ElevenLabs vs Typecast
We give ElevenLabs a 3.0 GPA and Typecast a 2.4, out of 4.0. ElevenLabs grades higher on features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and platforms.
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
Typecast
AI voice generator with emotion controls, voice cloning and video
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAElevenLabsVery good | 2.4GPATypecastFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CAn hour of downloads a month needs Pro: $312 billed yearly ($29 monthly) for 75,000 credits, about 90 minutes. Plus, at $204 a year, stops at about 50 minutes. That's near the top of what this category charges, softened by unlimited generation. |
| Free plan and trial | C10,000 credits a month, about 10 minutes of speech, and 3 Studio projects. But there's no commercial license and no cloning, so nothing you make on it can go in a video you publish. Fine for hearing the voices, not for the job. | CGenerating and playing is unlimited, which is handy for picking voices. But downloads come from 3,000 lifetime credits, about 5 minutes, with attribution and no commercial license. Not enough for anything you publish. |
| 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. Nothing else here covers as much, and nothing in the listing shows a gap. | B600+ voices with Smart Emotion, instant cloning from Basic and professional cloning from Plus, a video editor up to 4K, talking avatars, and an API with SDKs in six languages. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the voice work. |
| Ease of use | A4.84 from 22,674 App Store ratings, the best in this category. Paste text, pick a voice, press play. Working out what each product costs in credits is the only fiddly part. | CNo store rating on record. Typing a line and picking a voice is easy; getting the emotion, pace and intonation right takes some fiddling, and those controls are spread across plans. |
| 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. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, plus an API with SDKs. No desktop app and no integrations listed, so a B is the top. |
| Best for | AI voiceovers that sound like people | expressive voices with emotion controls |
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 Typecast. 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. Typecast starts at $5 a month and scores 2.7.
ElevenLabs scores higher for the same starting price. Of the other AI voice generators on the chart, none scores higher than ElevenLabs for less, and none scores higher than Typecast 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 starts at $5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly). Typecast starts at $5 per month for 30,000 download credits, billed monthly.
- ElevenLabs has a free plan. Typecast does not, though it has a free trial.
- ElevenLabs also covers transcription and video generation.
- Typecast also covers video editing.
At a glance
| ElevenLabs | Typecast | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $5 per month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly) | $5 per month for 30,000 download credits, billed monthly |
| 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. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | Free plan with unlimited generation and 3,000 lifetime download credits (about 5 minutes); attribution required |
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| Made by | Eleven Labs Inc. | Neosapience, Inc. |
| Price read from | elevenlabs.io | typecast.ai |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
ElevenLabs
- Creators voicing videos, podcasts and audiobooks
- Dubbing existing videos into other languages
- Developers adding speech or voice agents to their own product
Typecast
- YouTube, TikTok and faceless video creators
- Character, game and audiobook voices that need emotion
- Cloning your own voice on a low monthly budget
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.
Typecast
- The free plan's 3,000 download credits are lifetime, not monthly, and downloads on it need attribution; the commercial license starts on Basic.
- Credits are used only when you download, so each plan's monthly allowance caps how much finished audio you can export.
- You may clone only your own voice or one you have the legal right to use, and cloned voices stay private to your account.
- Extra credits can be bought only on Business, and App Store and Google Play prices can differ from the web prices.
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.
Typecast
- Expressive AI voices
- More than 600 voices, including exclusive ones from real voice actors, for ads, audiobooks, narration, games and short videos, in 35+ languages through the API.
- Emotion and delivery controls
- Smart Emotion adjusts a line's delivery in one click, and Pro adds custom emotion, intonation and pitch. Speed control starts on Plus.
- Instant and Professional Cloning
- Instant Cloning works from a few seconds of audio and starts on Basic; Professional Cloning trains on longer recordings and starts on Plus.
- Video editor and talking avatars
- Put voiceovers on video and export up to 4K, and generate talking-avatar clips, from 6 a month on Basic up to 40 on Business.
- Typecast API
- A text-to-speech API with SDKs for Python, JavaScript, C#, Java, Kotlin and Rust, priced separately from the Studio plans.
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.
Typecast
Basic$5
per month for 30,000 download credits, billed monthly
About 35 minutes of downloads a month, all voices, 44.1 kHz audio, 1 Instant Cloning slot, 1080p video without a watermark and a commercial license.
Plus$19
per month for 40,000 download credits, billed monthly
About 50 minutes of downloads a month, speed control, Professional Cloning (1 slot in total), 4K video export and 30 GB storage.
Pro$29
per month for 75,000 download credits, billed monthly
About 90 minutes of downloads a month, emotion controls including Smart Emotion, intonation and pitch, and 2 cloning slots.
Business$69
per month for 200,000 download credits, billed monthly
About 250 minutes of downloads a month, team members, extra credit purchases, 10 cloning slots and 100 GB storage. Meant for businesses and agencies.
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.
Typecast
- Annual discount
Save 10% with yearly billing
Basic is $54 billed yearly, Plus $204, Pro $312 and Business $744, against $5, $19, $29 and $69 a month on monthly billing.
