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ElevenLabs vs Cartesia

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Side-by-side comparison of ElevenLabs, Cartesia
Criterion	ElevenLabs AI voice generators Freemium	Cartesia AI voice generators Freemium
Score	8.3/10 (best in this comparison)	7.5/10
Pricing model	Free plan · from $6/mo	Free plan · from $5/mo
Entry paid plan	$6/mo	$5/mo (best in this comparison)
Free tier	10,000 credits/month (~10 min of audio), 3 Studio projects, no commercial license	20,000 credits/month (~27 min TTS, ~1h51m STT), 2 concurrent TTS requests, 1 voice-agent slot
Platforms	Web, API, Mobile	Web, API
API	Yes (best in this comparison)	Yes (best in this comparison)
Developer	ElevenLabs Inc.	Cartesia AI Inc.
Launched	2022	2024
Pricing verified	August 2026	August 2026
Capability 30%	9.5	8.5
Value for money 25%	6.5	7.5
Ease of use 15%	8.0	6.5
Maturity 15%	9.0	6.5
Support & docs 10%	8.0	7.0
Momentum 5%	9.5	8.5
Where it falls short	Credit-based pricing is unpredictable: different models burn credits at different rates and overages add up in busy months Steep jump between tiers (Pro $99 to Scale $299) for what is mainly extra seats, and credits/rollover are forfeited immediately on downgrade or cancellation	Free tier explicitly excludes commercial use, voice cloning, and localization features Manual tuning of pitch/speed/emotion is required since automatic expressiveness controls are limited, and long texts must be split due to character limits
Go to source	Visit ElevenLabs	Visit Cartesia

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