ElevenLabs vs Speechify
ElevenLabs and Speechify side by side: what each one is, what it costs to start, and whether you can try it free. Everything below comes from the vendors' own sites and other public sources, not from hands-on testing.
At a glance
| ElevenLabs | Speechify | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Voice & Audio | Voice & Audio |
| Starting price | Free; paid plans from $6/mo | Free; paid plans from $11.58/mo (checked October 2026) |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Profile | Read profile | Read profile |
Prices are in US dollars unless shown otherwise. Confirm the current price on the vendor's site before you buy.
Key differences
Both list a free tier, so you can try each before paying.
ElevenLabs has the lower starting price ($6/mo against $11.58/mo for Speechify). The cheapest plan rarely has the same limits or features, so compare plans before choosing on price.
Both are in our Voice & Audio category.
About each tool
ElevenLabs
Text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, sound effects and music from one platform. Free plan (no commercial license); Starter is $6 a month. API and Agents are priced separately.
Who it is for
Creators and teams who need voiceovers, narration, dubbing or captions, and developers and businesses who want voice features or voice agents through an API.
Strengths
- The Free plan lists 10k credits a month and includes Text to Speech, Speech to Text, Sound Effects, Voice Design, Music and 3 Studio projects
- Paid plans include a commercial license for generated content, except content from Beta Services
- Studio lists a timeline editor for audio and video, captions, a Voice Isolator, and music and sound effects generation
- Instant Voice Cloning starts on Starter and Professional Voice Cloning starts on Creator
- API and Agents are priced on their own pages with per-unit rates, for example speech-to-text at $0.22 an hour
Limitations
- The Free plan has no commercial license, and content published from it, or made without signing in, must credit ElevenLabs
- Professional Voice Cloning slots are capped by plan: 1 on Creator and Pro, 3 on Scale and 10 on Business. Free and Starter have none
- The pricing page lists extra-minute rates of about $0.36 on Free, $0.20 on Starter, $0.18 on Creator and $0.17 on Pro and above
- Content from Beta Services cannot be used commercially or in production
- Concurrent request limits depend on the plan: 2 on Free, 3 on Starter, 5 on Creator, 10 on Pro, 15 on Scale and 25 on Business
Speechify
Text-to-speech app that reads documents, PDFs and web pages aloud, with dictation and AI summaries. Free plan; Premium is $139 a year (about $11.58 a month) or $29 monthly.
Who it is for
People who want text read aloud on a phone, desktop or browser, such as students and readers of long documents. Studio targets creators making voiceovers or dubbing, and the API targets developers adding voice to apps.
Strengths
- Speechify lists iPhone and iPad, Android, Mac, Windows, a web app, a Chrome extension and an Edge add-on
- Premium lists voices in 60+ languages and playback up to 5x speed
- Premium adds Scan and Listen, AI summaries and chat, voice typing, AI podcasts and Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive integrations
- Studio has a free tier of 600 credits, and its paid tiers allow commercial use
Limitations
- Premium voice use is capped in words per month. Speechify says at least 150,000, and its usage page also states a higher allowance during 2026
- Studio credits are metered per second: voiceover 1 credit, dubbing 3 credits and avatars 30 credits per second
- Free Studio is not for commercial use and requires Speechify attribution when published
- Studio voice cloning requires the voice owner's consent and disclosure that the audio is AI-generated
- Speechify's privacy policy says content is used to improve features and algorithms, and the Studio terms let it use uploaded content to improve its services and models
