ElevenLabs

High-quality AI voice generation, dubbing and voice cloning.

Design Video Free plan API

Pricing: Free plan; Starter $6/mo; Creator $22/mo; Pro $99/mo; higher tiers above

Best for
Voiceover for video, courses and product demos
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
No
API
Yes
Integrations
API, video tools, dubbing workflows
Facts checked
28 August 2026
Website
elevenlabs.io

What is ElevenLabs?

ElevenLabs generates speech from text, dubs existing video into other languages, and can clone a voice with the speaker’s permission.

What it does well

Voiceover for explainer video, e-learning and product demos, where hiring a voice artist for every revision is impractical.

Who should use it

Course creators, marketers and video teams producing frequently revised narration.

Who should not use it

Anyone tempted to clone a voice they do not have written permission to use. That is a legal problem, not a technical one.

Pros and cons

Strengths

  • Output quality is close enough to human for most business use
  • Cheap at the entry tiers
  • API makes it usable inside a production pipeline

Limitations

  • Voice cloning raises real consent and likeness issues
  • Character quotas run out faster than people expect
  • Disclosure expectations differ by platform and jurisdiction

How we evaluated this tool

Not tested hands-on by us. This entry is based on the vendor’s public documentation and pricing pages as of the date shown above. We label untested tools rather than implying testing we did not do. Read our review method.

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