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ElevenLabs vs Rekam AI

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 starts at $6, Rekam AI at $8.50. Both have a free tier. Only ElevenLabs ships a public API.

ElevenLabsSynthetic voices, cloning and dubbing sold by the creditRekam AIWeb dashboard for text-to-speech, voice cloning, and transcription, with a free tier and paid credit plans.

Side by side

FactElevenLabsRekam AI
CategoryText-to-SpeechText-to-Speech
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6 month$8.50 month
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, AndroidWeb
CompanyElevenLabsRekam AI
Launched2022—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

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

Rekam AI

Rekam AI bundles text-to-speech, voice cloning, and transcription into one low-cost subscription instead of separate tools. It is aimed at people who need occasional narration or dubbing rather than a production voice pipeline, and the free tier is genuinely usable for basic speech-to-text before paying for premium voices.

Pros

  • Free unlimited speech-to-text is not gated behind a trial
  • Voice cloning is included on the cheapest paid tier rather than reserved for a top plan
  • Per-model pricing is shown openly instead of only in checkout
  • Entry plan is priced well below most premium TTS competitors

Cons

  • Generated files are auto-deleted after 72 hours
  • No mobile app, API, or team seats mentioned anywhere on the site
  • Company background is thin -- no about page or founder names found

Which one fits

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

Choose Rekam AI if you need

  • Creators who need occasional voiceovers without a per-project fee
  • Users who want cloning and transcription in the same account
  • Budget-conscious teams comparing per-character voice costs

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