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ElevenLabs vs WhisperAPI

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

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ElevenLabs
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WhisperAPI
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TaglineThe gold standard for AI voice cloning and TTS.Hosted OpenAI Whisper transcription with a pay-as-you-go API and drop-in web dashboard.
CategoryAudioAudio
PricingFreemium· Free: $0 · Starter: $6 · Creator: $11 · Pro: $99 · Scale: $299Paid· 20 API Credits: $5 · 100 API Credits: $20 · 200 API Credits: $30 · Custom: $100.00
ModelElevenLabs Multilingual v2OpenAI Whisper
Editorial score9.4 / 106.9 / 10
Use cases
TTSvoice cloningaudiobooksdubbing
audio-transcriptionvideo-subtitlesmultilingual-transcriptionpodcast-to-text
Pros
  • Best-in-class voice quality
  • Hundreds of voices + cloning
  • Multilingual
  • Strong API
  • Hosted Whisper with no GPU or OpenAI key required
  • Generous 10GB file size and 98+ language coverage
  • Credits never expire and no monthly minimums
  • Outputs JSON, VTT, DOCX, PDF out of the box
Cons
  • Pro features are pricey
  • Voice clone abuse policy needs care
  • More expensive than self-hosting open-source Whisper
  • No advertised diarization or real-time streaming
  • Thin product surface - essentially a Whisper wrapper
Websiteelevenlabs.iowhisper-api.com
Pick ElevenLabs if
  • ✅ Best-in-class voice quality
  • ✅ Hundreds of voices + cloning
  • ✅ Multilingual
  • ✅ Strong API
Pick WhisperAPI if
  • ✅ Hosted Whisper with no GPU or OpenAI key required
  • ✅ Generous 10GB file size and 98+ language coverage
  • ✅ Credits never expire and no monthly minimums
  • ✅ Outputs JSON, VTT, DOCX, PDF out of the box
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