ElevenLabs vs Grain

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

	ElevenLabs Audio	Grain Audio
Tagline	The gold standard for AI voice cloning and TTS.	AI meeting notes, coaching, and an MCP feed for your agents
Category	Audio	Audio
Pricing	Freemium· Free 10k chars/mo; from $5/mo Starter; up to $1320/mo Scale	Freemium· Free (45-min meeting cap, 90-day history) / Starter ~$15 per user/mo (unlimited meetings, advanced AI) / Business & Enterprise tiers with CRM sync and admin controls
Model	ElevenLabs Multilingual v2	—
Editorial score	9.4 / 10	8.3 / 10
Use cases	TTSvoice cloningaudiobooksdubbing	AI meeting notes and summariesSales call transcription and coachingCustomer discovery call analysisCRM auto-updates from meetingsHighlight clip sharing to Slack/NotionCross-meeting AI Q&A searchMCP feed into Claude or ChatGPT agentsProduct research interview libraryDeal review and pipeline insightsCustomer success handoff documentation
Pros	Best-in-class voice quality Hundreds of voices + cloning Multilingual Strong API	Bot-less desktop capture is much less intrusive than a Zoom bot on every call MCP server + API make it one of the easier notetakers to plug into Claude/ChatGPT/custom agents Deal views and CRM sync (HubSpot, Salesforce) cover most GTM workflows without Gong-tier pricing Highlight clips and shareable moments make handoffs between sales, CS, and product genuinely fast 130+ language transcription and cross-meeting AI search work well on real, messy call libraries Perpetual free tier is generous enough to actually evaluate the product on real meetings
Cons	Pro features are pricey Voice clone abuse policy needs care	Conversation intelligence and coaching depth still trail Gong and Chorus for large enterprise teams Advanced AI, CRM sync, and coaching features are gated behind paid tiers — free plan is limited to 45-minute meetings Does not disclose which underlying LLM powers its own summaries, which matters for compliance reviews Video/scorecard analytics are lighter than dedicated revenue intelligence platforms MCP + agent integrations are new and the ecosystem around them is still maturing
Website	elevenlabs.io	grain.com

Pick ElevenLabs if

✅ Best-in-class voice quality
✅ Hundreds of voices + cloning
✅ Multilingual
✅ Strong API

Pick Grain if

✅ Bot-less desktop capture is much less intrusive than a Zoom bot on every call
✅ MCP server + API make it one of the easier notetakers to plug into Claude/ChatGPT/custom agents
✅ Deal views and CRM sync (HubSpot, Salesforce) cover most GTM workflows without Gong-tier pricing
✅ Highlight clips and shareable moments make handoffs between sales, CS, and product genuinely fast

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