ElevenLabs pricing calculator: hidden fees & tier break-even

Studio-grade narration, voice cloning, and low-latency conversational voice APIs with the lowest entry price ($6/mo).

Cheapest plan at 300 voice minutes/mo

$54.22/mo

Creator (121k credits ≈ 121 min)

Hidden overage in that bill

$32.22/mo

59.4% of the total

Effective unit cost

$180.73

per 1k voice minutes

ElevenLabs is the cheapest option at this volume

Every tracked alternative costs more at 300 voice minutes/mo — here is how the closest ones compare.

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Cheapest plan: Creator (121k credits ≈ 121 min)

$54.22/mo

$650.64/yr · $180.73 per 1k voice minutes

Plan price
$22 (40.6%)
Usage above plan
$32.22 (59.4%)

$32.22/mo (59.4%) of this bill is overage on Creator (121k credits ≈ 121 min). Tier jump ahead: at 550 voice minutes/mo the cheapest plan becomes Pro (600k credits ≈ 600 min) at $99/mo (+$44.78/mo vs. today).

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Break-even across 5 volume pointsCheapest plan per tool · monthly billing · 1 seat
$90
$210
$418
$631
$843
50010%
1,25025%
2,50050%
3,75075%
5,000100%

Volume in voice minutes/mo. Labels mark the cheaper tool at each point; hover a bar for its exact cost.

Monthly cost at each benchmark volume
VolumeElevenLabs
500$90.22
1,250$209.50
2,500$418
3,750$630.50
5,000$843

Hidden billing gotchas

  • Extra minutes are prepaid Pay As You Go top-ups ($5 minimum). If the balance hits $0 with Auto Top Up off, service pauses immediately, and top-up credits expire after 12 months.
  • Credits are one pool across every product: text to speech costs 1 credit per character on the Multilingual v2 model, and speech to text, dubbing and music draw from the same credits. Regenerating a take uses credits again.
  • Unused plan credits roll over for up to 2 months (at most 3× the monthly quota) and are lost on downgrade or cancellation.
  • The free plan (10k credits, about 10 minutes) has no commercial licence; commercial use starts on Starter.

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ElevenLabs plans & overage rates

TierMonthlyAnnual (per mo)IncludedOverageSeats
Starter (30k credits ≈ 30 min)$6$5−16.7%30$0.20 each1
Creator (121k credits ≈ 121 min)$22$18.33−16.7%121$0.18 each1
Pro (600k credits ≈ 600 min)$99$82.50−16.7%600$0.17 each1
Scale (1.8M credits ≈ 1,800 min)$299$249.17−16.7%1,800$0.17 each3
Business (6M credits ≈ 6,000 min)$990$825−16.7%6,000$0.17 each10

Units: voice minutes. Overage is billed per started block of 1 unit above the tier allowance; capped tiers stop at their allowance. Each tier's seat limit is a hard ceiling — bigger teams must move up a plan.

Tier break-even points

  1. 150 voice minutes/moStarter (30k credits ≈ 30 min) → Creator (121k credits ≈ 121 min) becomes cheapest at $27.22/mo
  2. 550 voice minutes/moCreator (121k credits ≈ 121 min) → Pro (600k credits ≈ 600 min) becomes cheapest at $99/mo
  3. 1,800 voice minutes/moPro (600k credits ≈ 600 min) → Scale (1.8M credits ≈ 1,800 min) becomes cheapest at $299/mo