What is ElevenLabs best for?

ElevenLabs is rank 1 of 3 on Voice & audio.

Does ElevenLabs have a free plan?

Yes. ElevenLabs is listed as Freemium.

On Voice & audio, the other tools are Grok, Suno, Speechify, Murf, and Descript.

Freemium

Speech, voice design, sound effects, and music.

What is ElevenLabs best for?: ElevenLabs is rank 1 of 3 on Voice & audio.
Does ElevenLabs have a free plan?: Yes. ElevenLabs is listed as Freemium.
What are the top alternatives to ElevenLabs?: On Voice & audio, the other tools are Grok, Suno, Speechify, Murf, and Descript.

October 19, 2026
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)

Voice & audio · rank 1 of 3 · composite 87.2 · coverage 100%

Composite 87.2 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Speech Arena Elo.

ElevenLabs score breakdown for Voice & audio
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