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ElevenLabs vs Cartesia
ElevenLabs scores higher overall (8.7 vs 7.7), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose ElevenLabs if…
Creators and developers who want the most natural-sounding voices and the widest toolset
8.7/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Cartesia if…
Developers building real-time voice agents and phone bots
7.7/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| ElevenLabs | Cartesia | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.7/10 | 7.7/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #4 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $5/month | Freemium · from $5/month |
| Free version | 10,000 credits a month, no commercial licence and no voice cloning | 20,000 credits a month |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, API | Web, API |
| Made by | ElevenLabs, Inc. | Cartesia AI |
| Voice quality | 9.5 | 9 |
| Ease of use | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Features | 9 | 7 |
| Value for money | 7 | 8.5 |
| Platforms | 9.5 | 6 |
ElevenLabs: what the AI does
- Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo text-to-speech in 90+ languages
- Instant and professional voice cloning
- Voice design from a text prompt
- AI dubbing studio
- Sound effects and music generation
- Conversational voice agents (ElevenAgents)
- Top-ranked voice quality in blind listening tests
- Cheap entry plan with a commercial licence and cloning
- Web studio, iOS app and API share one account
- Huge voice library and strong multilingual voices
- Credits run out quickly on long projects and don't roll over
- Free plan has no commercial licence
- App Store reviewers complain about paying a subscription and still running short of credits
Cartesia: what the AI does
- Sonic text-to-speech with very low latency
- Instant and professional voice cloning
- Ink streaming speech-to-text
- Managed voice-agent platform
- On-device and on-premise deployment
- Sonic 3.6 ranks in the top five of the Speech Arena
- Very fast time to first audio
- Cheap $5 entry plan with cloning
- Can run on-device or on-premise
- Built for developers; the playground is basic for voiceover work
- No mobile apps