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Soniox Text-to-Speech ×

ElevenLabs ×

Soniox Text-to-Speech ×
ElevenLabs ×

Comparator · Audio & voice

Soniox Text-to-SpeechFrom $0.7 (Pay as you go)vs

ElevenLabs$6/mo (Starter (Creative))

Starting priceFrom $0.7 · $6/mo

Free tierno · yes

Plans documented1 · 11

Platforms2 · 2

Comparison of Soniox Text-to-Speech, ElevenLabs
	Soniox Text-to-Speech Visit website for Soniox Text-to-Speech (opens in a new tab)	ElevenLabs Visit website for ElevenLabs (opens in a new tab)
Category	Audio & voice	Audio & voice
Main use cases	Voice agents that speak as the LLM response streams in Multilingual IVR and customer-support phone lines Narration and dubbing in 60+ languages with one voice identity Batch generation of audio files server-side Cloning a brand voice from a short reference clip	Narrating videos, audiobooks and podcasts Dubbing content into other languages Cloning or designing custom voices Transcribing audio to text Building conversational voice agents
Best for	Developers building voice agents, Teams needing multilingual TTS, Products replacing several speech vendors with one API	Content creators and podcasters, Video and localization teams, Developers adding voice to apps, Businesses building voice agents
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Pricing	Pay-as-you-go: $4.00 per 1M input text tokens and $21.50 per 1M output audio tokens (about $0.70 per hour of generated speech) Checked Sep 29, 2026. Official pricing ↗	Free $0 (10,000 credits/mo); Starter $6/mo (30,000 credits); Creator $22/mo with first month shown at $11 (121,000 credits); Pro $99/mo (600,000 credits); Scale $299/mo (1.8M credits); Business $990/mo (6M credits); Enterprise custom. Checked Sep 30, 2026. Official pricing ↗
Key features	TTS v2 model covering 60+ languages with language mixing Audio tags for emotion, tone and non-verbal sounds Real-time WebSocket API that starts speaking from the first words REST API for single-request audio generation Instant voice cloning from clips up to 2 minutes Python/Node SDKs plus LiveKit and Pipecat integrations	Text-to-speech with multiple models Voice cloning and prompt-based voice design Dubbing that aims to keep the original delivery Speech-to-text transcription Sound effects and music generation Developer API and voice agent platform
Pros	Transparent pay-as-you-go pricing in USD, no seat fees Cloned voices work across all supported languages Both streaming and REST access from the same API key Console includes a browser demo to try voices	Supports 70+ languages according to the official site Free plan with 10,000 monthly credits Low-cost entry paid plan with commercial license API available for developers
Limitations	Developer-oriented API; no consumer TTS app described Token-based billing needs conversion to estimate cost per minute Cloned voices must be recomputed when a new model ships Requires creating an account and API key	Free plan does not include a commercial license Usage is limited by a monthly credit system Voice cloning raises consent and misuse concerns that users must manage Generated speech may mispronounce names or uncommon words
Ratings	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet	Editorial Not yet reviewed Users No user reviews yet
Review status	Listed Verified Oct 1, 2026	Listed Verified Sep 30, 2026