Deepdub vs ElevenLabs (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Deepdub if

• Fits if you localize films, series or broadcasts and can talk to sales
• Makes sense if you are adding expressive speech to a voice agent through the API

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a price before you talk to anyone, because none is published
• Skip it if you are an individual creator, as the trial wants a business email
• Tight if you need more than 10 minutes to judge it, since the trial stops at 10,000 characters
• Watch out: the site's emphasis has moved toward voice agents and enterprise media work, away from self-serve dubbing

Pick ElevenLabs if

• Fits if you voice videos, podcasts or audiobooks and will pay for a commercial license
• Works for apps that need an API and voice agents on the same account

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you're staying free, since the free plan carries no commercial license or cloning
• Tight if you dub a lot, as dubbing costs 2,000 to 10,000 credits a minute from the same pool as speech
• Not for you if you need a professional clone of a voice that isn't yours
• Pricey if you need more than 30 minutes a month: Creator is $22 monthly for about 121 minutes, Pro $99 for about 600
• Watch out: downgrading or cancelling forfeits rolled-over credits, and there's no desktop app

Deepdub

• No prices are published; after the trial, access is through time-based packages and sales.
• The free trial covers 10,000 characters, roughly 10 minutes of audio, for 14 days.
• The trial sign-up asks for a business email, so it targets companies more than individuals.
• The site's emphasis has shifted toward voice agents and enterprise media work rather than self-serve dubbing.

ElevenLabs

• The Free plan has no commercial license or voice cloning; both start on Starter, and Professional Voice Cloning starts on Creator.
• One credit pool covers every product: text to speech costs about 1 credit per character, and dubbing 2,000 to 10,000 credits per minute.
• Professional Voice Clones are limited to your own voice and need a voice check; for instant clones you must confirm you have the right and consent.
• Unused credits roll over for up to two months on paid plans, but downgrading or cancelling forfeits them at the end of the cycle.

Deepdub

Media dubbing

Localization of films, series and other titles, with a production team handling voice creation, dubbing and quality control. The site claims 5,000+ titles.

Text to speech API

An API for text to speech and speech to speech with accent control in 130+ languages and a library of 1,000+ licensed voices.

Voice cloning

Creates a digital replica of a voice, with voice identity kept consistent across languages and episodes.

Live dubbing

Dubbing of live and replayed broadcasts with timing aligned to the video.

Voice for AI agents

Low-latency speech for voice agents, with the site citing about 125 ms end-to-end response time and 40+ emotion styles per voice.

ElevenLabs

Text to speech

Generate speech from text in more than 70 languages with Eleven v3 and other models, using stock voices, the shared voice library or voices you design from a prompt.

Instant and Professional Voice Cloning

Instant clones are made from a short sample and start on Starter. Professional clones are trained on longer recordings, start on Creator and must be of your own voice.

Dubbing

Translate a video's speech into another language automatically, or edit the result line by line in Dubbing Studio, which starts on the Starter plan.

Studio editor

A long-form editor for audiobooks, podcasts and voiceovers. The Free plan allows 3 Studio projects and Starter allows 20.

Speech to text, music and sound effects

Transcribe audio, generate music and sound effects, isolate voices from noise and change one voice into another, all paid from the same credit pool.

ElevenAgents and API

Build voice and chat agents for phone, chat and WhatsApp, or call the speech, transcription and dubbing models from your own app through the API and SDKs.

Deepdub

Pricing could not be confirmed. See deepdub.ai.

ElevenLabs

• Free$0

  10,000 credits a month, about 10 minutes of text to speech, and 3 Studio projects. Not licensed for commercial use.

• Starter$5

  per month for 30,000 credits, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)

  About 30 minutes of speech a month, a commercial license, Instant Voice Cloning, Dubbing Studio and 20 Studio projects.

• Creator$18.33

  per month for 121,000 credits, billed annually ($22 monthly)

  About 121 minutes of speech a month, 1 Professional Voice Clone and the option to buy more credits. The first month is $11 on monthly billing.

• Pro$82.50

  per month for 600,000 credits, billed annually ($99 monthly)

  About 600 minutes of speech a month, 192 kbps audio and 44.1 kHz PCM output through the API.

• Scale$249.17

  per month for 1.8M credits, billed annually ($299 monthly)

  About 1,800 minutes of speech a month, 3 workspace seats, team collaboration and 3 Professional Voice Clones.

• Business$825

  per month for 6M credits, billed annually ($990 monthly)

  About 6,000 minutes of speech a month, 10 seats and 10 Professional Voice Clones. Enterprise above it is custom-priced, with SSO and BAAs.

Deepdub

No public discounts listed.

ElevenLabs

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  ElevenLabs prices a year at ten times the monthly price: Starter works out to $5 a month instead of $6, and Creator to $18.33 instead of $22.

• Other savings

  First month of Creator for $11

  The pricing page shows Creator at 50% off for the first month on monthly billing.

• Startups

  Startup Grants: 12 months free

  Startups building conversational AI agents can apply for a grant of 33 million characters, valid for 12 months.

• Nonprofit

  Impact Program for nonprofits

  The Impact Program gives free access to nonprofits in healthcare, education and culture, and to people with accessibility needs or permanent voice loss.

• Education

  Impact Program for professors and students

  Professors and their students can apply to the Impact Program for free access to ElevenLabs.