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ElevenLabs vs Descript
ElevenLabs scores higher overall (8.7 vs 7.2), 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 Descript if…
Podcasters and video creators who want to patch or narrate recordings inside their editor
7.2/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| ElevenLabs | Descript | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.7/10 | 7.2/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #8 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $5/month | Freemium · from $16/month |
| Free version | 10,000 credits a month, no commercial licence and no voice cloning | 60 media minutes a month and 100 one-time AI credits, limited AI speech |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, API | Desktop app, Web, API |
| Made by | ElevenLabs, Inc. | Descript, Inc. |
| Voice quality | 9.5 | 6.5 |
| Ease of use | 8.5 | 8 |
| Features | 9 | 7.5 |
| Value for money | 7 | 7 |
| Platforms | 9.5 | 7.5 |
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
Descript: what the AI does
- Voice cloning of your own voice
- Stock AI speakers in 20+ languages
- Regenerate to fix flubbed words
- AI dubbing and translation
- Underlord AI co-editor
- Full audio and video editor, not just a voice tool
- Fix mistakes by typing instead of re-recording
- Cloning restricted to your own voice
- AI credits cover many other editing features
- Voice quality trails dedicated TTS tools
- AI credits are shared across all AI features
- Overkill if you only need text-to-speech