Google Cloud Text-to-Speech vs ElevenLabs on price
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech is cheaper at every volume from 1 to 100 hours of speech a month. At 10 hours a month, Google Cloud Text-to-Speech's cheapest option is Standard voices at $0 and ElevenLabs' is API, Flash / Turbo at $21.20. Google Cloud Text-to-Speech sells an API; ElevenLabs sells an editor app and an API.
| Speech a month | Google Cloud Text-to-Speech | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0 ($0/min) Standard voices | $1.76 ($0.029/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 5 hours | $0 ($0/min) Standard voices | $10.40 ($0.035/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 10 hours | $0 ($0/min) Standard voices | $21.20 ($0.035/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 50 hours | $0 ($0/min) Standard voices | $108 ($0.036/min) API, Flash / Turbo |
| 100 hours | $5.60 ($0.001/min) Standard voices | $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, Google Cloud Text-to-Speech costs nothing (within its free tier) either way; ElevenLabs $16.88 and $23.60.
- Google Cloud Text-to-Speech gives 4,000,000 characters a month free (Standard voices, about 4,444 minutes); ElevenLabs gives 10,000 characters a month free (API, v2 Multilingual, about 11 minutes).
- On ElevenLabs, the API is cheaper than the editor app at every volume from 1 to 100 hours a month.
Every Google Cloud Text-to-Speech option at 10 hours a month
| Option | A month | Per minute |
|---|---|---|
| Standard voices Google lists these under legacy models. | $0 | $0 |
| WaveNet voices Listed at the same price and billing code as Standard. | $0 | $0 |
| Neural2 voices | $0 | $0 |
| Chirp 3: HD voices | $0 | $0 |
| Studio voices | $0 | $0 |
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.
Price only: voices, languages, latency and licences differ, so try both. Compare every voice tool for your own monthly minutes, or see every text-to-speech API.
Prices on this page were checked against the official pricing pages on .