ElevenLabs vs Fish Audio: voice AI pricing compared
Updated 2026-11-06 · listed A to Z, not ranked
ElevenLabs sells AI voice products (text to speech, speech to text, dubbing, music, sound effects and voice agents) on monthly plans. Every plan gives you a pool of credits, and every product draws from the same pool at its own rate.
Fish Audio is an AI voice platform for text to speech and voice cloning. Plans give monthly credits; the API is billed separately, pay as you go.
Listed A to Z, from elevenlabs.io and fish.audio. Every figure below is quoted from those pages.
- Main price table
- Text to speech, Text to speech, Speech to text, Speech to text, Speech to text add-ons, Realtime voice models, Speech Engine, Music, Voice isolator, voice changer, sound effects, Dubbing
- Free option
- None in the published plan table
- Published prices
- ElevenLabs API pricing per minute and per 1k characters (TTS $0.04–$0.08, speech to text $0.22/hour, realtime voice $0.08/min), plus Starter $6 to Business $990 plans.
- Main price table
- Free Tier, Plus, Pro
- Free option
- Free Tier: 8,000 credits monthly (non-commercial)
- Published prices
- Free $0; Plus $5.50/mo and Pro $37.50/mo billed annually with a first-year 50% offer ($15 and $100 list).
How we checked: Prices quoted from each official pricing page: ElevenLabs checked Nov 6, 2026, Fish Audio checked Nov 10, 2026. Taxes, usage overages and promotions can change what you pay; confirm with each provider before you buy.
How they compare
- Main price table. ElevenLabs lists 10 entries (Text to speech, Text to speech, Speech to text, Speech to text, Speech to text add-ons, Realtime voice models, Speech Engine, Music, Voice isolator, voice changer, sound effects, Dubbing); Fish Audio lists 3 (Free Tier, Plus, Pro).
- Free option. ElevenLabs: none in the published plan table. Fish Audio: Free Tier: 8,000 credits monthly (non-commercial).
- How prices are quoted. ElevenLabs: “API pricing: per minute and usage-based billing (USD)”. Fish Audio: “Individual plans (billed annually)”.
ElevenLabs plans and prices
| Product | Model / mode | Price on elevenlabs.io/pricing/api |
|---|---|---|
| Text to speech | v4, v3, v2 Multilingual | $0.08 per 1,000 characters (about $0.08 per minute of audio) |
| Text to speech | v4 Turbo, v3 Conversational, Flash / Turbo | $0.04 per 1,000 characters (about $0.04 per minute) |
| Speech to text | Scribe v2, Scribe v2 Medical | $0.22 per hour |
| Speech to text | Scribe v2 Realtime | $0.39 per hour |
| Speech to text add-ons | Keyterm prompting / transcript editing | $0.05 / $0.07 per hour (realtime $0.08 / $0.12) |
| Realtime voice models | v1 Mini, v1 Max | $0.08 per minute of connected audio, plus LLM tokens (Mini $0.20 in / $6.00 out, Max $1.80 / $9.00 per 1M) |
| Speech Engine | Standard / burst | $0.08 / $0.16 per minute |
| Music | Eleven Music | $0.15 per minute |
| Voice isolator, voice changer, sound effects | - | $0.12 per minute |
| Dubbing | v1 with / without watermark; v2 | $0.33 / $0.50 per minute; $2.20 per minute |
API usage is billed in US dollars, not plan credits. Prices exclude taxes. Checked Nov 6, 2026.
| Plan | Price per month | Credits per month | Annual billing, per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $6 | 30,000 | $5 |
| Creator | $22 ($11 for the first month) | 121,000 | $18.33 |
| Pro | $99 | 600,000 | $82.50 |
| Scale | $299 (3 seats) | 1,800,000 | $249.17 |
| Business | $990 (10 seats) | 6,000,000 | $825 |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom |
Annual billing is the monthly price × 10. The pricing page also showed a limited-time first-month offer on Starter when we checked.
From elevenlabs.io, checked Nov 6, 2026. Full breakdown: ElevenLabs pricing.
Fish Audio plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | $0/mo, no credit card needed | 8,000 credits monthly, up to 7 minutes generation, 500 characters per generation, 3 public voice slots |
| Plus | $5.50/mo shown against $15 (first year 50% off; $66 billed annually) | 250,000 credits monthly, up to 200 minutes, 15,000 characters per generation, 10 private voice slots, 1 professional voice slot |
| Pro | $37.50/mo shown against $100 (first year 50% off; $450 billed annually) | 2,000,000 credits monthly, up to 1,620 minutes, 3 team seats, 30,000 characters per generation, 5 professional voice slots, 7-day money-back guarantee |
The 50% first-year price is a limited-time offer shown with a countdown. One minute of generation costs roughly 600 to 625 credits. Unused minutes do not roll over. Free plan output is for personal, non-commercial use.
From fish.audio, checked Nov 10, 2026. Full breakdown: Fish Audio pricing.
FAQ
How much does ElevenLabs cost?
ElevenLabs API pricing per minute and per 1k characters (TTS $0.04–$0.08, speech to text $0.22/hour, realtime voice $0.08/min), plus Starter $6 to Business $990 plans. (checked Nov 6, 2026).
How much does Fish Audio cost?
Free $0; Plus $5.50/mo and Pro $37.50/mo billed annually with a first-year 50% offer ($15 and $100 list). (checked Nov 10, 2026).
Do ElevenLabs and Fish Audio have a free option?
ElevenLabs: none in the published plan table. Fish Audio: Free Tier: 8,000 credits monthly (non-commercial).
Which is better, ElevenLabs or Fish Audio?
We do not pick a winner. The two price and package their products differently; the tables above quote each official pricing page so you can match a plan to your own usage.
Where do these prices come from?
Each vendor's own pricing page: elevenlabs.io (checked Nov 6, 2026) and fish.audio (checked Nov 10, 2026). Prices change; confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
Sources (official pages, read 2026-11-06)
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