ElevenLabs vs Murf
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.
Turn scripts into AI voiceovers, then sync them with video, music and slides.
- Free access
- ElevenLabs: Free access
- Murf: Free access
- Paid from
- ElevenLabs: No fixed price listed
- Murf: USD 19 per month
- Plans listed
- ElevenLabs: 7
- Murf: 9
- Public API
- ElevenLabs: Yes
- Murf: Yes
Where ElevenLabs and Murf differ
- PlansElevenLabs lists 7 plans and Murf lists 9.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| ElevenLabs | Fact | Murf |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableCreative Free | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| No fixed price listed | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 19 per monthCreator · billed yearly · USD 228 a year; USD 29 billed monthly |
| Free + paid | Pricing model | Free plan; paid Creator and Business |
| 7 | Plans listedDiffers | 9 |
| Yes | Public APISame | Yes |
| Not required | Card to startSame | Not required |
| No | Open sourceSame | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Narration and voice work | Built for | Narrated e-learning and presentation voiceovers |
| Audio & voice | CategorySame | Audio & voice |
| Platforms |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
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
Murf
Pricing review due · Sep 25, 2026- FreeUSD 0no credit card required
- CreatorUSD 19 per monthbilled yearly · USD 228 a year; USD 29 billed monthly
- BusinessUSD 66 per monthbilled yearly · USD 792 a year; USD 99 billed monthly
- EnterpriseContact provider
- API pay as you goUSD 0.01 per 1,000 charactersFalcon model; Gen2 text to speech USD 0.03 per 1,000 characters
Show 4 more plans
- API free trialUSD 0no credit card required
- Dub FreeUSD 0no credit card required
- Dub pay as you goFrom USD 0.25 per credit
- Dub EnterpriseContact provider
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.
Murf
Strengths
- Free plan has no end date: The 10 free minutes of voice generation do not expire, and unused free minutes carry over when you upgrade.
- Voice tweaks do not cost minutes: Changing voice, style, pitch, speed or pronunciation on the same text does not consume voice generation time.
- Wide export choice: Paid plans export MP3, WAV, FLAC and telephony formats, plus MP4 or MOV video with subtitles.
Limits to plan around
- No downloads on Free: The free plan lets you create and share previews but not download or export projects, and carries no commercial rights.
- Minutes expire after one extra cycle: Unused VGT carries forward only to the next billing cycle, on renewal or while paused, and is lost if the subscription is cancelled or a renewal payment fails.
- No refunds on subscriptions: The pricing FAQ states payments on monthly or annual subscriptions are not eligible for refunds.
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