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ElevenLabs Pricing Calculator: Convert Audio Minutes & Characters to Monthly Cost

Enter how many minutes of audio or characters of text you generate each month to see which ElevenLabs plan costs the least.

1 minute ≈ 1,000 characters
Recommended ElevenLabs Plan & Monthly Cost
$99.00 / month (Pro)

How to Estimate Your Monthly Bill With This ElevenLabs Pricing Calculator

Use the free ElevenLabs Pricing Calculator above to see what your monthly bill will look like before you scale up traffic. Just pick your plan or model tier and type in your expected usage—the calculator updates your cost breakdown right away.

Want to bring that monthly bill down to $0? Check our free startup credit guide or browse ready-to-use accounts in our Pre-Approved Credit Marketplace.

1. 2026 Pricing & Rate Table

Plan / Item 2026 Rate & Included Quota
1 Minute of Spoken AudioRoughly 1,000 characters (~150 words)
Multilingual v2 ModelUses 1 credit per character
Flash / Turbo v2.5 ModelUses 0.5 credits per character (cuts cost by 50%)
Creator ($22) vs Pro ($99) vs Scale ($330)100K credits · 500K credits · 2M credits per month

2. Easy Ways to Lower Your Monthly Cost

  • Switch real-time voice bots to Eleven Flash v2.5—it uses 0.5 credits per character so your monthly quota lasts twice as long.
  • Save generated audio files in cloud storage so your app never pays twice to read the same line of text.
  • Startups can apply for the ElevenLabs Grants program to get 33 million characters ($4,000+ value) free for 12 months.
  • Need an already-approved 33M character account right away? Check our /products marketplace.

Frequently Asked Questions — ElevenLabs Pricing Calculator

How many ElevenLabs characters or credits are in 1 minute of audio?

On average, 1 minute of spoken English audio is 150 words or approximately 1,000 characters. Using standard models (1 credit/char), 1 minute costs 1,000 credits; using Flash v2.5 (0.5 credits/char), 1 minute costs only 500 credits.

Which ElevenLabs plan is best for 500 minutes of audio per month?

500 minutes of audio is ~500,000 characters. On standard Multilingual v2, the Pro Plan ($99/mo for 500,000 credits) covers this; on Flash v2.5, those 500,000 credits give you 1,000 minutes.

How does the ElevenLabs Startup Grant work?

The ElevenLabs Grants program gives early-stage startups 33 million credits (worth over $4,000) valid for 12 months—enough for roughly 33,000 to 66,000 minutes of AI speech.

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