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ElevenLabs vs TextaVoice

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); TextaVoice does not. Both have a free tier. Only ElevenLabs ships a public API.

ElevenLabsSynthetic voices, cloning and dubbing sold by the creditTextaVoiceFree browser text-to-speech with 83 voices across 20+ languages, no account needed.

Side by side

FactElevenLabsTextaVoice
CategoryText-to-SpeechText-to-Speech
Pricing modelFreemiumFree
Starts at$6 month—
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, AndroidWeb
CompanyElevenLabsTextaVoice
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

TextaVoice

TextaVoice is a no-signup way to turn short blocks of text into downloadable narration, useful for quick voiceovers or accessibility checks. The 2,000-character cap per run means longer scripts have to be split into batches, and there's no visible company behind it to contact if something breaks.

Pros

  • No account or payment required
  • 83 voices across 20+ languages
  • Adjustable speed, pitch, and emotion before download

Cons

  • 2,000-character limit per conversion
  • No stated company or support contact
  • No API for automated use

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 TextaVoice if you need

  • Quick voiceovers for short scripts
  • Testing how a line of copy sounds read aloud
  • Accessibility spot-checks on short text

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