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CopyKitten vs ElevenLabs

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. ElevenLabs publishes a starting price ($6); CopyKitten does not. Both have a free tier. Only ElevenLabs ships a public API.

CopyKittenClones a Discord member's voice from a short clip so it can speak text aloud.ElevenLabsSynthetic voices, cloning and dubbing sold by the credit

Side by side

FactCopyKittenElevenLabs
CategoryVoice CloningText-to-Speech
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starts at—$6 month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, API, iOS, Android
CompanyCopyKittenElevenLabs
Launched—2022
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

CopyKitten

CopyKitten packages real-time voice cloning as a Discord party trick, with a consent step and deletion command that at least attempt to keep it from being used on someone who hasn't agreed. We couldn't reach the vendor's own site to verify pricing or company details, so treat the specifics here as secondhand.

Pros

  • Clones a usable voice from a short, roughly 30-second sample
  • Requires target-member approval before cloning proceeds
  • Moderation tools (logs, transcripts, per-user deletion) are built in

Cons

  • Vendor's own site would not resolve for us on repeated attempts
  • No pricing, company name, or location could be confirmed
  • Voice-cloning bots carry an inherent risk of misuse regardless of consent features

ElevenLabs

The quality bar for synthetic speech and the easiest voice API to start on, but the credit meter is the actual product and it empties faster than the plan names imply.

Pros

  • Output quality and language coverage remain ahead of most rivals
  • One account spans speech, dubbing, recognition, effects and agents
  • The first paid tier is $6, so testing commercially costs almost nothing

Cons

  • Credits rather than minutes, so cost per finished second shifts with model and settings
  • Commercial licence and instant cloning are both withheld from the free tier
  • Professional voice cloning starts only at Creator ($22)
  • Team seats do not appear until the $299 Scale plan

Which one fits

Choose CopyKitten if you need

  • Discord communities wanting a novelty voice bot for members who opt in
  • Server moderators who want built-in consent and deletion controls on a voice-clone bot

Choose ElevenLabs if you need

  • Product teams adding narration or voice agents without training a model
  • Creators dubbing video into other languages with the speaker's timbre kept
  • Audiobook and podcast producers who need a licensable cloned voice

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