ElevenLabs sells monthly credits that you spend on speech and its other audio tools. This page lists every self-serve plan's price from ElevenLabs' pricing page, what the credits buy in minutes of speech, and the billing rules that change what you pay. It doesn't rate how the voices sound.
Which ElevenLabs plan do you need?
- Trying voices for personal use: start with Free if ~10 min is enough. It has no commercial license or voice cloning. Don't upgrade just to compare the interface; read the free-plan limits first.
- Publishing commercial speech or using Instant Voice Cloning: Starter is the entry paid plan at $6/mo, with ~30 min. Confirm that your workload, including retakes, fits the allowance.
- Needing Professional Voice Cloning: Creator adds it at $22/mo. It only clones your own voice. This is a feature reason to upgrade, not evidence that every Creator voice sounds better.
- Needing more generation capacity: use the workload table below. Compare the next plan with available top-ups before upgrading; our table compares subscriptions, not every possible billing combination.
Check voices and workflow before committing to annual billing. A lower price per included minute does not save money if you leave most of the allowance unused.
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ElevenLabs plans and prices
| Plan | Monthly | Annual, per month | Credits a month | Speech | Per minute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 10,000 credits a month | ~10 min | n/a |
| Starter | $6/mo | $5/mo | 30,000 credits a month | ~30 min | $0.20 |
| Creator | $22/mo | $18.33/mo | 121,000 credits a month | ~121 min | $0.18 |
| Pro | $99/mo | $82.50/mo | 600,000 credits a month | ~600 min | $0.17 |
| Scale | $299/mo | $249.17/mo | 1,800,000 credits a month | ~1,800 min | $0.17 |
| Business | $990/mo | $825/mo | 6,000,000 credits a month | ~6,000 min | $0.17 |
"Per minute" is the monthly price divided by the minutes ElevenLabs states for text to speech, assuming you use the whole allowance. It is not a measured cost per minute of finished narration or a quote for top-ups. If you use only part of the allowance, your effective cost per used minute is higher. Enterprise is priced on request.
What changes between plans:
- Starter adds a commercial license and Instant Voice Cloning. The free plan has neither; see what the free plan includes.
- Creator adds Professional Voice Cloning, which only clones your own voice.
- Pro adds 44.1 kHz PCM audio output through the API.
- Scale and Business add workspace seats for teams.
Every paid plan includes a commercial license, except for features ElevenLabs labels Beta.
How credits turn into minutes
On the website, text to speech costs 1 credit per character, including the Eleven v3 model. That's why ElevenLabs' minute figures follow the credits: 30,000 credits a month works out to ~30 min. Your real minutes depend on how fast the voice speaks.
Three things make credits go faster:
- All of ElevenLabs' tools share one credit pool. ElevenLabs lists speech to text at 330 credits per minute, sound effects at 200 credits per generation, and Dubbing Studio at up to 10,000 credits per minute.
- Some shared voices in the Voice Library have a custom rate that multiplies the credits you use.
- Credits are charged per generation, not per download, so every regeneration counts.
The API is billed differently. ElevenLabs says API generations are discounted, and some faster models cost between 0.5 and 1 credit per character through the API. Check its pricing page for current API rates.
Which plan covers your minutes
The cheapest monthly subscription with commercial rights for each amount of generated speech, using the vendor's stated minutes. Budget for discarded takes as well as finished audio; the table does not add a retake allowance:
| Minutes a month | Plan |
|---|---|
| 30 | $6/mo (Starter) |
| 60 | $22/mo (Creator) |
| 300 | $99/mo (Pro) |
| 1,000 | $299/mo (Scale) |
These are subscription-only choices. If you are slightly over your plan's allowance, compare a Pay As You Go top-up with the next plan before paying; we have not calculated the cheaper combination. API rates are separate and are not included in this table. Try any amount, and compare other tools at the same minutes, in our pricing calculator. For a two-tool comparison, see ElevenLabs vs Fish Audio.
Annual billing, rollover and top-ups
- Annual billing costs 10 months' price for 12. Starter is $5/mo billed annually instead of $6/mo.
- Unused credits roll over on paid plans for up to two months, so your balance can reach three times your monthly credits. Downgrading or canceling forfeits them. Free-plan credits don't roll over.
- Running out: Pay As You Go lets you prepay for more usage, from $5 per top-up. Your plan's credits are used first, then the prepaid balance.
- Canceling: you can cancel anytime. The plan stays active until the end of the billing cycle, then your account moves to the free plan.
ElevenLabs sometimes discounts the first month of some plans. Those offers change often, so this page lists regular prices; your Subscription page shows any current offer.
We re-check ElevenLabs every month, and the date at the top of this page tells you when we last did.