ElevenLabs pricing: plans, credits and API rates
Quick answer
ElevenLabs sells monthly plans from Free ($0, 10,000 credits) through Starter ($6), Creator ($22), Pro ($99), Scale ($299) and Business ($990). Annual billing works out to 10 months' price for 12: $5, $18.33, $82.50, $249.17 and $825 a month. On the API, the v4, v3 and v2 Multilingual voices are $0.08 per 1,000 characters ($80 per 1 million) and Flash / Turbo is $0.04. Checked November 9, 2026 against ElevenLabs' pricing pages.
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Key takeaways
- Plans give a shared monthly credit pool. Text to speech on v2 Multilingual uses 1 credit per character; music uses 900 credits per minute.
- The API page prices by usage: $0.08 per 1,000 characters for v4 and about $0.08 a minute, so about 1,000 characters a minute.
- The plans page counts Creator as 121,000 credits; the API page says Creator includes "275k characters of TTS (v4)". Both are shown as found.
- Unused plan credits roll over for up to two months on paid plans.
- ElevenLabs states "Prices exclude all taxes, levies and duties."
Plans (Creative page, monthly billing)
| Plan | Monthly | Billed annually, per month | Credits a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | n/a | 10,000 |
| Starter | $6 | $5 | 30,000 |
| Creator | $22 | $18.33 | 121,000 |
| Pro | $99 | $82.50 | 600,000 |
| Scale | $299 (3 seats) | $249.17 | 1,800,000 |
| Business | $990 (10 seats) | $825 | 6,000,000 |
Source: elevenlabs.io/pricing. Checked November 9, 2026.
Observation: on November 9, 2026 the plans page also shows first-month offers on Starter and Creator, with no end date. The figures above are the regular monthly prices. The API page carries a banner that reads "Ends September 30".
Price per 1 million credits, worked out
- Starter: $200 ($6 / 30,000 x 1,000,000)
- Creator: about $181.82 monthly, about $151.49 billed annually
- Pro: $165 · Scale: about $166.11 · Business: $165
These assume every credit is used. Credits are shared across text to speech, music, sound effects and dubbing.
API rates (pay as you go)
| Model | Per 1,000 characters | Per 1M characters (worked out) |
|---|---|---|
| v4 | $0.08 | $80 |
| v4 Turbo | $0.04 | $40 |
| v3 | $0.08 | $80 |
| v3 Conversational | $0.04 | $40 |
| v2 Multilingual | $0.08 | $80 |
| Flash / Turbo | $0.04 | $40 |
Per hour, worked out with the page's own pairing of $0.08 per 1,000 characters and about $0.08 a minute: about $4.80 an hour on v4, about $2.40 on Flash / Turbo.
Other API rates
- Music: $0.15 per minute (a 3-minute track is $0.45, worked out). "Commercial use licensing on Starter+ plans".
- Sound Effects: $0.12 per minute.
- Dubbing v1: $0.33 per minute · Dubbing v2: $2.20 per minute.
- Speech to text, Scribe v2: $0.22 per hour.
Source: elevenlabs.io/pricing/api. Checked November 9, 2026.
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Credits vs characters: two framings of Creator
The plans page lists Creator at $22 for 121,000 credits a month. The API page's plan table says Creator includes 275k characters of v4 text to speech. Worked out, that is about $181.82 per 1M credits on the plans framing and $80 per 1M characters on the API framing. ElevenLabs' pages do not explain the difference in one place, so both are shown as found on November 9, 2026.
Resellers selling ElevenLabs voices
Third parties, priced from their own pages:
- fal: ElevenLabs TTS Multilingual v2 and v3 at $0.1 per 1,000 characters; Turbo v2.5 at $0.05 (checked November 9, 2026).
- Kie.ai: ElevenLabs TTS Multilingual V2 at "12 credits per 1,000 characters (≈ $0.06)" (checked November 9, 2026).
ElevenLabs' own API lists v2 Multilingual at $0.08 per 1,000 characters. All resellers
FAQ
How much is ElevenLabs a month?
Starter is $6, Creator $22, Pro $99, Scale $299 and Business $990 on monthly billing. Free is $0.
Is ElevenLabs cheaper billed annually?
Yes. ElevenLabs says annual billing works out to two months free (annual price = monthly price x 10): $5, $18.33, $82.50, $249.17 and $825 a month.
How many characters is one credit?
For v2 Multilingual, 1 character is 1 credit.
Do ElevenLabs credits roll over?
On paid plans, unused credits roll over for up to two months. Rollover does not apply to the Free plan.
Can ElevenLabs audio be used commercially?
The plans page lists a Commercial License from Starter up. Free does not list it.
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References
- https://elevenlabs.io/pricing
- https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api
- https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use (operator: Eleven Labs Inc.; New York law)