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ElevenLabs vs ToneShift

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, ToneShift at $4.99. Both have a free tier. Only ElevenLabs ships a public API.

ElevenLabsSynthetic voices, cloning and dubbing sold by the creditToneShiftVoice cloning, vocal/instrumental separation, and a community marketplace for shared voices.

Side by side

FactElevenLabsToneShift
CategoryText-to-SpeechVoice Cloning
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6 month$4.99 credit
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, AndroidWeb
CompanyElevenLabsToneShift
Launched20222023
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

ToneShift

ToneShift bundles three things that are often separate products, voice conversion, stem/vocal separation, and a marketplace of community-shared voices, under one credit balance. The token-pack pricing means there's no recurring subscription to cancel, but it also means costs are harder to predict for heavy, ongoing use compared to a flat monthly plan.

Pros

  • Combines voice cloning, music/vocal separation and a voice marketplace in one product
  • No subscription required; tokens are bought as one-time packs
  • Free 200-token allowance to test the product on sign-in
  • Community marketplace adds voices beyond what you clone yourself

Cons

  • Credit-pack pricing makes ongoing monthly cost harder to predict than a flat plan
  • No public information on company location or founding team beyond a 2023 copyright notice
  • Community-sourced voices in the marketplace raise consent questions the site doesn't address

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 ToneShift if you need

  • Creators who want voice conversion and vocal separation in the same tool
  • Users who prefer buying credit packs over committing to a subscription
  • Musicians and game developers exploring community-shared voice models

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