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Specification comparison between AssemblyAI and ElevenLabs
Spec
AssemblyAI
ElevenLabs
Category
Voice & Speech AI
Voice & Speech AI
Pricing model
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freemium
Pricing detail
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Free $0/mo (10k credits). Starter $6/mo (30k). Creator $11/mo intro then $22/mo (121k). Pro $99/mo (600k). Scale $299/mo (1.8M credits, 3 seats). Business $990/mo (6M credits, 10 seats). Enterprise custom. Agents and API priced separately. Startup grants programme offers 12 months free for eligible startups.
Free tier
No
Yes
API
Yes
Yes
Deployment
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cloud
Integrations
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—
Best for
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Giving a digital human its voice, Multilingual narration, Conversational agents
Company
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HQ
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—
Notable clients
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Last verified
Oct 19, 2026
Sep 17, 2026
Which should you choose?
AssemblyAI is positioned for general deployments and documents a public API. ElevenLabs is positioned for Giving a digital human its voice and documents a public API with a free tier to evaluate. If procurement constraints matter most, compare the pricing detail and deployment rows above; if engineering effort matters most, weigh the API and integrations rows.