Synthesia starts at $19/mo, ElevenLabs at $6/mo. Both have a free plan. Every plan from both vendors, the limits each one actually publishes, and what changed recently, with a source on every line.
Pick ElevenLabs if you want the lowest monthly bill. Beyond price and free access, the deciding factor is which models and features you need; we track the money, not the model quality.
| Fact | Synthesia | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Free tier | Free tier |
| Cheapest plan | Starter · $19/mo | Starter · $6/mo |
| Top plan | Pro · $89/mo | Scale · $299/mo |
| Plans tracked | 2 | 5 |
| Yearly discount | up to 34% | None shown |
| Allowance periods | Not stated | Monthly |
| Latest change | None logged | None logged |
| Last checked |
| Tool | Plan | Price | Limits as stated & source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synthesia | Starter | $19/mo | 15,000 credits/year (video up to ~150 min) on top of free allowance. uncertain Source: synthesia.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-16 |
| Synthesia | Pro | $89/mo | 72,000 credits/year (video up to ~720 min). uncertain Source: synthesia.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-16 |
| ElevenLabs | Starter | $6/mo | 30k credits/month; 20 Studio projects; commercial license; Instant Voice Cloning. Source: elevenlabs.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-19 |
| ElevenLabs | Creator | $22/mo | 121k credits/month; Professional Voice Cloning. First month 50% off ($11). Source: elevenlabs.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-19 |
| ElevenLabs | Pro | $99/mo | 600k credits/month. Source: elevenlabs.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-19 |
| ElevenLabs | Scale | $299/mo | 1.8M credits/month; 3 Professional Voice Clones. Source: elevenlabs.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-19 |
| ElevenLabs | Business | $990/mo | 6M credits/month; 10 Professional Voice Clones; low-latency TTS from 5c/minute. Source: elevenlabs.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-19 |
| Tool | Free? | What you get for $0 & source |
|---|---|---|
| Synthesia | Free tier | Basic $0: 500 credits/month free allowance; videos carry a Synthesia watermark. Source: synthesia.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-16 |
| ElevenLabs | Free tier | Free: 10k credits per month; 3 Projects in Studio. Pricing page calculator shows ~50 min of generated audio/month at the free level (approximate). Source: elevenlabs.io (opens in new tab) · checked 2026-10-19 |
No price, limit or free-tier change logged for Synthesia or ElevenLabs yet. We check both vendors' pages daily.
ElevenLabs is cheaper to start: ElevenLabs Starter costs $6/mo, against $19/mo for Synthesia Starter. At the top end, Synthesia Pro is $89/mo and ElevenLabs Scale is $299/mo.
Synthesia: Yes. Basic $0: 500 credits/month free allowance; videos carry a Synthesia watermark. ElevenLabs: Yes. Free: 10k credits per month; 3 Projects in Studio. Pricing page calculator shows ~50 min of generated audio/month at the free level (approximate).
Synthesia Starter ($19/mo): 15,000 credits/year (video up to ~150 min) on top of free allowance. ElevenLabs Creator ($22/mo): 121k credits/month; Professional Voice Cloning. First month 50% off ($11).
Synthesia: up to 34% off when billed yearly (Pro: $59/mo instead of $89). ElevenLabs: no yearly discount on the plans we track.
No change is logged for either since we started tracking. Prices were last checked 2026-10-16.