Speechify vs ElevenLabs: reader app vs voice generation credits
Updated 2026-11-06 · listed A to Z, not ranked
Speechify and ElevenLabs both turn text into speech but sell different things. Speechify is a reading app (web, mobile, Chrome) that reads documents and pages aloud on a flat subscription. ElevenLabs is a voice generation platform and API that bills monthly credits per character.
Listed A to Z, quoted from elevenlabs.io/pricing and speechify.com/pricing on Nov 6, 2026. Not a ranking.
- Free plan
- $0, 10k credits/month
- Paid plans
- Starter $6 (30k credits); Creator $22 (121k, $11 first month); Pro $99 (600k); Scale $299 (1.8M, 3 seats); Business $990 (6M, 10 seats)
- What you pay for
- Credits shared across products; TTS about 1 credit per character; annual = 10× monthly
- Built for
- Voiceovers, voice cloning, dubbing, music and an API for apps and agents
- Free plan
- Free: 10 robotic-sounding voices, up to 1.5x speed
- Paid plans
- Premium $29/month or $139 billed yearly
- What you pay for
- Flat subscription for listening
- Built for
- Listening to PDFs, docs and web pages; 1000+ voices, 60+ languages, up to 5x speed, voice typing
How we checked: Quoted from each official consumer pricing page on Nov 6, 2026. Speechify Studio and Speechify API have their own pricing pages that are not compared here.
Pick by job
- Listening to your own reading (study, email, articles): Speechify Premium is a flat $29 a month or $139 a year.
- Making audio for others (voiceover, podcasts, agents, apps): ElevenLabs bills credits, with a commercial license from Starter up.
See Speechify pricing, ElevenLabs pricing, Speechify alternatives and best text-to-speech APIs.
FAQ
Is Speechify or ElevenLabs cheaper?
They bill differently. On Nov 6, 2026 Speechify Premium was $29/month or $139/year flat; ElevenLabs started at $6/month for 30k credits (Creator $22 for 121k).
Do Speechify and ElevenLabs have free plans?
Yes. Speechify Free offers 10 voices at up to 1.5x speed; ElevenLabs Free gives 10,000 credits a month.
Sources (official pages, read 2026-11-06)
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