Gemini TTS vs ElevenLabs on price
Gemini TTS is cheaper at every volume from 1 to 100 hours of speech a month. At 10 hours a month, Gemini TTS's cheapest option is 2.5 Flash TTS at $9.07 and ElevenLabs' is API, Flash / Turbo at $21.20. Gemini TTS sells an API; ElevenLabs sells an editor app and an API.
| Speech a month | Gemini TTS | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.907 ($0.015/min) 2.5 Flash TTS | $1.76 ($0.029/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 5 hours | $4.53 ($0.015/min) 2.5 Flash TTS | $10.40 ($0.035/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 10 hours | $9.07 ($0.015/min) 2.5 Flash TTS | $21.20 ($0.035/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 50 hours | $45.34 ($0.015/min) 2.5 Flash TTS | $108 ($0.036/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 100 hours | $90.67 ($0.015/min) 2.5 Flash TTS | $216 ($0.036/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
Each side's cheapest option for the volume, monthly billing where offered, free allowances included; bold marks the cheaper. Per-minute figures assume 900 characters of text per minute of speech.
What the numbers say
- How fast the speech is changes the bill for text-billed plans: at 10 hours a month, Gemini TTS costs $9.05 at 720 characters a minute and $9.07 at 1,000; ElevenLabs $16.88 and $23.60.
- On ElevenLabs, the API is cheaper than the editor app at every volume from 1 to 100 hours a month.
Where the cheaper one changes
ElevenLabs is cheaper up to 19 minutes (17,200 characters) and Gemini TTS is cheaper above that, to 100 hours of speech a month.
Plans against pay as you go
| Plan | A month | Minutes included | Same minutes, its own pay as you go | Same minutes on the other side |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs Starter (app) | $6 $0.18/min | 33 | $0.80 API, Flash / Turbo | $0.504 Gemini TTS, 2.5 Flash TTS |
| ElevenLabs Creator (app) | $22 $0.164/min | 134 | $4.44 API, Flash / Turbo | $2.03 Gemini TTS, 2.5 Flash TTS |
| ElevenLabs Pro (app) | $99 $0.149/min | 667 | $23.60 API, Flash / Turbo | $10.07 Gemini TTS, 2.5 Flash TTS |
| ElevenLabs Scale (app) | $299 $0.149/min | 2,000 | $71.60 API, Flash / Turbo | $30.22 Gemini TTS, 2.5 Flash TTS |
| ElevenLabs Business (app) | $990 $0.148/min | 6,667 | $240 API, Flash / Turbo | $101 Gemini TTS, 2.5 Flash TTS |
- Used in full, none of the 5 ElevenLabs plans costs less than Gemini TTS charges for the same minutes; the best value, Business (app), works out at $0.148 a minute against $0.015 on Gemini TTS.
Every Gemini TTS option at 10 hours a month
| Option | A month | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 Flash TTS A preview model on the Gemini API, due to shut down from 17 November 2026. | $9.07 | $0.015 |
| 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS About $0.009 a minute until 31 December 2026, an introductory price. | $10.94 | $0.018 |
| 3.8 Flash TTS About $0.014 a minute until 31 December 2026, an introductory price. | $16.34 | $0.027 |
| 3.1 Flash TTS A preview model on the Gemini API, due to shut down from 17 November 2026. | $18.13 | $0.03 |
| 2.5 Pro TTS A preview model on the Gemini API, due to shut down from 17 November 2026. No free tier. | $18.13 | $0.03 |
Every ElevenLabs option at 10 hours a month
| Option | A month | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| API, Flash / Turbo | $21.20 | $0.035 |
| API, v2 Multilingual | $42.40 | $0.071 |
| Pro (app) | $99 | $0.165 |
| Scale (app) | $299 | $0.498 |
| Business (app) | $990 | $1.65 |
| Starter (app) | Bigger plan | – |
| Creator (app) | Bigger plan | – |
"Bigger plan" means the plan's minutes run out before 10 hours and no extra-minute price is published.
Gemini TTS or ElevenLabs: quick answers
Is Gemini TTS cheaper than ElevenLabs?
It depends on how much speech you make: ElevenLabs is cheaper up to 19 minutes (17,200 characters) and Gemini TTS is cheaper above that, to 100 hours of speech a month. At 10 hours a month the cheaper side saves $12.13 a month, $146 a year: Gemini TTS on 2.5 Flash TTS costs $9.07 and ElevenLabs on API, Flash / Turbo $21.20.
Gemini TTS or ElevenLabs: which costs less for 1, 10 or 100 hours of speech a month?
For 1 hour a month, Gemini TTS ($0.907 on 2.5 Flash TTS, against $1.76 on ElevenLabs' API, Flash / Turbo). For 10 hours, Gemini TTS ($9.07 on 2.5 Flash TTS, against $21.20 on ElevenLabs' API, Flash / Turbo). For 100 hours, Gemini TTS ($90.67 on 2.5 Flash TTS, against $216 on ElevenLabs' API, Flash / Turbo). Each side's cheapest option, billed monthly where it can be, at 900 characters a minute.
What do Gemini TTS and ElevenLabs cost per minute?
Gemini TTS: $0.015 to $0.03 a minute pay as you go, billed in tokens. ElevenLabs: plans from $6 to $990 a month, $0.148 to $0.18 a minute with the allowance used in full and $0.036 to $0.072 a minute pay as you go ($0.04 to $0.08 per 1,000 characters). Minutes assume 900 characters of text each.
Do Gemini TTS and ElevenLabs have a free tier?
Gemini TTS: The Gemini API's free tier lists every Gemini TTS model but 2.5 Pro Preview TTS as “Free of charge”, and Google uses free-tier content to improve its products. It sets no free character allowance: “Rate limits depend on a variety of factors (such as your usage tier) and can be viewed in Google AI Studio.” Google Cloud lists no free usage for the same models. ElevenLabs: Its Free plan includes 10,000 credits a month at one credit per character, and its API price table lists 10,000 free characters a month, “~10 min” by ElevenLabs' own reckoning. 10,000 characters is about 11 minutes of speech.
How do Gemini TTS and ElevenLabs charge for speech?
Gemini TTS: In tokens, not characters: the text sent in and the audio that comes out, and Google says “Audio tokens correspond to 25 tokens per second of audio.” ElevenLabs: In the app, speech costs one credit per character; on the API, ElevenLabs says “API usage is billed in US dollars, not credits.”
What does a one-off 10-hour job, an audiobook say, cost on Gemini TTS or ElevenLabs?
Gemini TTS's cheapest way is pay as you go on 2.5 Flash TTS, $9.07; ElevenLabs' cheapest way is pay as you go on API, Flash / Turbo, $21.20.
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