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Voice & audio
Ordered by Artificial Analysis speech-arena Elo, a free tier, entry price, and the product's App Store rating and review count. A music tool with no speech-board row keeps a blank Elo. A tool under half the category weight has no numeric rank.
Updated · Compare ElevenLabs and Grok
Machine-readable scores: voice.json. Method on the methodology page. Published by AIToolStack.
Quick answers
What is the top Voice & audio pick?
- ElevenLabs is rank 1 of 3, with composite 87.2 and coverage 100%. Composite 87.2 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Speech Arena Elo.
What is the top free or freemium Voice & audio pick?
- ElevenLabs is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 3, with composite 87.2.
How do these ranks work?
- Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.
Rank 1 of 3.
ElevenLabs
FreemiumSpeech, voice design, sound effects, and music.
- Composite
- 87.2
- Evidence
- 87.2
- Coverage
- 100%
Composite 87.2 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Speech Arena Elo.
Score breakdown for ElevenLabs Metric Value Weight Normalized Source Speech Arena Elo 1330Eleven v4 TurboElo 1330±18. Retrieval date; the leaderboard page did not print a timestamp. API price on that row is $40 per 1M characters and is not the subscription scored below. 30% 88.3 Source for Speech Arena Elo (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Free tier YesFreeFree is listed at $0 per month. 18% 100.0 Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Entry monthly price $6StarterThe FAQ lists Starter at $6 per month. A first-month promo price on the same page is not used. 18% 85.0 Source for Entry monthly price (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store rating 4.84ElevenLabs: AI Voice GeneratorApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.84048 and userRatingCount 22423 for ElevenLabs: AI Voice Generator by Eleven Labs Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 18% 96.8 Source for App Store rating (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store reviews 22423ElevenLabs: AI Voice GeneratorApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.84048 and userRatingCount 22423 for ElevenLabs: AI Voice Generator by Eleven Labs Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 16% 62.2 Source for App Store reviews (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Rank 2 of 3.
Grok
FreemiumSpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code.
- Composite
- 64.1
- Evidence
- 91.5
- Coverage
- 70%
Composite 64.1 from 70% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
Score breakdown for Grok Metric Value Weight Normalized Source Speech Arena Elo Not available 30% — Not available Free tier YesFreeThe X Subscription price table lists Free at $0. New self-serve plans include Grok. Existing SuperGrok plans can continue. 18% 100.0 Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Entry monthly price $8PlusPlus is $8 per month, or $80 per year. It is the cheapest paid individual plan in the table. Premium is $30 per month. Annual discounts are not scored. 18% 80.0 Source for Entry monthly price (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store rating 4.87Grok AIApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.87411 and userRatingCount 1510343 for Grok AI by X Corp.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 18% 97.4 Source for App Store rating (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store reviews 1510343Grok AIApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.87411 and userRatingCount 1510343 for Grok AI by X Corp.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 16% 88.3 Source for App Store reviews (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Rank 3 of 3.
Suno
FreemiumMusic generator that writes songs from a text prompt.
- Composite
- 48.3
- Evidence
- 92.9
- Coverage
- 52%
Composite 48.3 from 52% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
Score breakdown for Suno Metric Value Weight Normalized Source Speech Arena Elo Not available 30% — Not available Free tier YesFreeFree is listed at $0 per month. A paid price on the same page is tied to a monthly/annual toggle and a yearly savings line, so the entry price is left blank rather than guessing which figure is the monthly list price. 18% 100.0 Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Entry monthly price Not available 18% — Not available App Store rating 4.88Suno - AI Songs, Music, LyricsApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.88378 and userRatingCount 372548 for Suno - AI Songs, Music, Lyrics by Suno Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 18% 97.6 Source for App Store rating (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store reviews 372548Suno - AI Songs, Music, LyricsApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.88378 and userRatingCount 372548 for Suno - AI Songs, Music, Lyrics by Suno Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 16% 79.6 Source for App Store reviews (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Insufficient data
Speechify
Price not availableText-to-speech reader for articles, docs, and other writing.
- Composite
- 29.9
- Evidence
- 87.8
- Coverage
- 34%
Insufficient data. Coverage is 34%, under 50% of the category weight, so this row has no numeric rank.
Score breakdown for Speechify Metric Value Weight Normalized Source Speech Arena Elo Not available 30% — Not available Free tier Not available 18% — Not available Entry monthly price Not available 18% — Not available App Store rating 4.66Speechify – Text to Speech PDFApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.66193 and userRatingCount 526347 for Speechify – Text to Speech PDF by Speechify Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 18% 93.2 Source for App Store rating (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store reviews 526347Speechify – Text to Speech PDFApple App Store listing in the US. iTunes Search API lookup on 2026-10-16 returned averageUserRating 4.66193 and userRatingCount 526347 for Speechify – Text to Speech PDF by Speechify Inc.. The stored rating is that average rounded to two decimal places. The store page does not print a rating timestamp. 16% 81.7 Source for App Store reviews (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Insufficient data
Murf
FreemiumVoiceover studio for narration and training audio.
- Composite
- 27.3
- Evidence
- 56.8
- Coverage
- 48%
Insufficient data. Coverage is 48%, under 50% of the category weight, so this row has no numeric rank.
Score breakdown for Murf Metric Value Weight Normalized Source Speech Arena Elo 985Murf Speech Gen 2Elo 985±12. Retrieval date; the leaderboard page did not print a timestamp. 30% 30.8 Source for Speech Arena Elo (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Free tier YesTry for FreeThe pricing page says Try for Free and no credit card required. The dollar figures on that page are API rates per character or per minute, not a monthly seat price, so entry price is blank. iTunes lookup did not return an app published by Murf. 18% 100.0 Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Entry monthly price Not available 18% — Not available App Store rating Not available 18% — Not available App Store reviews Not available 16% — Not available Insufficient data
Descript
FreemiumEditor for video and podcasts that works from the transcript.
- Composite
- 25.2
- Evidence
- 70.0
- Coverage
- 36%
Insufficient data. Coverage is 36%, under 50% of the category weight, so this row has no numeric rank.
Score breakdown for Descript Metric Value Weight Normalized Source Speech Arena Elo Not available 30% — Not available Free tier YesFreeThe pricing page lists Free at $0. 18% 100.0 Source for Free tier (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 Entry monthly price $24HobbyistThe Hobbyist card shows $16 and $24 per person per month under a toggle that says saving up to 35% over the monthly plan. $16 is about a third below $24, which matches that savings line, so $24 is scored as the monthly price. 18% 40.0 Source for Entry monthly price (opens in a new tab)as of 2026-10-16 App Store rating Not available 18% — Not available App Store reviews Not available 16% — Not available
Latest releases
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NVIDIA published Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight promptable speech model (30B-A4B, about 4.3 billion active parameters) for transcription, speaker attribution, translation, and timestamps, under the OpenMDW-1.1 license. Leaderboard and speed figures on the page are vendor-reported.
Eleven Realtime v1 Mini and v1 Max
ElevenLabs' October 19, 2026 changelog adds Eleven Realtime v1 Mini and v1 Max for ElevenAgents voice agents, rolling out gradually. Each model is a complete voice-agent configuration, and the changelog says an OpenAI Realtime API client can connect by changing the endpoint and session configuration.
ElevenLabs changelog (opens in a new tab)ElevenLabs on AIToolStack