// Voice & music
ElevenLabs
Lifelike speech synthesis, voice cloning and voice agent platform.
Closed / commercial Maintained For everyone
IN ONE PARAGRAPH
ElevenLabs is lifelike speech synthesis, voice cloning and voice agent platform.
Good for: Anyone who wants AI to voice & music without setting anything up.
Not for: teams that require open source or self-hosting.
01How to start
- 1Open the official site or app store page (link above) and sign up.
- 2Available on: Web, iOS, Android, API.
- 3Pricing: Freemium — start with the free tier if there is one.
02Alternatives & comparison
Compare side by side → OpenAI Whisper OpenAI open-source robust speech recognition model. ★ 111k VoiceStudio An open-source, fully local ElevenLabs alternative: voice cloning, voice design, video dubbing, dictation, transcription and audiobooks (646 languages per the README), default engine built on k2-fsa/OmniVoice; exposes a local API and MCP for agents; one-command desktop install on macOS / Linux. AGPL-3.0 ★ 81k GPT-SoVITS Few-shot voice cloning and TTS. ★ 63k voicebox Open-source AI voice studio for cloning, dictation and creation. +272★/day VibeVoice Microsoft's open-source frontier voice AI. ★ 55k
03Related
Versions, why it is listed, for AI to read
Popularity evidence (third-party snapshots)
- Monthly visits：33.6M (-7.6% MoM) · AlphaMoat 2026-09
- a16z Top 100 Gen AI Apps (7th ed.)：listed · a16z Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps — 7th Edition 2026-10-05
For AI agents
- Interfaces：its own app or website
- Machine-readable record：/api/v1/software/elevenlabs.json · llms.txt
- Added 2026-10-10