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AI voice cost calculator

Estimate what monthly TTS output costs on ElevenLabs and Speechify Studio — plan price, monthly credits, and cost per 100k characters. Estimates only: ElevenLabs credits are shared across TTS/STT and Speechify Studio credits are separate from the reader app.

Your monthly output

One hour of narration ≈ 60,000–90,000 characters depending on pacing. Adjust to your real production.

PlatformCheapest fitting planPlan priceMonthly creditsEst. cost / 100k charsNotes

What the numbers mean

ElevenLabs' free tier gives 10,000 credits/month — roughly 10k characters of TTS. Starter at $6/month (annual) adds 30,000 credits with commercial rights on your own voice; Creator tiers scale up to hundreds of thousands of credits. Speechify Studio's free plan gives 600 credits without commercial rights — monetized channels need a paid Studio plan; the Premium reader app ($29/month) is a separate product and does not include Studio generation credits.

Compare voice platforms in depth on the ElevenLabs vs Speechify comparison and the ElevenLabs vs Descript page, then verify the current plan page before subscribing.

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Run the AI video cost calculator or the AI music cost calculator for the rest of your creator stack, or see all voice tools on the voice category page.