ElevenLabs vs Speechify Comparison 2026
ElevenLabs clones a voice and dubs video into other languages, from $6 a month, with 10,000 free monthly credits to test it first. Speechify began as a text reader for people who take information in better by ear, and grew a voice generator alongside it, both on one $29 a month Premium plan after a free tier. This is not two competing voice generators. It is a choice between a document read aloud, a studio voiceover, or, for some people, both.
Voice generation and dubbing you can publish
Reads anything aloud, and clones a voice
At a glance
- ElevenLabs starts cheaper, at $6.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
ElevenLabs | Speechify | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $6 | From $29 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | None | None |
| API |
ElevenLabs
Voice generation and dubbing you can publish
ElevenLabs clones a voice from a short sample and dubs video into other languages while keeping the delivery. Creators use it for narration, corrections and reaching audiences in other languages. Disclose it, and get permission before cloning anyone else.
Our note
The commercial licence sitting on the paid tier rather than the free one is the thing people miss. If a generated voice is going anywhere public, be on Starter at least, and disclose it.
Only on this side
- Covers audio & podcasting
- Works with YouTube
- Works with TikTok
- Works with Podcast
Speechify
Reads anything aloud, and clones a voice
Speechify began as a reader for people who take text in better by ear, and grew into a voice generator with cloning, dubbing and an API. The reading half runs as a browser extension and a phone app across documents, PDFs and web pages. The generating half competes with the studio tools, and the two sit on one subscription.
Why people weigh these two
- Speechify instead of ElevenLabs
- Speechify is built to read existing text aloud rather than dub video, and it clones a voice too, with a free tier and paid plans from $29 a month against ElevenLabs' $6.
- ElevenLabs instead of Speechify
- ElevenLabs generates and dubs voices you can publish, from $6 with a free tier, the closest match on cloning.
Which one should you pick
Pick ElevenLabs if the only job is voiceover: narration, dubbing, cloning a voice for a project. Editorial guidance here calls it the sharper tool for that job specifically, and it starts at $6 a month against Speechify's $29.
Pick Speechify if reading is the actual need, whether that is an accessibility reason or a stack of research to get through by ear. The reading half runs as a browser extension and phone app across documents, PDFs and web pages, and the voice generator rides along on the same $29 subscription. Somebody who only wants a studio-grade voiceover should compare the voices themselves against ElevenLabs before paying for a reader they will not use.
Common questions
- Is ElevenLabs cheaper than Speechify?
- For voice generation alone, yes. ElevenLabs' Starter plan is $6 a month once the commercial licence is added; Speechify Premium is $29 a month and bundles a document reader with its voice generator, so the two prices are not buying quite the same thing.
- Does Speechify only read text aloud, or can it generate a voice too?
- Both. Speechify reads documents, PDFs and web pages through a browser extension and phone app, and it also clones and dubs voices with an API, all on one subscription. ElevenLabs does the voice generation half only, with no reading feature.
- Which one makes a better studio voiceover?
- ElevenLabs, according to the editorial guidance here: two products share one Speechify bill, a reader and a voice generator, and most buyers only want one of them. If the voiceover is the whole reason to pay, ElevenLabs is the sharper tool on the voices themselves.
- Which one is built for reading text aloud rather than generating a voiceover?
- Speechify. It runs as a browser extension and phone app that reads documents, PDFs and web pages, the product it started as before adding voice generation. ElevenLabs is a voice generator only, for content you are producing rather than consuming.
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