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ElevenLabs vs UniDub

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, UniDub at $1. Both have a free tier. Only ElevenLabs ships a public API.

ElevenLabsSynthetic voices, cloning and dubbing sold by the creditUniDubDubs video into 40+ languages and turns text into audiobooks with character-specific voices.

Side by side

FactElevenLabsUniDub
CategoryText-to-SpeechVideo Dubbing & Translation
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6 month$1 minute
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, AndroidWeb
CompanyElevenLabsSAIVA Technology Private Limited
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

UniDub

UniDub bundles three related jobs, dubbing, audiobook narration, and avatar video, that competitors usually split into separate products, which suits someone who needs more than one of them. Per-second billing is transparent but makes the per-minute cost of long-form content add up fast without a flat plan to fall back on.

Pros

  • Combines dubbing, audiobook, and avatar video in one platform
  • 40+ languages with adjustable regional accents and emotion
  • Character-specific voice assignment for audiobook narration
  • Free tier with no credit card required

Cons

  • Per-second pricing is quoted in rupees, requiring a currency conversion to budget in dollars
  • No flat subscription option, only pay-as-you-go past the free credit

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 UniDub if you need

  • Creators who need dubbing, audiobook narration, and avatar video from one account
  • Regional-language content creators targeting 40+ languages
  • Budget-conscious users starting with the free 15-minute credit

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