ElevenLabs
Updated May 2026
ElevenLabs
The voice synthesis industry leader
Founded in 2022 in Poland, ElevenLabs rocketed to dominance with a text-to-speech model that was actually indistinguishable from a human. Their voice cloning — create a custom voice from 30 seconds of sample audio — powered a wave of audiobooks, YouTube narration, and IVR systems. In 2025 they expanded into music (ElevenMusic) with commercially-licensed output and a conversational AI agent platform.
Variants
4
Best at
best-in-class voice naturalness
Max context
—
Pricing
Free
$0
per 10k characters/month
Starter
$5
per month, 30k chars
Pro
$99
per month, 500k chars
Music
$0.50
per minute
Variants
Sort the table by context window or cost to find the right variant. Click any version below for a battle card with ranks, pricing notes, and official links.
| Modalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
ElevenLabs v3 eleven-v3 | — | varies / varies | 2025 | audio |
ElevenMusic eleven-music | — | varies / varies | 2025 | audio |
Voice Cloning voice-clone | — | varies / varies | 2023 | audio |
Conversational AI convai | — | varies / varies | 2024 | audio |
Battle card
Context rank
N/A
within ElevenLabs
Capability rank
#2
modalities + reasoning
Weights
Closed
API/app access
Best fights to pick
- audiobook narration
- podcast voice-over
- multilingual dubbing
- IVR systems
Rankings are Tendril directory ranks, computed from the model data shown here. Public benchmark leaderboards change often, so official docs and current benchmark pages should be checked before buying or deploying.
Learn
Lessons about this model
Structured lessons that cover ElevenLabs directly or put it in context alongside its rivals.
Check yourself
Quizzes
Short, mixed-difficulty quiz sets on ElevenLabs and its model family.
Specialized Models
4 questions
Beyond general chat — coding, math, embeddings, and domain models.
Start quiz →Hands-on
Try these prompts
Ready-made prompts that show ElevenLabs at its best. Use them in your own AI workspace, then compare the output with what you learned in Tendril.
ElevenLabs voice design from a text brief
BuildersDescribe the voice you want and ElevenLabs designs it — no recording needed.
Design a voice: warm, 30-something woman, slight gravel, unhurried, the kind of voice you'd trust reading a meditation app. Generate a 20-second sample reading: 'Take a slow breath in. And release it. Let your shoulders drop.'
Voice clone with consent form
CreatorsClone your own voice (with the required consent workflow) and read a script.
[Consent: I am the speaker. Voice sample 60s attached.] Clone my voice and read: 'Hey team, quick update on the launch. We're on track for Friday, no blockers. I'll send the PR list by 4pm.' Natural cadence, no over-enunciation.
Multilingual dub
CreatorsElevenLabs preserves voice identity across languages — useful for creators dubbing their own content.
[Voice clone ID: my-voice] dub this English paragraph into Spanish, preserving my voice identity. 'Welcome to the channel. Today we're going to build a birdhouse from scrap wood.'
Print & keep
Printable reference
One-page summaries and flowcharts — great for desks, classrooms, or study sessions.
Go deeper
Official resources
Straight from the lab — docs, API references, and the chat surfaces you can try today.
Strengths
- best-in-class voice naturalness
- largest voice library (5000+ voices)
- full conversational-AI stack
Limits
- expensive at scale vs MiniMax
- cloning ethics depend on consent enforcement
- no open weights