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ElevenLabs vs Voiser

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.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Voiser — $5/mo vs $6/mo for ElevenLabs
Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Best fit
ElevenLabs: Product teams adding narration or voice agents without training a model · Voiser: Occasional voiceover work priced by character rather than a subscription
Platforms
ElevenLabs: Web, iOS, Android · Voiser: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactElevenLabsVoiser
CategoryText-to-SpeechText-to-Speech
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6/mo$5/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score88 / 10092 / 100
PlatformsWeb, API, iOS, AndroidWeb, API
CompanyElevenLabsVoiser Teknoloji Ltd. Sti.
Launched2022—
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 15, 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

Voiser

Volume pricing rather than seats makes it noticeably cheaper than the big TTS names for occasional work - $5 buys 30,000 characters outright. The language coverage on both sides is wide, and transcription accepts YouTube links directly. The catch is that the site you land on is the legacy one: the vendor is migrating to voiser.ai, and the cheap Personal text-to-speech tier does not include API access.

Pros

  • 1,000+ voices across 75 languages and 140 dialects for text-to-speech
  • Transcription in 71 languages with timestamps, keyword detection and speaker identification on higher tiers
  • Accepts YouTube links directly for transcription and subtitling
  • Sold by volume - $5 for 30,000 characters, $2 for 30 transcription minutes
  • Extras included: voice cloning, talking avatars, WordPress plugin, JavaScript page reader

Cons

  • The Personal text-to-speech tier excludes API access; for voices it starts at the $17/month Small Business tier
  • The site carries a banner directing users to a separate rebuilt product at voiser.ai
  • Free trial is 50 characters and 5 minutes, too small to judge voice quality
  • File hosting duration varies by tier, at six months on the entry plan

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 Voiser if you need

  • Occasional voiceover work priced by character rather than a subscription
  • Subtitling and transcription in Turkish and other less-covered languages
  • WordPress sites that want an article read aloud

ElevenLabs vs Voiser: the questions people ask

Is ElevenLabs cheaper than Voiser?

On published entry prices, Voiser starts lower — $5/mo against $6/mo for ElevenLabs. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does ElevenLabs or Voiser have a free tier?

Both: ElevenLabs has a free tier, and Voiser has a free tier.

Which has a public API, ElevenLabs or Voiser?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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