Best for
Best for podcasters and video creators who want to record, clean up and re-cut a session by describing the edit.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI Sound & Audio Comparison
Async vs. ElevenLabs
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for realistic long-form narration, dubbing and voice cloning.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Async | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Not stated | Free tier; Starter from ~$5 / month Commercial rights start with the paid Starter tier. API from around $300 per million characters at low volume. |
| Free trial | Free plan: 3 hours of video recording, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription, for one creator | Free tier, restricted |
| Users | Millions of creators, per the vendor | Not stated |
| Commercial use | Not stated | From the paid Starter tier |
| Output | Edited audio and video, transcripts, captions and short-form clips | Realistic narration, voice cloning from a sample of around one minute, 70+ languages, dubbing |
| API | Yes, the Async Voice API | Yes |
| What it does | Records, edits and publishes podcasts and video, with the edit driven by chat instructions instead of a timeline | Sound effects, in a tool of their own |
| Noise removal and repair | Yes, Magic Dust removes background noise and clarifies the voice; a separate pass cuts filler words, pauses, repeats and bad takes | Voice Isolator, which separates voice from background |
| Mastering and loudness | AI Auto leveling optimizes the volume and noise levels across a track, but there is no mastering pass and no stated LUFS loudness target | No, there is no mastering or loudness stage; the audio tools generate and clean up material rather than finish a mix |
| Where it runs | In the browser, with remote recording for up to 10 participants and multitrack recording on the higher plans | Web app plus API; the sound effects generator and the model behind Voice Isolator are both reachable programmatically |
| Also included | Transcription, styled automatic captions, AI voice generation, generated B-roll and scenes, beat-synced pacing and short-form clips for TikTok, Reels and Shorts | AI music generation and a soundboard generator, alongside the text to speech and voice cloning the rest of the platform is built on |
| MCP-ready | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Chat | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | Guided onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | Twilio, Genesys Cloud, Five9, Vonage, LiveKit, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Intercom, Freshdesk, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, Telegram, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Cal.com, Calendly |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Free trial Async Free plan: 3 hours of video recording, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription, for one creator ElevenLabs Free tier, restricted
- Support Async Email helpdesk, Chat ElevenLabs Email helpdesk, Community forum
- MCP-ready Async No ElevenLabs Yes
- Output Async Edited audio and video, transcripts, captions and short-form clips ElevenLabs Realistic narration, voice cloning from a sample of around one minute, 70+ languages, dubbing
- API Async Yes, the Async Voice API ElevenLabs Yes
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Async
Strengths
- Records, cleans up, edits and publishes in one browser tool
- Editing by chat instruction rather than by timeline
- Turns one recording into clips, captions and a transcript
- Free plan available, and a developer voice API alongside the studio
Limitations
- Prices are not readable on the public pricing page, so the cost of a plan has to be checked in the app
- Metered in AI credits, so heavy months cost more regardless of seat count
- Free plan's AI credits and transcription are lifetime allowances, not monthly ones
- The vendor cautions that AI edits need reviewing
ElevenLabs
Strengths
- Most realistic voice and cloning
- 70+ languages on the v3 models
- Speech-to-speech and dubbing
- Strong API
Limitations
- Commercial use only from the paid Starter tier
- API pricey at high volume
- Credits are shared across every product and roll over for at most two months
Plans
Pricing
Async
- Free $0 One creator, 3 hours of video recording, 10 remote participants, 10 lifetime AI credits and 1 hour of transcription.
- Essentials Not stated Per creator. 8 hours of recording, 450 AI credits a month, 10 hours of transcription, no watermark and 320 kbps MP3 audio.
- Pro Not stated Per creator. 20 hours of recording, 1,200 AI credits a month, 25 hours of transcription, 4K video and unlimited cloud storage.
- Teams Not stated Per creator. 20 hours of recording, 3,000 AI credits a month, 100 hours of transcription, unlimited multitrack recording and collaboration features.
- Business Not stated Custom, contact sales.
ElevenLabs
- Free $0 Restricted, no commercial rights.
- Starter ~$5 Per month. Commercial rights start here.
- API From ~$300 Per million characters at low volume.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Async
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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ElevenLabs
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Async https://async.com · no check date recorded yet
ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21
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