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ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs

elevenlabs.io

ElevenLabs is the incumbent voice platform, with model families that span ultra low latency conversational agents to maximum expressiveness.

Best ranked model
#5 Eleven v3
Humanness
76

Standings as of Jun 13, 2026, 00:15 UTC

ElevenLabs
Models on the Index
6
Languages
32
Price / 1M chars
$50
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ElevenLabs models on the Humanness Index™

RankModelHumannessLatencyLanguagesPrice / 1M chars
#14Turbo v263302 msEnglish$50
#6Turbo v2.575265 ms32$50
#17Flash v257226 msEnglish$50
#7Flash v2.572197 ms32$50
#5Eleven v376758 ms70+$100
#16Multilingual v2611006 ms29$100

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About ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs is the incumbent voice platform, with model families that span ultra low latency conversational agents to maximum expressiveness. Latency and language coverage vary sharply across those families, so every ElevenLabs model on the Humanness Index™ carries its own figures rather than one provider-wide number.

Sources: elevenlabs.io

Model families and pricing

Six ElevenLabs models sit on the Index, spanning the Turbo, Flash, Multilingual, and v3 families. ElevenLabs bills in credits: Flash and Turbo models bill one credit per two characters, while Eleven v3 and Multilingual v2 bill one credit per character, which is why those two carry a higher effective rate.

Sources: elevenlabs.io, elevenlabs.io

ElevenLabs stats

Languages
321
Price / 1M chars
$502
  1. elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/models (checked 2026-06-10) Low-latency tier default (Turbo/Flash v2.5); Turbo v2 and Flash v2 are English-only, Multilingual v2 lists 29, and Eleven v3 lists 70+, encoded per model.
  2. elevenlabs.io/pricing/api (checked 2026-06-10) ElevenAPI pay-as-you-go: Flash/Turbo $0.05 per 1k characters = $50 per 1M. Eleven v3 and Multilingual v2 bill $0.10 per 1k ($100 per 1M), encoded per model.

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