VoiceStudio is a free, open-source app for voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobooks. It runs on your own computer, and its site says it covers 646 languages. This page lists what VoiceStudio costs, what its license lets you do, and how it compares to ElevenLabs, from VoiceStudio's own pages. It doesn't rate how the voices sound.
What VoiceStudio costs
| Plan | Price | Status on November 3, 2026 | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open source | $0 | Available | The desktop app, open source under AGPL-3.0, no account |
| Pro | $99 per user a year (list $199) | Coming soon, invite requests only | Closed-source build, commercial license, 3 devices per seat, remote devices, early access |
| Lifetime | $199 per user, one-time (list $499) | Coming soon, invite requests only | The same as Pro, with all future updates |
| Enterprise | Custom | Enquiry only | Terms for closed-source or private hosting |
| Cloud | Not announced | Early-access notice list | A hosted API; nothing is live yet |
Prices come from the Pro page and the FAQ. The terms say requesting an invitation is not a purchase and doesn't reserve a license. When checkout opens, VoiceStudio says the final price for your country shows before you pay, and you can get a full refund within 7 days.
What the free app includes
The free app and Pro share the same core features, according to the comparison on the Pro page: voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation and transcription, audiobook creation, and a local API. Neither needs an account or the cloud.
Pro adds more devices per seat (3 registered, 3 in use at once), remote devices that run jobs on your other GPUs, and early access to new features. Twelve more Pro features are listed as upcoming, so we don't count them yet.
You can download VoiceStudio for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, or run it with Docker. The iOS app is an unsigned file you have to sign yourself, and Intel Macs need a remote backend. Since version 0.5.7, released October 26, 2026, VoiceStudio says it also runs on computers without a GPU.
Can you use VoiceStudio commercially?
Three separate permissions apply, and the app license only covers the first.
- The app. The AGPL-3.0 license lets you run VoiceStudio for anything, including at work and for money. VoiceStudio's license guide says commercial use alone doesn't require a paid app license. If you change VoiceStudio and let other people use your changed version over a network, the AGPL requires you to offer them your source code.
- The models and voices. VoiceStudio says a paid app license "does not automatically grant rights to model weights, selected voices, tokenizers or other third-party components". Check the terms of the exact model and voice before you sell what you make.
- The person whose voice you clone. You need their consent, as covered below.
VoiceStudio claims no rights over the audio you generate. Buying Pro or Lifetime doesn't give you closed-source or private-hosting rights; those need an Enterprise agreement.
For how the paid cloud tools handle commercial use, see our commercial use checker.
VoiceStudio vs ElevenLabs
VoiceStudio's home page compares itself with ElevenLabs. Here is the same comparison, with ElevenLabs figures from our own pricing data.
| VoiceStudio (free) | ElevenLabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Your computer or phone | ElevenLabs' cloud |
| Price for voice cloning | $0 | From $6/mo (Starter, Instant Voice Cloning) |
| Commercial use | Allowed by the app license; model and voice terms checked separately | Included on paid plans |
| Account | Not needed | Needed |
| Setup | Download and install the app | None, it runs in a browser |
Choose VoiceStudio if you want to keep audio on your own machine and avoid a monthly bill, and you're comfortable installing software and checking model licenses. Choose a cloud tool if you want to start in a browser, with one set of terms that covers the app, the voices and commercial use.
Check current ElevenLabs plans. This is an affiliate link; we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. VoiceStudio has no affiliate program with us. For ElevenLabs plans in detail, see ElevenLabs pricing; to compare every cloud tool with cloning, see AI voice cloning tools.
Consent and voice cloning rules
VoiceStudio's acceptable use policy says to clone a voice only when its owner has agreed. You must be able to show that permission if asked, and for commercial work VoiceStudio asks you to keep a signed release for each voice.
It bans impersonating a real person or a company to mislead listeners, fraud, defeating voice authentication, harassment, and cloning the voice of a child or anyone who can't meaningfully consent. Because the app runs on your machine, VoiceStudio says it can't see or stop what you make. The responsibility is yours.
Pro and Lifetime: refunds and seats
VoiceStudio offers a full refund within 7 days of buying either plan. After that, you can cancel Pro before renewal by writing to VoiceStudio, with no partial refund for the time already used. Lifetime has no renewal to cancel.
One seat is one user, registered on up to 3 devices and used on up to 3 at once.
We re-check this page each month, and the date at the top tells you when we last read VoiceStudio's pages.