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ElevenLabs vs Voicv

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, Voicv at $19.90. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

ElevenLabsSynthetic voices, cloning and dubbing sold by the creditVoicvZero-shot voice cloning from 10–30 seconds of audio, plus text-to-speech, transcription and a talking avatar.

Side by side

FactElevenLabsVoicv
CategoryText-to-SpeechVoice Cloning
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6 month$19.90 month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, AndroidWeb, API
CompanyElevenLabsNEXGOE LLC
Launched2022—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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

Voicv

Voicv prices in credits that map to published audio hours, which makes it easy to compare against ElevenLabs once you do the arithmetic — roughly 23 hours of audio per million credits. The non-expiring one-time packs suit occasional users far better than a subscription. What should give you pause is the vendor: a Wyoming LLC at a registered-agent address, with consent handled as policy rather than verification.

Pros

  • Zero-shot cloning from 10–30 seconds of reference audio
  • Credits convert to a published audio-hours figure
  • Documented API alongside the web tool
  • One-time credit packs that never expire

Cons

  • Operator is a Wyoming LLC at a registered-agent address
  • Consent is a stated policy, not an enforced check
  • Subscription credits reset monthly and do not carry over

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 Voicv if you need

  • cloning your own voice for narration
  • occasional users who prefer non-expiring credit packs
  • developers who want a voice API without enterprise sales

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