Best for
Best for realistic long-form narration, dubbing and voice cloning.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI Voice & Speech Comparison
ElevenLabs vs. Typecast
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for creators who want expressive, emotion-controlled voiceover for video, audiobooks and podcasts.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
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Full Comparison
| Criterion | ElevenLabs | Typecast |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | 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 tier; Basic from $5 / month Credit-based. The free tier offers trial voices only and requires attribution; commercial use starts on Basic. |
| Free trial | Free tier, restricted | Free tier with 3,000 lifetime credits (around 5 minutes), trial voices only |
| Commercial use | From the paid Starter tier | Paid (Basic and above) |
| Output | Realistic narration, voice cloning from a sample of around one minute, 70+ languages, dubbing | Expressive AI speech with emotion and dynamics control; video export on paid tiers |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Voice cloning | Yes, from a sample of around one minute | Yes, instant and professional cloning; slots scale from one to ten by plan |
| Real-time use | Yes. Eleven Flash v2.5 is built for real-time use at around 75 ms latency, Eleven v3 Conversational runs at around 280 ms, Scribe v2 Realtime transcribes at around 150 ms, and the ElevenAgents platform runs live voice agents over phone, chat and messaging channels | Yes, real-time generation via the API |
| Languages | 70+ languages on Eleven v3 and Eleven v3 Conversational, 32 on Flash v2.5 and 29 on Multilingual v2; speech to text with Scribe v2 covers 90+ | 35+ languages |
| Speech-to-speech and dubbing | Yes, speech-to-speech and dubbing | Not documented: the API covers text-to-speech, streaming playback, word- and character-level timestamps and voice cloning from a sample, with no voice-conversion or dubbing endpoint |
| Editing and controls | Stability set to Creative, Natural or Robust, speed from 0.7x to 1.2x, audio tags such as [whispers] or [excited] to direct delivery, a seed value for repeatable output, and pronunciation set through IPA, phoneme tags or an uploaded pronunciation dictionary | Emotion, pitch, intensity, speed and dynamics |
| Consent and trust | Professional voice cloning is gated behind technological verification of the speaker, cloning of celebrity and other high-risk voices is blocked, and an AI Speech Classifier tells whether a clip was made with ElevenLabs | Every voice actor on the platform has agreed to the use cases for their voice and keeps ownership of the model. Uploading a sample requires confirming permission for any third-party voice in it, and cloned voices stay private |
| MCP-ready | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Community forum | Email helpdesk |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Twilio, Genesys Cloud, Five9, Vonage, LiveKit, Salesforce, HubSpot, Zendesk, Intercom, Freshdesk, ServiceNow, Jira, Slack, Telegram, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Cal.com, Calendly | Not stated |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price ElevenLabs Free tier; Starter from ~$5 / month Typecast Free tier; Basic from $5 / month
- Free trial ElevenLabs Free tier, restricted Typecast Free tier with 3,000 lifetime credits (around 5 minutes), trial voices only
- Support ElevenLabs Email helpdesk, Community forum Typecast Email helpdesk
- MCP-ready ElevenLabs Yes Typecast No
- Commercial use ElevenLabs From the paid Starter tier Typecast Paid (Basic and above)
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
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
Typecast
Strengths
- 700+ voices with fine emotion and delivery control
- Context-aware emotion model adapts tone to the script
- Affordable entry with a commercial license from $5 per month
Limitations
- Free tier is limited to trial voices and requires attribution
- Credit allowances are modest on the lower tiers
Plans
Pricing
ElevenLabs
- Free $0 Restricted, no commercial rights.
- Starter ~$5 Per month. Commercial rights start here.
- API From ~$300 Per million characters at low volume.
Typecast
- Free $0 3,000 lifetime credits (around 5 minutes), trial voices only, attribution required.
- Basic $5 / month $54 / year. 30,000 credits per month (around 35 minutes), all AI voices, commercial license, 1 instant cloning slot.
- Plus $19 / month $204 / year. 40,000 credits per month, speed control, 1 professional cloning slot.
- Pro $29 / month $312 / year. 75,000 credits per month, emotion and intonation controls, 2 cloning slots.
- Business $69 / month $744 / year. 200,000 credits per month, 10 cloning slots, additional credit purchases.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom pricing.
What users say
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ElevenLabs
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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Typecast
- 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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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io · checked against the official source on 2026-08-21
Typecast https://typecast.ai · no check date recorded yet
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