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ElevenLabs vs Speechify (2026): Voice Generation vs Read-Aloud, Prices, Free Plans and Commercial Rights

ElevenLabs sells AI voice generation by credits: text to speech, voice cloning, dubbing and an API. Speechify is two products under one name: a read-aloud app (Speechify Premium) that turns your PDFs, emails and articles into audio, and Speechify Studio, a separate subscription for voiceovers and dubbing. This table compares official US prices, free plans, commercial rights and refund rules, read on elevenlabs.io (19 October 2026) and speechify.com (20 October 2026). Kuponaut holds partner links for both and no discount code for either.

✓ Updated: October 20, 2026 · By Fırat Papatya

Offer today	ElevenLabs	Speechify
Kuponaut code	Link deal, no code needed	Link deal, no code needed

	ElevenLabs	Speechify
What it is	AI voice platform: text to speech, instant and professional voice cloning, dubbing, music, an API and Studio for long projects	Speechify Premium reads any text aloud (PDF, web, email, books) on phone, browser and desktop; Speechify Studio is a separate product for voiceovers, dubbing and a voice changer
Free plan	$0, no card: 10,000 credits a month (about 10 minutes of audio), 3 Studio projects, no voice cloning, no commercial licence, attribution required	Premium Free: 10 robotic-sounding voices, speeds up to 1.5x, text-to-speech only. Studio Free: 600 Studio credits, 1,000+ voices, no commercial usage rights
Entry paid plan	Starter $6 a month, or $5 a month billed yearly: 30,000 credits (about 30 minutes), commercial licence, instant voice cloning, 20 Studio projects, dubbing	Premium $29 a month, or $139 a year (advertised as save 60%): 1,000+ natural voices, 60+ languages, 5x speed, scan and listen, AI summaries, voice typing, AI podcasts. Studio Starter $100 a year: 86,400 Studio credits, commercial rights
Mid plan	Creator $22 a month (first month shown at 50% off, $11, on 19 Oct 2026), or $18.33 billed yearly: 121,000 credits (about 121 minutes), professional voice cloning, extra credits	Studio Creator $300 a year: 345,600 Studio credits, everything in Studio Starter. No monthly billing is shown for Studio
Top plans	Pro $99 (about 600 minutes, 44.1 kHz API audio); Scale $299 (1.8M credits, 3 seats); Business $990 (6M credits, 10 seats); Enterprise custom	No higher Studio tiers on the public page; Speechify API is priced separately, and Enterprise/EDU is by contact
Yearly saving	Two months free on yearly billing (Starter $5, Creator $18.33, Pro $82.50 a month)	Premium yearly $139 against $29 a month (the page advertises 60%); Studio is yearly only
Free trial	None advertised; the free plan is the test	Speechify’s student page describes a 3-day Premium trial that bills the year on day 3 unless cancelled (read 3 Sep 2026); the pricing page on 20 Oct 2026 shows no trial button, only Start for free
What you pay for	Credits consumed per generated audio; cloning tiers, API quality and seats rise with plan	Premium: access to natural voices and features for listening; Studio: credits for generated voiceover and dubbing (the page does not define a Studio credit)
Commercial use	Not on Free; from Starter upward the plan includes a commercial licence	Studio Free has no commercial usage rights; Studio Starter and Creator include them. Premium is a listening product, not a production licence
Refunds	Within 14 days of payment if no credits were used, by emailing support; otherwise sales are final and unused credits are lost on cancellation	Not stated on the pricing page; check Speechify’s help centre before paying, especially on the yearly plan
Students and programmes	Creator free for 3 months with student verification; Startup Grants (12 months free, under 25 employees); Impact Program for non-profits and people with voice loss	US K-12 students get Premium free via students.speechify.com after verification; no student offer shown for Studio
Kuponaut offer	Partner link; no code. ElevenLabs uses coupon links that only work for free-plan accounts on monthly billing	Partner link; no code. The 60% yearly saving is Speechify’s own public pricing

How to choose

They are mostly not rivals. If you want to listen to your own reading (documents, articles, textbooks), Speechify Premium at $139 a year is the product and ElevenLabs is the wrong tool; ElevenLabs’ reader app exists but its pricing page is about generation. If you want to make audio for other people (voiceovers, a narrated video, a cloned voice, dubbing), compare ElevenLabs with Speechify Studio, not with Premium. There ElevenLabs is cheaper to start and more flexible: Starter at $5 a month on yearly billing already includes a commercial licence, instant cloning and dubbing, while Speechify Studio’s commercial rights begin at $100 a year with no monthly option. ElevenLabs also publishes minutes per plan (about 30 on Starter, 121 on Creator), which Speechify’s Studio page does not do for its credits, so you can budget ElevenLabs in advance. Test both free plans first: neither lets you use free output commercially, and ElevenLabs’ refund window closes 14 days after payment and only if you used nothing.

Frequently asked questions

Is Speechify cheaper than ElevenLabs?

It depends which Speechify. Speechify Premium is $29 a month or $139 a year; ElevenLabs Starter is $6 a month or $5 billed yearly and Creator $22 or $18.33 yearly. For voiceover work, Speechify Studio starts at $100 a year against ElevenLabs Starter at $60 a year, so ElevenLabs is the cheaper entry; Speechify Studio Creator at $300 a year sits between ElevenLabs Creator ($220 a year) and Pro ($990 a year).

Can I use the free plans commercially?

No on both. ElevenLabs’ free plan excludes a commercial licence and requires attribution; Speechify Studio’s free plan lists no commercial usage rights. ElevenLabs adds the licence from Starter ($6 a month); Speechify Studio adds commercial rights from Studio Starter ($100 a year).

Which is better for reading PDFs and articles aloud?

Speechify Premium: that is what it is built for, with phone, browser and desktop apps, scan and listen, speeds up to 5x and AI summaries. ElevenLabs is priced and documented as a generation platform.

Does either have a discount code?

No. Kuponaut holds partner links for both and no code. ElevenLabs’ only visible offer on 19 October 2026 was 50% off the first month of Creator ($11); Speechify’s is the yearly price ($139 against $29 a month).

Where were these prices read?

ElevenLabs: elevenlabs.io/pricing and the ElevenLabs help centre, 19 October 2026. Speechify: speechify.com/pricing and speechify.com/pricing-studio, 20 October 2026. Both in USD before tax.

Current deals

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