from text with synthetic voices. From free.
- Cartesia: Fast streaming text-to-speech with a web playground and API. From free.
- Typecast: Character voices for explainers and animation. From free.
- Resemble AI: Voice cloning with watermarking and deepfake detection. From free.
- Optimizer AI: Makes sound effects up to 60 seconds long from a text description, and variations of a recording you upload. From $10/mo, or $5/mo billed yearly.
- Krotos Studio: Builds sound effects, Foley and ambiences from studio recordings, and can match effects to your video footage. From $19.99/mo, or $9.99/mo billed yearly.
- Dubverse: Dubs videos into other languages with AI voices and subtitles. From $18/mo, or $9/mo billed yearly.
- Rask AI: Translates and dubs videos into other languages with cloned voices. From free.
- HeyGen: AI avatar and translated videos from a script. From free.
Signals and what people say
- App Store: 4.8 from 21,760 ratings, as of October 7, 2026
- Hacker News, 30 days to October 7, 2026: 9 stories
Change log
- October 10, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from elevenlabs.io/pricing.
- October 6, 2026: plans and prices first recorded from elevenlabs.io/pricing.
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