Eleven v3 and the ElevenLabs models

ElevenLabs is the company most people mean by AI voice. Eleven v3 is its expressive flagship and the model with a page here; Flash and Turbo are the low-latency lines for agents, and Multilingual v2 the previous standard. The page below reads the same four scripts as every voice model on this site.

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Which one to pick

Side by side, measured

ModelPriceSeconds per reading4 scripts costVoices
Eleven v3$0.10 per 1,000 characters
via fal
7 to 10$0.0976Twenty named stock voices on fal, from Aria to Bill; we used Sarah

Seconds and cost are from our own runs of the same 4 prompts through each model; open a model for every reading and the request behind it.

Every version

VersionReleasedWhat changed
Multilingual v2The long-standing default, 29 languages.
Turbo v2.5Low latency for conversational use.
Flash v2.5About 75 ms latency for agents.
Eleven v3 (alpha)Audio tags, dialogue mode, 70-plus languages.
Eleven v3
eleven_v3
General availability, fewer text errors, on the API.

Frequently asked questions

Is ElevenLabs free?

A free plan gives 10,000 credits a month for non-commercial use. Paid plans start at $6.