ElevenLabs vs Telnyx: voice AI pricing compared
Updated 2026-11-10 · 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.
Telnyx is a telecom carrier with APIs for messaging, voice, numbers and AI inference. Its published prices split each service into separate invoice lines: Telnyx’s own rate, plus pass-through fees such as carrier fees or the SIP trunk a call rides on.
Listed A to Z, from elevenlabs.io and telnyx.com. 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
- Send outbound, Receive inbound
- Free option
- None in the published plan table
- Published prices
- SMS from $0.004 per part plus carrier fees, voice API $0.002 per minute plus SIP trunking, volume tiers, and its x402 route.
How we checked: Prices quoted from each official pricing page: ElevenLabs checked Nov 10, 2026, Telnyx 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); Telnyx lists 2 (Send outbound, Receive inbound).
- Free option. ElevenLabs: none in the published plan table. Telnyx: none in the published plan table.
- How prices are quoted. ElevenLabs: “API pricing: per minute and usage-based billing (USD)”. Telnyx: “SMS and MMS (US, pay as you go)”.
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 10, 2026. Full breakdown: ElevenLabs pricing.
Telnyx plans and prices
| Direction | SMS | MMS |
|---|---|---|
| Send outbound | $0.004 per message part + carrier fee | $0.015 per message part + carrier fee |
| Receive inbound | $0.004 per message part + carrier fee | $0.005 per message part + carrier fee |
Charged per message part. Carrier pass-through fees are listed by carrier on the same page (for example $0.0035 to $0.0045 per SMS part for most large US carriers). Above 100M messages a month, outbound rates step down automatically, for example SMS to $0.0020 per part for the next 150M.
| Line | Price |
|---|---|
| Outbound calls | $0.002 per minute + the SIP trunking fee for outbound calls |
| Inbound on a local or toll-free number | $0.002 per minute + the SIP trunking fee for inbound calls |
| Call recording | $0.002 per minute |
| Conference calls | $0.002 per participant, per minute |
| Call transfer | $0.10 per invocation |
| Standard / premium answering machine detection | $0.002 / $0.0065 per call |
| Telnyx speech-to-text | $0.015 per minute |
Telnyx’s own worked example on the page uses $0.005 per minute for outbound and $0.0032 per minute for inbound SIP trunking. Phone numbers are priced separately (from $1.00 per number per month on its numbers page).
From telnyx.com, checked Nov 10, 2026. Full breakdown: Telnyx 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 10, 2026).
How much does Telnyx cost?
SMS from $0.004 per part plus carrier fees, voice API $0.002 per minute plus SIP trunking, volume tiers, and its x402 route. (checked Nov 10, 2026).
Do ElevenLabs and Telnyx have a free option?
ElevenLabs: none in the published plan table. Telnyx: none in the published plan table.
Which is better, ElevenLabs or Telnyx?
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 10, 2026) and telnyx.com (checked Nov 10, 2026). Prices change; confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
Sources (official pages, read 2026-11-10)
- elevenlabs.io
- elevenlabs.io/pricing
- elevenlabs.io/pricing/api
- telnyx.com
- telnyx.com/pricing/messaging
- telnyx.com/pricing/call-control
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