ElevenLabs vs Notevibes (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick ElevenLabs: it is first in our ranking of AI voice generators, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.2.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ElevenLabs grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ElevenLabs
AI voice platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents
Notevibes
AI voice generator and chat-driven audio studio with voice cloning
Which one is for you
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
Pick Notevibes if
- Fits if you want voices, music and dubbing from one browser studio
- Works for a creator making podcasts or audiobooks
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need commercial rights without paying, as they start on Starter
- Not for you if you want to know the free allowance up front, as it is not stated
- Pricey if you use the voices that cost more: Natural voices cost 1.2 credits a character through 31 December 2026, then 2.0, and Expressive 2.3
- Watch out: API access and team seats (up to 5) come only with Pro
- Watch out: only yearly-billed prices were readable
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAElevenLabsVery good | 2.2GPANotevibesFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CAn hour of voiceover a month means Creator: $18.33 a month billed yearly ($22 monthly) for 121,000 credits, about 121 minutes of speech. Starter at $5 covers only about 30 minutes. That's the middle of what this category charges, and dubbing and music eat the same credits. | C$8 a month on yearly billing, above the category's $5 cheaper-quarter edge and below its $9.99 middle. |
| Free plan and trial | C10,000 credits a month, about 10 minutes of speech, and 3 Studio projects. There's no commercial license and no cloning, so nothing you make on it can go in a video you publish. Enough to hear the voices, not to do the job. | CA free plan with no card and no watermark, but its credit allowance is not stated and it is non-commercial. |
| Features | AText to speech in 70+ languages, instant and professional cloning, voices designed from a prompt, dubbing, a long-form Studio, transcription, music, sound effects and voice agents. That covers more than any other tool here, and the listing shows no gap. | BChat-driven production, a big voice library, cloning, podcasts, audiobooks, slides, dubbing and music. |
| Ease of use | A4.84 from 22,674 App Store ratings, the highest in this category. Paste text, pick a voice, press play. Working out what each product costs in credits is the fiddly part. | CNo store rating on record, and a credit system takes working out. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with an API and SDKs, and Zapier, Make, n8n, Salesforce and Zendesk connections. No desktop app, which an A needs. | CWeb only, with no apps, and the API comes only with the Pro plan. |
| Best for | AI voiceovers, dubbing and voice cloning | a chat-driven voice studio |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: ElevenLabs and Notevibes. How we grade
Price against what you get
ElevenLabs starts at $5 a month and scores 3.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Notevibes starts at $8 a month and scores 2.3.
ElevenLabs scores higher and starts $3 a month lower. Of the other AI voice generators on the chart, none scores higher than ElevenLabs for less, and 4 score higher than Notevibes for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- ElevenLabs also covers video generation.
- Notevibes also covers presentations.
At a glance
| ElevenLabs | Notevibes | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly) | $8 per month, billed yearly ($96) |
| Free plan | 10,000 credits a month (about 10 minutes of text to speech) and 3 Studio projects. No commercial license and no voice cloning. | Free plan with no card and no watermark; personal, non-commercial use. Credit allowance not stated. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | Eleven Labs Inc. | Notevibes Inc. |
| Price read from | elevenlabs.io | notevibes.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Notevibes
- The free plan is for personal, non-commercial use; commercial rights start on Starter.
- Natural voices cost 1.2 credits a character through Dec 31, 2026, then 2.0; Expressive voices cost 2.3.
- API access and team seats (up to 5) come only with Pro; larger teams must talk to sales.
- Monthly-billing prices could not be read as text; the figures here are the yearly plans per month.
Key features
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.
Notevibes
- Chat-driven production
- Describe what you want to the Noty assistant; it writes the script, casts voices and asks before it spends credits.
- Large voice library
- More than 2,600 voices across 130+ languages, searchable by accent, age and use, with 80+ emotion tags.
- Voice cloning
- Clone your voice from a 10 to 30 second recording and a read-aloud consent sentence; paid plans only.
- Podcasts, audiobooks and slides
- Make multi-voice podcasts, audiobooks split into chapters by character, and narrated PowerPoint decks.
- Dubbing and audio fixes
- Voice subtitle files to fit timecodes, remove noise, transcribe in 70+ languages and translate audio between languages.
- Music and pictures
- The same credit balance also covers original songs, instrumental tracks, illustrated story books and pictures.
Plans
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.
Notevibes
Starter$8
per month, billed yearly ($96)
1.2M credits a year, about 25 hours of audio, one cloned voice and commercial rights; no API.
Creator$15.83
per month, billed yearly ($190)
6M credits a year, about 120 hours of audio, one cloned voice, your own cast of characters.
Pro$40.83
per month, billed yearly ($490)
18M credits a year, about 360 hours, unlimited cloned voices, 5 seats, API access, priority support.
Ways to pay less
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.
Notevibes
- Annual discount
Save 16% with yearly billing
The pricing page labels yearly billing as a saving of 16%; Starter shows $12 saved over monthly, Creator $38 and Pro $98.
- Other savings
One-time credit pack, no subscription
A $49 one-time pack gives 1M credits (about 20 hours of audio) that never expire, with no recurring charge.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ElevenLabs or Notevibes?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ElevenLabs is cheaper to start with: $5 a month, against $8 a month for Notevibes. ElevenLabs starts at $5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly), and Notevibes starts at $8 per month, billed yearly ($96).
Which has a free plan, ElevenLabs or Notevibes?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both ElevenLabs and Notevibes have a free plan.
Which platforms do ElevenLabs and Notevibes run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only ElevenLabs lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.