MakeSong vs ElevenLabs
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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AI song generator that turns a prompt or your own lyrics into a full song with vocals, sold on monthly credits
Text to speech in 74 languages, with dubbing and cloning.
- Free access
- MakeSong: Free trial only
- ElevenLabs: Free access
- Paid from
- MakeSong: USD 7.9 per month
- ElevenLabs: No fixed price listed
- Plans listed
- MakeSong: 7
- ElevenLabs: 7
- Public API
- MakeSong: Not confirmed
- ElevenLabs: Yes
Where MakeSong and ElevenLabs differ
- AccessMakeSong offers a free trial only, while ElevenLabs offers free access.
- Pricing checkPrices confirmed for MakeSong; pricing review due for ElevenLabs.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| MakeSong | Fact | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free trial onlyFree trial · 8 or 10 free songs | Free accessDiffers | Free access availableCreative Free |
| USD 7.9 per monthStarter, yearly · billed $94.80 yearly | Lowest listed paid plan | No fixed price listed |
| 8 or 10 free songs for new accounts; Starter $7.9 a month billed yearly | Pricing model | Free + paid |
| 7 | Plans listedSame | 7 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Yes |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not required |
| Not confirmed | Open source | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Creators who want royalty-free background songs or a demo from lyrics and can accept a credit meter and a billing-dependent feature list | Built for | Narration and voice work |
| Audio & voice | CategorySame | Audio & voice |
| Platforms |
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| Not listed | Works with |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Nov 4, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | 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
MakeSong
Prices confirmed · Nov 4, 2026- Free trial8 or 10 free songsnew accounts
- Starter, yearlyUSD 7.9 per monthbilled $94.80 yearly
- Starter, monthlyUSD 14.9 per month
- Standard, yearlyUSD 16.6 per monthbilled $199.20 yearly
- Standard, monthlyUSD 29.9 per month
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- Premium, yearlyUSD 39.9 per monthbilled $478.80 yearly
- Premium, monthlyUSD 59.9 per month
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
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Strengths and limits
MakeSong
Strengths
- Lyrics up to 5,000 characters: You can bring finished lyrics instead of only a style prompt, and the Lyric to Song page says songs can reach 8 minutes.
- Editing tools on paid plans: Extend & Cover Song, Replace Section and Vocal Remover are listed from yearly Starter upward.
- Free songs to start: New accounts get a few free songs per the site, so you can hear output before paying.
Limits to plan around
- Free allowance is stated two ways: The sign-in prompt says 8 free songs and the homepage says 10, so the real number is unclear.
- Monthly Starter is stripped down: It lacks image generation, uploads, vocal remover, extend/cover, replace section and the commercial license download.
- Commercial rights wording differs: The FAQ says you own the track with no royalties; the Terms say the license depends on the subscription tier and list restrictions on commercial usage.
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.
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