ElevenLabs vs Pluely
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Text to speech in 74 languages, with dubbing and cloning.
Desktop AI overlay that answers from your screen and live calls
- Free access
- ElevenLabs: Free access
- Pluely: Free access
- Paid from
- ElevenLabs: No fixed price listed
- Pluely: USD 15 per month as listed
- Plans listed
- ElevenLabs: 7
- Pluely: 4
- Public API
- ElevenLabs: Yes
- Pluely: Not confirmed
Where ElevenLabs and Pluely differ
- PlansElevenLabs lists 7 plans and Pluely lists 4.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| ElevenLabs | Fact | Pluely |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableCreative Free | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| No fixed price listed | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 15 per month as listedLimited Pro · $20 struck through; billing monthly or yearly, period of the $15 not stated |
| Free + paid | Pricing model | Free on your own keys; bundled AI from $15/month; Dev Pro $120 once |
| 7 | Plans listedDiffers | 4 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not required | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| No | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| Narration and voice work | Built for | People who want screen and call answers from their own AI keys |
| Audio & voice | CategorySame | Audio & voice |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Pricing review due · Oct 6, 2026 |
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Plans and prices
ElevenLabs
Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026- Creative FreeFreeno card · 10,000 credits a month
- StarterUSD 5 per monthbilled yearly · USD 6 billed monthly
- CreatorUSD 18.33 per monthbilled yearly · USD 22 billed monthly; USD 11 for the first month
- ProUSD 82.50 per monthbilled yearly · USD 99 billed monthly
- ScaleUSD 249.17 per monthbilled yearly · USD 299 billed monthly
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- BusinessUSD 825 per monthbilled yearly · USD 990 billed monthly
- EnterpriseContact provider
Pluely
Pricing review due · Oct 6, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- Limited ProUSD 15 per month as listedUSD 20 struck through; billing monthly or yearly, period of the $15 not stated
- Unlimited ProUSD 35 per month as listedUSD 40 struck through; billing monthly or yearly, period of the $35 not stated
- Dev ProUSD 120 one timeUSD 150 struck through
Strengths and limits
ElevenLabs
Strengths
- One credit pool for every product: Narration, transcription, dubbing and sound effects all draw on the same monthly credits.
- Commercial license from Starter: Paid plans carry commercial rights for audio generated on them, from $6 a month.
- Credits carry over: Paid plans roll unused credits forward for up to two months.
Limits to plan around
- Free audio is noncommercial: Free-generated speech has no commercial license and needs attribution when published.
- Rights are fixed at generation time: Upgrading later does not make free-generated audio commercial.
- Paid use still has conditions: Commercial rights exclude beta features and depend on the rights to your source material.
Pluely
Strengths
- Free plan has no time limit: The pricing page lists Free at $0 forever with the full overlay and unlimited use on your own keys, with no signup.
- Your own keys or local CLIs: You can connect any OpenAI-compatible endpoint or run Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Codex, Qwen Code or Ollama.
- Local storage of history: The docs say chats, transcripts and files stay on your device.
Limits to plan around
- Refund wording differs: The pricing page says purchases are final after activation; the terms say refund requests go through support.
- Billing period of the discounted price is unclear: Paid plans show a struck-through price and a lower figure, with billing 'monthly or yearly', but no yearly total.
- Model count is inconsistent: Official pages say 100+, 200+ and 280 bundled models.
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