ElevenLabs Conversational AI alternatives
6 audio tools in the same lane as ElevenLabs Conversational AI, ranked by editorial score.
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Retell AI
Audio · LLM-agnostic (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others selectable per agent); proprietary turn-taking model and voice pipeline in-house
Build, test and deploy production-grade AI voice agents for inbound and outbound calls.
Freemium· Pay-as-you-go: $0.07-$0.31/minute · Enterprise: Custom PricingAI inbound call answeringOutbound lead qualification
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Vapi
Audio · Model-agnostic: OpenAI GPT-4o, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Groq, DeepSeek, Llama; STT/TTS via Deepgram, ElevenLabs, PlayHT, Cartesia, Azure
Developer platform for building, deploying, and scaling production voice AI agents
Freemium· Build: Usage based · Scale: Contact UsAI phone receptionistOutbound lead qualification calls
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Hume AI
Audio · Octave, EVI, TADA
8.0
Emotionally intelligent voice AI with expressive TTS, speech-to-speech, and human-feedback evaluation APIs.
Freemium· Free: $0 · Starter: $3 · Creator: $7 · Pro: $70 · Scale: $200expressive-ttsvoice-cloning
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Resemble.ai
Audio · Resemble v2 / Localize
8.0
Enterprise voice cloning with deepfake-detection layer.
Paid· From $19/mo Creator; enterprise customenterprise voice cloningcompliance
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Deepgram
Audio · Nova, Flux, Speak (proprietary)
7.9
Production-grade speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice-agent APIs for real-time and batch audio.
Freemium· Free credits on signup; usage-based pricing; enterprise contracts availablespeech-to-texttext-to-speech
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Murf AI
Audio · Murf Gen2 / Murf Falcon
6.9
Studio-grade text-to-speech and real-time voice agents with 200+ voices across 35+ languages.
Freemium· Free: $0 / month · Creator: $19 / month · Business: $66 / month · Enterprise: Customtext-to-speechvoice-cloning