Text to Speech
STEEP · priciest third for this operationElevenLabs Text to Speech costs $0.18 for one minute of speech. That is the priciest third of the 8 entries we price on the same operation.
Text to Speech · the arithmetic
the unit$0.00018182 per credit (= 1 character) · Creator plan, $22/month with monthly billing, 121,000 credits/month. The $11 shown on the page is a first-month 50% discount, not the list price.
the meter1 credit per character. The Compare plans table on the pricing page states the Creator plan includes ~121 minutes of Text to Speech and prices an extra minute at ~$0.18, i.e. 1,000 credits = 1 minute of speech.
the sumElevenLabs publishes both halves itself: 121,000 credits = ~121 minutes and 'Extra minute ~$0.18' on the Creator column. No characters-per-minute assumption of ours is needed here; their own equivalence is 1,000 characters = 1 minute. Cross-check: $22 / 121 min = $0.1818.
the verdictSTEEP · priciest third for this operation
the catchInstant and Professional Voice Cloning are included in the Creator plan and are billed with the same credits, so a cloned voice costs the same per minute as a stock voice. Flash/Turbo models cost 0.5-1 credit per character via API, i.e. down to half this price.
read on 14 sep 2026 · pricing page ↗ · documentation ↗
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How much does Text to Speech cost on ElevenLabs?
$0.18 for 1 min of speech, read from ElevenLabs's own pages on 14 sep 2026. The meter: 1 credit per character. The Compare plans table on the pricing page states the Creator plan includes ~121 minutes of Text to Speech and prices an extra minute at ~$0.18, i.e. 1,000 credits = 1 minute of speech..
Where does this number come from?
ElevenLabs publishes both halves itself: 121,000 credits = ~121 minutes and 'Extra minute ~$0.18' on the Creator column. No characters-per-minute assumption of ours is needed here; their own equivalence is 1,000 characters = 1 minute. Cross-check: $22 / 121 min = $0.1818.
What counts as one operation here?
1 min of speech. Every entry in the same operation is priced on that same unit, which is what makes the comparison mean anything.