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ElevenLabs

An AI voice platform offering text-to-speech, voice cloning, and dubbing through an API and web app.

AI voice and text to speech

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Main use cases

  1. Narrate a video or short
  2. Build a voice agent
  3. Produce an audiobook

Ranked in the order the vendor's pages put them.

Alternatives to ElevenLabs

  1. WellSaidSubstitute
    shares 2 of 3shares 2 of 3: Narrate a video or short, Produce an audiobook

    ElevenLabs states text-to-speech API, voice cloning, real-time streaming output and 5 more; WellSaid's pages do not say. WellSaid states clear commercial usage rights; ElevenLabs' pages do not say. ElevenLabs lists web and self-hosted; WellSaid's pages do not say.

  2. CartesiaSubstitute
    shares 1 of 3shares 1 of 3: Build a voice agent

    ElevenLabs states pre-built voice library, emotion or style control, video dubbing and 2 more; Cartesia's pages do not say. ElevenLabs lists web; Cartesia's pages do not say.

  3. Google Cloud Text-to-SpeechPartial overlap
    shares 1 of 3shares 1 of 3: Build a voice agent

    ElevenLabs states speech to text, video dubbing and self-hosted or on-device deployment; Google Cloud Text-to-Speech's pages do not say. Google Cloud Text-to-Speech states SSML or markup control; ElevenLabs' pages do not say. ElevenLabs lists web and self-hosted; Google Cloud Text-to-Speech's pages do not say.

  4. SpeechifyPartial overlap
    shares 0 of 3shares 0 of 3

    ElevenLabs states video dubbing, phone or telephony integration and self-hosted or on-device deployment; Speechify's pages do not say. Speechify states SSML or markup control, voice consent verification and consumer reading app; ElevenLabs' pages do not say. ElevenLabs lists self-hosted; Speechify's pages do not say.

  5. Amazon PollyPartial overlap
    shares 1 of 3shares 1 of 3: Narrate a video or short

    ElevenLabs states self-hosted or on-device deployment; Amazon Polly states no self-hosted or on-device deployment. ElevenLabs states voice cloning, speech to text and video dubbing; Amazon Polly's pages do not say. Amazon Polly states SSML or markup control; ElevenLabs' pages do not say.

ElevenLabs next to its top 5 alternatives

Each cell is what the vendor's own pages state. Unknown means the pages do not say, which is not the same as no. Where a no rests on a figure, the cell shows the figure.

FeatureElevenLabsWellSaidCartesiaGoogle Cloud Text-to-SpeechSpeechifyAmazon Polly
Text-to-speech APIYes3UnknownYes10Yes12Yes14Yes17
Voice cloningYes1UnknownYes11Yes12Yes14Unknown
Pre-built voice libraryYes1Yes8UnknownYes12Yes15Yes18
Multilingual voicesYes1Yes9Yes11Yes12Yes15Yes18
Emotion or style controlYes1Yes8UnknownYes12Yes14Yes17
Real-time streaming outputYes1UnknownYes11Yes12Yes14Yes17
Speech to textYes1UnknownYes11UnknownYes15Unknown
Video dubbingYes3UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
SSML or markup controlUnknownUnknownUnknownYes12Yes14Yes17
Long-form generationYes3Yes8UnknownYes12Yes16Yes17
Clear commercial usage rightsUnknownYes9UnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Voice consent verificationUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownYes14Unknown
Background music or sound mixingUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Webhook or async job supportUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Official SDKYes1UnknownUnknownYes13Yes14Yes17
Phone or telephony integrationYes3UnknownYes11Yes12UnknownYes18
Self-hosted or on-device deploymentYes1UnknownYes10UnknownUnknownNo18
Consumer reading appUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownYes15Unknown

Feature list with quotes

  • Text-to-speech API: Yes3

    Text to Speech API Independently rated the leading Text to Speech models. Choose a model to optimize for consistency, latency or emotional control

  • Voice cloning: Yes1

    You can also clone a voice from an audio recording or generate one from a text description

  • Pre-built voice library: Yes1

    ElevenLabs maintains a library of 10,000+ voices

  • Multilingual voices: Yes1

    eleven_v3 produces the most expressive output across 70+ languages

  • Emotion or style control: Yes1

    Our most expressive, realtime speech synthesis model Low latency (~280ms) Dramatic delivery and performance 70+ languages supported Audio tags for fine-grained control

  • Real-time streaming output: Yes1

    eleven_flash_v2_5 targets real-time use at ~75ms latency

  • Speech to text: Yes1

    Scribe v2 State-of-the-art speech recognition model Accurate transcription in 90+ languages

  • Video dubbing: Yes3

    Dubbing v2 For the first time, the emotion and performance of the original speaker carries across every language

  • Long-form generation: Yes3

    Create podcasts, audiobooks and voiceovers in an editor built on all of ElevenLabs' audio research

  • Official SDK: Yes1

    ElevenAPI exposes every capability as a REST interface with official Python and TypeScript SDKs

  • Phone or telephony integration: Yes3

    Agents listen, read and interact just like humans would across phone, chat, email and WhatsApp

  • Self-hosted or on-device deployment: Yes1

    Private deployments Run ElevenLabs in your own cloud

Not stated on the vendor's pages: SSML or markup control, Clear commercial usage rights, Voice consent verification, Background music or sound mixing, Webhook or async job support, Consumer reading app.

Sources

  1. https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/intro, checked 20 Sep 2026
  2. https://elevenlabs.io/pricing, checked 20 Sep 2026
  3. https://elevenlabs.io/, checked 20 Sep 2026
  4. https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/elevenlabs.io, checked 2 Oct 2026
  5. https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search?query=%22elevenlabs.io%22&restrictSearchableAttributes=url&tags=story&hitsPerPage=1000, checked 2 Oct 2026
  6. https://status.elevenlabs.io/, checked 2 Oct 2026
  7. https://elevenlabs.io/.well-known/security.txt, checked 2 Oct 2026
  8. https://www.wellsaid.io/, checked 20 Sep 2026
  9. https://www.wellsaid.io/features/ai-voices, checked 20 Sep 2026
  10. https://www.cartesia.ai/, checked 20 Sep 2026
  11. https://docs.cartesia.ai/get-started/overview, checked 20 Sep 2026
  12. https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech, checked 20 Sep 2026
  13. https://docs.cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs, checked 20 Sep 2026
  14. https://docs.speechify.ai/build/guides/welcome, checked 20 Sep 2026
  15. https://speechify.com/, checked 20 Sep 2026
  16. https://speechify.com/pricing/, checked 20 Sep 2026
  17. https://aws.amazon.com/polly/features/?nc=sn&loc=3, checked 20 Sep 2026
  18. https://aws.amazon.com/polly/, checked 20 Sep 2026

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