Audio: Voice, Music & SFX · Agents & MCP for Creative Work
ElevenLabs
AI voice generator with 5,000+ voices in 90+ languages, plus voice cloning, dubbing and music tools.
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- Best for
- Beginners and Pro users
- Free plan
- Yes
- Agent-ready (MCP / API)
- Partly
- Platforms
- Web, API
- Last verified
- Oct 14, 2026
Summary
Overview
If your videos feel “off,” the voice track is often the reason. ElevenLabs is a voice and audio platform, so it slots in next to your editor rather than replacing it.
Two practical notes from its pricing page: the commercial licence starts at the Starter plan, and the first-month promo prices shown are not the ongoing price. Only clone a voice with the speaker’s permission.
Who it's for
A good fit if you are…
- People adding a clean voiceover to explainers, tutorials and ads
- Creators dubbing or localising existing videos
Another tool may suit you better if you are…
- Anyone who wants a full video editor
- People who need a clear answer on voice-rights without reading the terms (cloning has consent and licence rules)
Pricing
Free plan (10k credits/mo); Starter $6/mo, Creator $22/mo, Pro $99/mo, Scale $299/mo, Business $990/mo. As of Oct 2026, verify (limited-time first-month discounts were shown).
- Free: $0, 10k credits per month.
- Starter: $6/mo with commercial licence, instant voice cloning and Dubbing Studio.
- Creator: $22/mo, 30k credits per month, more projects.
- Pro $99, Scale $299 (3 seats), Business $990 for larger volumes.
- Credits are the unit of usage; the page showed promo pricing for the first month.
Prices as of Oct 2026 (checked Oct 14, 2026), verify before buying. Source: vendor pricing page.
Key features
- Text to speech with thousands of voices in 90+ languages
- Instant voice cloning on paid plans
- Dubbing Studio for translating video audio
- Music and sound-effect generation
- APIs and SDKs for developers
Integrations: Offers APIs and SDKs; no official MCP server is listed.
Agent-ready? Partly. APIs and SDKs are listed on its homepage; no MCP support is listed there.
Pros and good to know
Drawn from the vendor's own documentation and public sources.
Pros
- Large voice library across many languages
- Free tier to audition voices
- Commercial licence is listed from the $6 Starter plan
- Clear per-plan credit allowances
Good to know
- Everything runs on credits, so long scripts use up the Free plan quickly
- Commercial licence is not part of the Free plan (listed starting at Starter)
- Voice cloning needs care: only clone voices you have permission to use
- Promotional first-month prices make the real ongoing cost less obvious
Alternatives
- Clueso: Turns a screen recording, deck or document into a product demo or how-to video, with AI voiceover, captions and step-by-step articles.
- Synthesia: AI video platform: avatar presenters, text-to-video, dubbing and translation for training and comms.
- Epidemic Sound: Subscription library of human-made music and sound effects, with AI search, Studio and Adapt tools but no AI-generated music.
Compare with…
Used in these workflows: Turn a screen recording into a how-to video with voiceover, Turn a script into a short explainer video, no filming, Turn a blog post or product photos into a social video, Turn one video into several formats and languages
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