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ElevenLabs vs Flux

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
ElevenLabs
Audio
Flux
Image Generation
TaglineThe gold standard for AI voice cloning and TTS.Black Forest Labs' open-weights image model — rivals Midjourney quality.
CategoryAudioImage Generation
PricingFreemium· Free 10k chars/mo; from $5/mo Starter; up to $1320/mo ScaleFreemium· API per-image; weights free for [schnell] and [dev]
ModelElevenLabs Multilingual v2Flux.1 [schnell / dev / pro]
Editorial score9.4 / 109.0 / 10
Use cases
TTSvoice cloningaudiobooksdubbing
open sourceself-hostedhigh quality
Pros
  • Best-in-class voice quality
  • Hundreds of voices + cloning
  • Multilingual
  • Strong API
  • Open weights for [schnell]/[dev] variants
  • Quality rivals Midjourney
  • Excellent prompt adherence
  • Self-hostable
Cons
  • Pro features are pricey
  • Voice clone abuse policy needs care
  • [pro] is API-only
  • Self-hosting needs serious GPU
Websiteelevenlabs.ioblackforestlabs.ai
Pick ElevenLabs if
  • ✅ Best-in-class voice quality
  • ✅ Hundreds of voices + cloning
  • ✅ Multilingual
  • ✅ Strong API
Pick Flux if
  • ✅ Open weights for [schnell]/[dev] variants
  • ✅ Quality rivals Midjourney
  • ✅ Excellent prompt adherence
  • ✅ Self-hostable
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